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Saving Songbirds With Your Coffee Cup

Saving Songbirds With Your Coffee Cup. L. Elliot. Birds of Two Worlds ... acres of shade coffee have been converted to sun coffee in recent decades ...

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Saving Songbirds With Your Coffee Cup

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  1. L. Elliot Birds of Two Worlds: Saving Songbirds With Your Coffee Cup

  2. Lang Elliot Birds of Two Worlds

  3. Breeding Bird Survey Results Wood Thrush

  4. R. Royse R. Royse Forest Birds in Decline Olive-sided Flycatcher Canada Warbler

  5. Lang Elliot R. Royse Lang Elliot Marie Read Other Forest Birds in Decline Cerulean Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Kentucky Warbler Rose-breasted Grosbeak

  6. Threats on the Wintering Grounds Large breeding range Small wintering range

  7. 1967 1990 Tropical Deforestation Southern Mexico

  8. Losing Out • In southern Mexico, young Wood Thrush cannot compete for forest-interior territories • Living in forest edges or scrub decreases winter survival

  9. Losing Out In Mexico most young Hooded Warblers live as desperate “wanderers” because there is not enough forest In Jamaica young American Redstarts, and females, are forced into dry scrub, where there is little food

  10. Saving Forest Biodiversity with Shade Coffee “Bird Friendly” certified shade coffee farms resemble a natural rainforest

  11. Marie Read Marie Read R. Royse Baltimore Oriole Magnolia Warbler Coffee - before harvest Scarlet Tanager

  12. Traditional Shade Coffee: Partial Shade Coffee: Sun Coffee:

  13. Sun Coffee • 2 million acres of shade coffee have been converted to sun coffee in recent decades • 40% of coffee production in Latin America is now sun grown • Unsustainable for the farmer and the environment Sun Coffee

  14. Migratory Songbirds & Shade Coffee

  15. Be Certain, Buy Certified

  16. “Bird Friendly” is the Gold Standard for Shade Coffee

  17. Heavy Shade Coffee Partial Shade Sun Coffee

  18. Birds & “Bird Friendly” Coffee

  19. Butterflies and “Bird Friendly” Coffee

  20. South America Central America Dangers of Pesticides

  21. Coffee with a Conscience • 100% “Bird Friendly” Certified Shade Grown • Certified Fair Trade • Certified 100% USDA Organic

  22. Where to Buy “Bird Friendly” Coffee Check the SMBC web site for a coffee shop or distributor near you! Subscribe to Birds & Beans

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