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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 Six - Final Week Friday, May 14 at 7PM on Zoom Topics: Backyard Birding - Feeders, Water, Plants Creating a "Naturescape" Citizen Bird Science What Next?? Target audience: people who are new to birding! Register HERE - Zoom link will be sent to registrants late Friday afternoon Information, including videos and resources, from past sessions can be found HERE |
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021 at 7:30 on Zoom
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Jim Bissell - Botanist, Naturalist, Conservationist Renowned botanist and land preservation specialist Jim Bissell will speak about the rich biodiversity found on properties he's conserved in Northeast Ohio over the last 50 years. |
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.
2021-2022 KBC Meetings, Presentations, and Activities
- First Wednesday of each month - Mark your calendar!
- What's In the Works??
- Majoring in Ornithology in College
- The Role of Native Plants & Insects in Bird Life
- Sparrow Identification
CLICK HERE TO SUGGEST A TOPIC - or a FIELD TRIP or a MEETING LOCATION!
Click here to learn more about upcoming KBC meetings
Click here to learn about other birding events in our area.
Spring News:
- New Bird Science section on our website! Go there and hear Scott Wiedensaul talking about migration on NPR
- Check out new resources for New Birders
- View the blueprint for The CHEERS redevelopment plan for the Cleveland eastside lakefront HERE
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.
We have begun partnering with Black-led organizations and are working on creating a welcoming environment for Black, Brown, Asian, LGBTQ, Differently Abled, and all groups of people who have not had a presence in our birding community so that all may enjoy birding.
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Reminders from the American Birding Association: |
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$30 Couple Membership $10 Student Membership |
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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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