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Black Birders Week 2021


Each day includes fun activities and a giveaway so be sure to follow our Social Media accounts for all updates and entry links!

Sunday May 30 - #BlackInNature

Highlighting the #BlackInNature community with prompts to share stories, favorite spots and activities, and what being in nature means to you.

Monday May 31 - #BirdsOnMyBlock

Birding is a hobby anyone can engage with at any level. With Cornell Lab of Ornithology and highlighting tools like Merlin and eBird, BAFiS members demo how to utilize these apps and resources so everyone can get outside and go birding. We also want to see what you’re seeing outside! Use the hashtag and tag us in your tweets and pictures.

3-4 PM EDT: Birding Basics with Cornell Lab of Ornithology Watch Here

7 PM EDT - Bringing Birds to Your Block with Brianna Amingwa Watch Here

Tuesday June 1 - #BirdsEyeView

June is Pride Month and we are honoring and highlighting LGBTQIA+ birders. Showcasing the diversity of who a birder can be and what a birder can do, we are also having short Q&A livestreams with special guests from different parts of the birding world. Later there is a longer session with falconer, Rodney Stotts, subject of the film The Falconer for which we’ll be having a watch party sometime after the stream.

7 PM EDT: Diving into Falconry w/ Rodney Stotts Watch Here

 

Wednesday June 2 - #LiferMemories

Share your best or favorite lifer memories, or if you’re new to birding learn what a ‘lifer’ or ‘life list’ is. Go virtual birdwatching with Black birders and Monterey Bay Aquarium. Then choose to join a presentation with NYC Audubon or play a birding themed Trivia game with the community!

12-1 PM EDT: Virtual Birding with Monterey Bay Watch Here

7 PM EDT: New York City Audubon Virtual #LiferMemories with Georgia Silvera Seamans, PhD Register Here

7 PM EDT: Trivia Game Questions Here

Thursday June 3 - #SafeInNature

Being safe while enjoying your favorite outdoor activities is important. Join us for a livestream discussion with Monique Pipkin, M.S. and Amelia Demery, M.S. on fieldwork safety. We will also be asking you to share your strategies and ideas, and create a summary document of what we’ve learned and gathered, in conjunction with other information from NWF’s past Safe Space livestreams.

7-8 PM EDT: Q & A Monique Pipkin, M.S. and Amelia Demery, M.S. hosted by National Audubon

Friday June 4 - #OnTheirWings

Kid-Friendly Festivities: Bridging the gap between the past, present and future. Introducing young up-and-coming birders by featuring them and their profiles. Share your own or a young birder in your life with the hashtag. Later in the day attend a storyteller event with Black naturalists, historians and nature lovers who paved the way for us today.

Coloring pages made by Black artists will be available Here

Interview: Bertrand Jno Baptiste AKA Dr. Birdy, The Dominican “Doctor of Birds”

Stories and Activities for Young Naturalists

12 PM EDT: Storyteller event with special guests hosted by EFTA

1-1:30 PM EDT: Refuges for Migratory Birds with Monica Williams Watch Here

Saturday June 5 - #BirdsOfAFeather

With eBird we invite you to try to make a list of the birds you’re seeing today. We hope to see checklists from as many states, and countries, as possible. If you don’t see anything, that’s OK! You can still submit an empty list, and we’re going to be accepting a link to or screenshot of your list for this day’s giveaway. There will be a short IG Live with BAFiS members going out birding and a livestream with Jerome Ford, assistant director of Migratory Birds at FWS. If you don’t get a chance to get out, hop online and help NOAA select the names of their newest research birds! Hosted on our Facebook Page!

  • 8 AM EDT: Birding with Danielle and Sheridan on BAFiS Instagram

  • 9 AM-10 AM EDT: Virtual Bird Hike with Isaiah Scott on BAFiS Instagram

  • 1 PM EDT: NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries #NameThatShearwater Event on Watch Here

  • 2 PM EDT: Birding with Chelsea on BAFiS Instagram

  • 3-4 PM EDT: Q & A with Jerome Ford and US Fish and Wildlife Services on EFTA Facebook

In-Person Walks: