Kids write the sweetest postcards to welcome home birds
It’s not every day birds get a welcome home party but this year, the 55 species of migratory birds that are returning back to Wisconsin in the US, have 70 students cheering them on.
Why? It’s all part of the “Wings to Wisconsin” program that aims to connect students to birds, and wildlife in general, in a more personal way, rather than just the facts you learn from school books. The program, which sees Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, Madison Audubon Society and Osa Conservation teamed up with six schools of second to fourth year students, asked the students to write postcards to migratory birds that have returned to Wisconsin after their holiday away in warmer climates.
"The three organisations tossed some ideas around for a campaign and I kept coming back to the idea of migration as a travel adventure. Sending postcards seemed the perfect fit for that theme of travel!” said Lindsay Mayer of the NRF.
The postcards are, of course, adorable. Here are some of our favourites.
To Baltimore oriole, from Savannah:
To wood thrush, from Casey:
To blue-winged teal, from Siri:
To gray catbird, from Lucas:
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