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Project CHIRP

Invite colourful migratory songbirds to your backyard with the help of Christina Sharma at one of her upcoming Toronto-area presentations.

Founder of Project CHIRP! (Creating Habitat in Residential areas and Parkland), Christina will share valuable tips for creating a songbird garden that meets the year-round survival needs of both local and migratory songbirds. You will be able to relax and enjoy the beauty of nature coming to you while taking pride in becoming an active participant in songbird conservation.

Some of her upcoming talks will include a guest speaker, a Senior Postdoctoral bird researcher from York University, for a fascinating look at songbird migration and bird behaviour!  

Christina’s upcoming speaking engagements are as follows. For those who are unable to attend, feel free to call Christina — either for future dates or to contact her garden’s designer, Charles Kinsley, for a consultation or design work on making your garden songbird-friendly.

  • Talk to the Toronto Garden Club at the Toronto Botanical Gardens - January 22, 2009
  • Metro Toronto Zoo     May 2009 - International Migratory Bird Day    

Please RSVP with her directly at http://projectchirp@rogers.com, at her website or 416-236-7234.

If you are a guest to the organization hosting the talk, there is a $5 fee.
Free CWF songbird I.D. posters and a “Creating Habitat for Wildlife” garden planner are included with the talk.

Christina Sharma has been a volunteer educator with the Canadian Wildlife Federation since 2001. In 2002, she received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal for her public education efforts on informing Canadians how residential properties can support wildlife conservation. In 2007, she founded a songbird conservation initiative called, Project CHIRP!   (Creating Habitat In Residential areas and Parkland). Christina’s own native songbird garden in Etobicoke has been consistently successful in attracting many beautiful migratory and local birds. Christina uses the design and composition of her property as a teaching tool for songbird conservation.  Her initiatives have been featured in the Toronto Star, on CBC Radio and in a variety of publications. Project CHIRP! will appear on the CBC Television show, "Living in Toronto", in the autumn of 2008.