Bird & Nature Blog
A clutch of the latest stories from Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance
This article written by Madison Audubon board member Jeff Galligan as the final project for his Master Naturalist Certification course. Although this article does not deal specifically with birds, it does explore the settlement history of Blacks in Wisconsin and some of the people currently doing amazing work in research, education, writing and in creating spaces for people of color to experience the outdoors of natural Wisconsin.
Photo provided by the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin
Birds are awesome. Some of the people they’re named for aren’t.
Birds should have their own descriptive names. And as of March 26, 2021, Madison Audubon joins 10 other organizations rallying behind the Bird Names for Birds movement, which pushes for birds with honorific names (like Henslow’s Sparrow and Cooper’s Hawk) to be renamed with names that describe the bird.
Madison Audubon is now an official supporter of Bird Names for Birds!
The Wisconsin DNR’s Natural Heritage Conservation program is now taking applications for a number of paid internships that are geared toward engaging traditionally marginalized groups.
The outdoors we love is going to take an abundance and diversity of young people who'll make the outdoors their passion and their profession. Those folks need internships. Please see the information below about a very worthwhile DNR summer internship program and alert any young person who might be interested and has any of the qualifications described in the third paragraph.
Photo courtesy of WDNR
Have you been following #BlackBirdersWeek? The events of the week have come to an end, but the discussion that this movement prompted is far from over. This week on the Entryway to Birding blog series, I’m setting aside time to reflect on what I’ve learned as I’ve followed the week’s events.
Read on for some highlights from #BlackBirdersWeek that you should be sure to check out, and for some reflection on the important actions that the birding community needs to take to ensure that everyone can enjoy birds—safely and without fear.
Photo from @BlackAFinSTEM
