Spring Migration & Black Birders Week Recap

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This episode is dedicated to all of our listeners and supporters. Dexter and Jason recap an amazing spring, including Black Birders Week 2024! They get in and out of our amazing bird moments, which include finding a Blackburnian warbler [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Blackburnian_Warbler/overview#] in Central Park with Indigo-Goodson Fields and Emmy winner Christian Cooper [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/christian-cooper-central-park-karen-emmy-b2562866.html]. This included a trip to Queens to find Piping Plovers [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Piping_Plover] with the NYC Plover Project [https://nycploverproject.org/], culminating in a Black Excellence in Birding Gala [https://gridphilly.com/blog-home/2024/06/06/at-philly-gala-for-5th-annual-black-birders-week-flashes-of-progress/]! Dexter describes what it was like to bird in Madison with the founder of Black in NPS Week, Ms. Nicole Jackson! [https://www.npca.org/people/nicole-jackson] They cover key moments like Dexter's amazing spring getting onto his first American Avocets and the long-awaited nemesis bird, the Cerulean Warbler [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/cerulean_warbler]! It is incredibly evident that birding is for EVERYONE in this episode… including babies in diapers! Rounding out with stories of the homies hanging with Golden Eagles [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/golden_eagle] and Peregrine Falcons [https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Peregrine_Falcon] from the Hoo's Woods Raptor Center [https://hooswoods.org/]. Heading into Juneteenth, they discuss their week and summer plans. Overall, this episode is meant to BE A CELEBRATION OF THIS COMMUNITY. Thank our listeners for their journey thus far. The community is growing because of you all!! Please continue spreading Bird Joy where you can, and keep listening! Huge shoutout to Black AF In Stem [https://www.blackafinstem.com/] for another great year! #Birding #BirdJoy #TheBirdJoyPod #Joy #Community #Smile #Birds Be sure to follow our podcast on Instagram at @thebirdjoypod [https://www.instagram.com/THEBIRDJOYPOD] and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin [https://www.bipocbirdingclub.org/] In Color Birding Club [https://www.incolorbirding.org/]