The Nestworks: Brings the Kestrels back and shows people their homes.
Philadelphia
Natural Kestrel Habitat
Nesting Boxes
A series of nesting boxes, or nestworks has a dual function: One, it builds an infrastructure or roadway to urban places. And, two, makes a public display of biodiversity where viewers can see birdsv homes. The path seeks to put bird homes on display thus creating an urban museum of nesting boxes. The nestworks uses the walkability of the neighborhoods as a factor in choos-
ing locations. http://www.walkscore. com/ allows UrBird to taylor it’s programming around the offerings (food, public space, transportation) of the various neighborhoods of Philadelphia. Through local partnerships, Podcasts and a Nestworks Guide program the path to nesting locations.
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