This week is #BlackBirdersWeek ! It is an opportunity for us to showcase blk joy in nature, black birders, and blk scientists! First, an introduction. I’m a Texas high school biology teacher holding a special interest in birds and environmental justice! #BlackInNature

My favorite thing today? Just scrolling and following everyone I see who has tagged themselves as part of #BlackBirdersWeek ... man... I didn’t know there were so many of us. This is tremendous. The value is immesurable. Let me add myself to the mix.

ATTN: if you need an example of what it looks like for Black ppl to be excluded from birding/outdoor exploration, here’s 1. Jake asked why his post about #BlackBirdersWeek was taken down from the Tennessee naturalist fb. This is why #BlackBirdersWeek is NECESSARY.

#birding has always been about celebrating the astonishing + glorious diversity of 🦜🦉🦆 It fills my ❤️ with joy to see real progress at celebrating the diversity of #birders and building an ever more inclusive birding community! #HappyPrideMonth #BlackBirdersWeek

Virtual Bird Club is back this week! On Wednesday, June 3, join Christian Hagenlocher as he takes us on a virtual tour of far Attu, at the end of the ABA Area!

You'll want to be in the virtual audience for this.

Only on Attu do you find rare birds and the kitchen sink. #attu #birding

Amer. Birding Assoc. @N8Swick The Birding Project Great job tonight @N8Swick The Birding Project! The videos were a nice addition to the presentation.

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On the ABA Podcast, David Sibley's new book, and why the mostly White birding community needs to be paying attention to #BlackBirdersWeek. aba.org/what-its-like-…

Man it’s crazy that this was the last official event of #BlackBirdersWeek Here’s the tea: take with you the same energy from this week into the future. Boost Black women, know that naturalists can be and are Black, and most importantly Post a damn bird to the timeline

Pigeon Guillemot fail

If at first you don’t succeed, try again.

We're upgrading My eBird! The new My eBird has more ways for you to track and manage your data to help you get the most out of #eBird. Plus it's new modern design is mobile friendly. Take a sneak peek at the new features coming soon! #birding #CommunityScience

(Gulls calling constantly) Neighbor: I love the sound of seagulls, it is so calm and relaxing Me: That’s the cry of parent birds whose downy young is currently being plucked alive by a Bald Eagle #birdstories #TheMoreYouKnow #eagle #reallife #2020

Photographic Big Year superstar Laura Keene reviews Christian's Hagenlocher's Big Year chronicle, Falcon Freeway: A Big Year of Birding on a Budget: aba.org/a-great-new-en…

Apparently camera trap footage of a Thylacine has been sent to Hobart museum New Zealand for assessment and confirmation. If this turns out to be true it would be the most incredible natural history story of modern times. I really hope it is!