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Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders Go To Belize: Coral Reefs, Fish and Eco-Wonder Kids

Category: Eco-Wonder Kids Videos

Published: Friday, February 12, 2010

Dear Friends,

If I were a fish, I think I would be very happy living in the coral reefs off the coast of Belize. You can see Belize on a map in this video. It's a small county in Central America and a neighbor of Mexico. It faces the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean and is the home to the second largest barrier coral reef in the world. It is a pretty great place for a fish to live. I know this, but not because I'm a fish. You see, I'm Birdsong (of Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders), I write animal songs for kids, and I visited those coral reefs not too long ago. There were so many different colors and kinds of coral which means lots of nutritious food for fish. And the coral reefs also had places for fish to hide, just in case a hungry shark came by looking for its dinner.

Yes i am sure that, if i were a fish, i would feel very lucky to live in Belize. Not only because of the beautiful coral reefs, but also because of the children of Belize who are taking good care of the ocean. We met some of these children when Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders visited the RC School in San Pedro. You can check out San Pedro on the map in this video. It's on the Ambergris Caye, off the mainland of Belize.

 We went to the RC School to sing our ocean animal songs for  the students. During our visit, Dr. Marcie and I discovered that these children really care about ocean animals and they know quite a few things about how to protect them. So we asked the students of the RC school to make some suggestions about how kids all over the world could protect the ocean and the animals and plants that live there. You can hear what they had to say in this video.

After they gave us some good ideas about how to protect the ocean, we all sang and danced to our animal song "If I Were A Fish."  We also sang lots of other songs from our CD "IF I WERE A FISH and Other Ocean Songs for Kids."  We had a great time that afternoon and I'm glad to know that there are children in the beautiful country of Belize who are caring for the ocean. I think the fish are glad too.

Singing our ocean animal songs at the RC School made me want to write more ocean animal songs for kids. There are so many beautiful and interesting ocean animals to write about. What is your favorite ocean animal? Perhaps your favorite animal will inspire another new song to add to my collection of animal songs for kids. In the meantime, I'm thinking about writing a song about plankton, an important food source for just about everything in the ocean. But first i need to learn more about it. Stay tuned!

While you're here on our blog, you can watch more Eco-Wonder Kids music videos to see what other children are doing to care for the earth. Or watch our ocean animal songs videos about sea turtles, gray whales, pinnipeds and dolphins.  HAVE FUN!

Sincerely,

Birdsong

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About this Page: If I were a fish, I think I would be very happy living in the coral reefs off the coast of Belize. You can see Belize on a map in this video. It is the home to the second largest barrier coral reef in the world. It’s a pretty great place for a fish to live. I know this, but not because I’m a fish. You see, I’m Birdsong (of Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders), I write animal songs for kids, and I visited those coral reefs not too long ago. There were so many different colors and kinds of coral which means lots of nutritious food for fish. And the coral reefs also had places for fish to hide, just in case a hungry shark came by looking for its dinner. Yes i am sure that, if i were a fish, i would feel very lucky to live in Belize. Not only because of the beautiful coral reefs, but also because of the children of Belize who are taking good care of the ocean. We met some of these children when Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders visited the RC School in San Pedro.