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2	Birds and Coffee What’s the Connection?
3	Migratory Songbirds Every year thousands of birds such as the Blackburnian Warbler travel hundreds of miles between their breeding grounds in North America and their wintering grounds in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
4	Migratory Songbirds Common visitors to the parks, backyards and mountains of the Pacific Northwest make their way to warmer regions where food and shelter should be abundant.
5	Migratory Songbirds This tiny Ruby-throated Hummingbird migrates from the Eastern United States on a nonstop journey across the Gulf of Mexico en route to its winter home in Central America.
6	Migrants in Trouble Like this Olive-sided Flycatcher, many migrants’ populations have declined dramatically over the past thirty years.
7	Migrants in Trouble The tiny Rufous Hummingbird’s numbers have been decreasing since 1965 surveys. Rufous Hummers are familiar visitors to Northwest backyards.
8	Migrants in Trouble The Cerulean Warbler, a resident along the Atlantic flyway, has experienced one of the more dramatic declines among migratory songbirds.
9	Trouble on the Breeding Grounds Why are the song-birds disappearing? Migrants face a wide variety of challenges on their home breeding grounds in North America and en route to their wintering lands. For example, suburban sprawl destroys habitat.
10	Trouble on the Breeding Grounds Residential and agricultural pesticides threaten birds and other wildlife. A wide variety of “over the counter” pesticides are available in the U.S. Logging and intensive agriculture also threaten habitat.
11	The Dangers of Migration The annual migration to warmer wintering grounds is no easy journey. High rise buildings…
12	"…wind turbines and cell..." …wind turbines and cell phone towers create hazards for migrating birds as well.
13	Trouble on the Wintering Grounds As if the threats of flying several thousand miles weren’t enough, the migrants’ wintering grounds pose another series of challenges.
14	Trouble on the Wintering Grounds Slash-and-burn agriculture…
15	Trouble on the Wintering Grounds
16	Trouble on the Wintering Grounds
17	Trouble on the Wintering Grounds
18	Breeding Grounds To add complexity to the incredible and arduous journey of migration, birds breeding over a vast area in North America…
19	Breeding Grounds …funnel into a much smaller area for the winter, placing extra value and stress on the regions that provide winter refuge
20	Annual Calendar for a Typical Migratory Songbird Migrants typically spend a proportionately larger amount of time in their wintering habitat. Thus, the wintering grounds become critically important as the smallest seasonal habitat area is used for the most extensive time period each year.
21	"So where can birds find..." So where can birds find refuge?
22	Birds and Coffee Starting to make the connection
23	The Story of Coffee It is important to understand a few coffee basics in order to understand how coffee production affects migratory birds.
24	About My Coffee Traditional coffee plants take 3-5 years to mature and begin bearing quality fruit. Coffee is traditionally grown under a canopy of native tree and plant species, though modern sun-tolerant hybrids allow for successful cultivation under full sun. The top three producers of coffee in the world are: Brazil, Vietnam, and Colombia The top three importing countries are: United States, Germany, and Italy
25	The Story of Coffee Coffee grows most commonly in the mid to upper elevations between 25°N and 25°S latitude.
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38	Coffee Production
39	Sun (or ‘technified’) coffee
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43	Comparing Shade and Sun
44	Diversity of Bird Species
45	Shade-grown coffee: One potential answer
46	Shade gradient – Not all shade is created equal
47	Shade-grown coffee
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55	Shade coffee creates a healthy community People rely on these forests, too. In fact, 25 million people are involved in the production of coffee each year.
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61	What’s good for birds is good for people We know that… Many migratory bird populations are shrinking. Birds rely on coffee plantation habitat. Sun-grown coffee plantations destroy bird habitat. Consumer demand will keep shade coffee on store shelves.
62	The Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign Mission To protect habitat for wintering migratory birds in Latin America and the Caribbean by increasing consumer demand for shade-grown coffee.
63	The Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign
64	The Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign
65	The Northwest Shade Coffee Campaign Look for certification seals when purchasing coffee.* If you cannot find a seal you trust – ASK! *This certification system upholds rigorous standards for measuring the quality of shade coffee habitat.
66	What can YOU do? Buy certified shade coffee for yourself or as a gift. Convert your office, church or school. The Campaign has the tools you will need. Ask your local shop to regularly carry shade- grown coffee and display its certification seal. Encourage a roaster or retailer to get involved with the NW Shade Coffee Campaign.
67	What can YOU do? Your coffee purchase makes a difference. Buying shade-grown coffee means that your café or market is stocking many pounds of that coffee for others to buy as well.
68	What can YOU do? Visit: shadecoffee.org Find out more about shade-grown coffee. Learn more about the birds that visit shade coffee plantations. Read the latest shade coffee news.
69	What else can YOU do? Garden for wildlife - increase your yard habitat Eliminate lawn fertilizers and plant native species. Buy wood and paper from sustainably-harvested U.S. forests; look for FSC Certified products.
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