Sandhill Crane Thank You 2014

We'd like to express our thanks to you through the inspiring sights and sounds of thousands of cranes.

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Happy new year from all of us at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology! We’re thrilled to start 2015, our centennial year, with you after our most successful year-end fundraiser ever. Supporters like you helped us exceed our $500,000 matching gift challenge, prompting our two matching gift donors to increase their investment to $700,000! Thank you!

When given a chance, bird species soar. The Cornell Lab has been working for a century to ensure that birds have the chance they deserve to thrive. When you support and participate in our conservation efforts, you help create groundbreaking discoveries and victories for birds.

Because of your dedication and generosity, many of the Cornell Lab’s critical projects are making great strides in bird conservation and education.

BirdReturns, the eBird-powered conservation initiative in California, is creating pop-up wetlands in precisely the right places at the right times for tens of thousands of migratory shorebirds.

The Golden-winged Warbler Conservation Plan helped land managers create and restore more than 40,000 acres of crucial golden-wing habitat.

Merlin, the Cornell Lab's dynamic new bird ID app, has helped people identify birds in more than 4 million sessions, opening up the world of birding to people of all ages and walks of life.

We have so much to celebrate with you in 2015—the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s 100th year of studying and conserving birds. We look forward to another 100 years of discoveries to make the planet a better place for birds, for all wildlife, and for people, too.

Thank you and best wishes for a happy new year!

Sincerely,

John W. Fitzpatrick
Executive Director

Filmed by the Cornell Lab’s Gerrit Vyn at the Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska



Published on Dec 24, 2014
Filmed by Gerrit Vyn
Edited by Tom Swartwout

Music "Pantomime Dream"
Artist: Sarah Schacner
Courtesy of Audiosocket