My mugs shots: 3
It's still the summer, right, so how about another image of a mug from which I've been drinking?
Here’s the third1 in the series of posts about the beverage mugs from which I drink my coffee. I do drink a lot of coffee, and Dear Reader Nancy S. acknowledged in a comment.
With this post, I’m showing a mug that reflects my interest in birding. Dear Readers will recognize that I have referred to birds, bird watching, and such many times (do your own research if you need a count!) here on Special Education Today.
So, an image of a mug celebrating an Audubon Association campaign to support birdwatching should not be a surprise.
For those who do not know about the “big day” events, there’s lots to learn. Cornell University has been sponsoring big days for a long time (since at least 2015), and they are Earth-wide engagements. See reports for 2015 for example, including in sign language. Everyone go watch birds on the same day and submit lists of what you saw…citizen science. What a great activity for kids!
Now, you might think that I’m giving you the bird, but really the message on this mug is less impolite than the one for the second mug shot. This is just an encouragement to get out in your neighborhood and look at the fauna (in the flora) around you. Take kids with you and show them the excitement about tying a bird song to a specific source.
You can even take a mug of tea, coffee (my preference), water, juice, or oatmeal with you. You can have fun seeing who is in your neighborhood. Or you can do as one Dear Reader of SET does: You can blow a whistle and then feed yummy mealworms to the bluebirds that come to your yard.2
Footnote
To see the first mugs shot, go to My mugs shots: 1 and to get the second, got to My mugs shots: 2.
Mayhaps we can convince the excellent reading teacher, Paige P., to tell us how she taught those Blue Birds to come to her whistle!