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WELCOME!
Kirtland Bird Club welcomes all people with an interest in birds - regardless of gender identity, sexual preference, ethnicity, skin color, age, or skill level.
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Birdwatching for Everyone - Week Three
Friday, April 23rd at 7PM on Zoom
Focus: Habitat - The Birds in Each Type of Habitat - How to Describe a Bird's Location
Target audience: people who are new to birding!
Register HERE to register on eventbrite - Zoom link will be sent to registrants late Friday afternoon
Information from past sessions can be found HERE
Friday, April 23rd at 7PM on Zoom
Focus: Habitat - The Birds in Each Type of Habitat - How to Describe a Bird's Location
Target audience: people who are new to birding!
Register HERE to register on eventbrite - Zoom link will be sent to registrants late Friday afternoon
Information from past sessions can be found HERE
April News:
- CHEERS COMMUNITY MEETING - April 22nd at 7 PM on Zoom -
- CHEERS WALKSHOPS
- CHEERS "Final" Draft - Next: the construction phase! - There's still time to comment HERE
- First ever Northeast Ohio Sandhill Crane Survey on 4/17/21 - Geauga & Summit County - interested club members should send an email stating their interest and preferred county to info@kirtlandbirdclub.org
- New Bird Science section on our website! Go there and hear Scott Wiedenthal talking about migration on NPR
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 at 7:30 PM on Zoom
The Bird Nerds of Collinwood with Nicole Jackson
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Come hear from The Bird Nerds, a group of Collinwood middle and high school students who learned to bird from their teacher, Buster Banish, on after school and weekend field trips. The Bird Nerds have had some terrific adventures and they will share the challenges and triumphs of their journey, including tips and techniques for new birders. |
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Nicole Jackson, environmental educator and co-founder of #BlackBirdersWeek, will moderate. Read more about Nicole HERE. #BlackBirdersWeek 2021 will take place May 30th to June 5th. More info to follow! |
Click HERE if you would like to join us for this talk but are not already a member of the Kirtland Bird Club
Click HERE to see future Kirtland Bird Club Programs.
Click HERE for past speaker programs and video links to those programs.
Click HERE for past Bird Identification programs and video links to those programs.
Click HERE to see future Kirtland Bird Club Programs.
Click HERE for past speaker programs and video links to those programs.
Click HERE for past Bird Identification programs and video links to those programs.
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Video recordings of some of our programs are available in our archives in the Past Speakers and Past Bird ID Programs sections. |
Birding While Black - Black Lives Matter.
Black birder Christian Cooper’s cell phone video showing a white woman calling 911 to report he was threatening her and her dog (which was not true) went viral – and it ignited a spate of discussions, articles, videos, and news items about how systemic racism plays out in birding.
Thanks to a black birder member of the KBC who had asked that we show and discuss Cooper’s video at our previous meeting, our club has begun to address how systemic racism impacts the experience of birding for people of color - and how we can respond.
We have put some of the video presentations, articles, and facebook posts that KBC members have viewed during this time in our website archive. Become informed by them and join us in our endeavor.
Black birder Christian Cooper’s cell phone video showing a white woman calling 911 to report he was threatening her and her dog (which was not true) went viral – and it ignited a spate of discussions, articles, videos, and news items about how systemic racism plays out in birding.
Thanks to a black birder member of the KBC who had asked that we show and discuss Cooper’s video at our previous meeting, our club has begun to address how systemic racism impacts the experience of birding for people of color - and how we can respond.
We have put some of the video presentations, articles, and facebook posts that KBC members have viewed during this time in our website archive. Become informed by them and join us in our endeavor.
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Reminders from the American Birding Association: |
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Kirtland Bird Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month, September through June at 7:30 p.m. Each meeting includes announcements, some club business, and a speaker program. Meetings are free and all are welcome!
Because of COVID19 we are meeting via Zoom instead of at our usual location, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Our field trips are also on hold. We look forward to resuming in person gatherings in the future!
Because of COVID19 we are meeting via Zoom instead of at our usual location, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Our field trips are also on hold. We look forward to resuming in person gatherings in the future!
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KBC is a 501(C)3 nonprofit member-based organization. Donations and memberships are fully tax-deductible.
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ABOUT KBC
Kirtland Bird Club was founded in 1940 and named after Dr. Jared Kirtland who started the Cleveland Museum of Natural history.
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