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Hii! Are there any good birding podcasts out there you'd recommend?

I don’t actually listen to any birding podcasts but maybe some folks can make recommendations in the notes.

I read lots of books about birds but don’t consume much other birding media. My one exception to that, which I highly highly recommend, is the show Extraordinary Birder on National Geographic. Christian Cooper is such a joyful birder and it is abundantly clear he has been studying and admiring animals his whole life. I love how he understands what birds can mean to people; and his joy in his travels is infectious.

Whether you’re a seasoned lifelong birder or someone just kind of fond of birds you will love this show. I really recommend checking it out!

RECC!

I just finished this book, and it's INCREDIBLE. It's the autobiography of Christian Cooper, the bird watcher who some white woman called the cops on for no reason in Central Park. That's just one chapter though, this guy's done so MUCH!

He went to Harvard and wrote for Marvel. He's protested for black lives and queer rights. He's traveled the world enjoying birds, nature, and the local gay scene. His descriptions of nature are unparalleled. He really, really likes birds.

I laughed, I cried, I literally gasped out loud. Dude's an INCREDIBLE writer!

BETTER LIVING THROUGH BIRDING is finally in my hands! I don’t preorder books often, but this is an exception.

Christian Cooper The Birdwatcher Gets His Own Amigurumi! 👉 https://buff.ly/3hDQaTJ 🐦💜 p.s. have you watched his show 'Extraordinary Birder'? It's so so so good, I hope there's a season two! 📺

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I am genuinely proud of him, and his new show is feeding me dopamine.

Christian Cooper

Why was I not aware that Christian Cooper got a Nat Geo birdwatching show?? And that that show is amazing?! I don’t even really care that much about birds but I’m so invested right now. I hope he finds every bird ever. And also that he shows them to me. Teach me the bird magic, binocular man. And also achieve all of your bird-related dreams.

Excerpt from this story from the New York Times:

For years, Christian Cooper has studied the habits of Kirtland’s warblers, Swainson’s thrushes, Acadian flycatchers and the other birds he has spent countless hours searching for or observing.

While Mr. Cooper, a resident of Manhattan, has watched birds all over the world, one of his most frequent haunts is his beloved Central Park, where more than 200 species, including, loons, egrets, falcons and owls, live or stop by during migratory flights.

He is perhaps best known for his encounter there two years ago with a woman who called the police and falsely claimed that he was threatening her after Mr. Cooper asked that she keep her dog on a leash.

Now, he is about to once again be in the public eye — this time on his own television show.

On Monday, National Geographic announced a new series featuring Mr. Cooper, called “Extraordinary Birder,” that is expected to run on one of National Geographic’s channels or on Disney+. A premiere date has not been released.

A magical experience this morning!

I went outside to take a picture of “Better Living Through Birding” by Christian Cooper and saw that a Sandhill Crane wasn’t too far off. Better living through birding indeed!

Christian Cooper The Birdwatcher Gets His Own Amigurumi! 👉 https://buff.ly/3hDQaTJ

Earlier today I finished Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World by Christian Cooper. I was vaguely familiar with the story of his run-in with the racist woman in Central Park that he caught on camera while he was birding there, which is initially what made me decide on this book. But I really never stopped to think much more about this confrontation nor about him as a person in any real depth. And this book helped unpack that. This book shed light on his story and who he was and is. His history as a gay, black man from NYC who loves to bird. He talks about his childhood, his college years, his love of comics and birds, his adventurous world travels, his strained relationship with his father, his experience as a New Yorker on 9/11, and the development of his identity as a gay, black man. Most of the book is all about this -- his history -- and only very little of it is actually about the run-in he had with the "Karen" in Central Park. All of the history he brings the reader through helps to shape and give context to the unfortunate part of the story we all know. While this book held my attention well enough, and also provided some enjoyable little tidbits about birding here and there and also presented some good lessons on race and identity, I found it overall rather boring. I think it was maybe the pace of the book that felt slow? I'm not sure. But I don't regret spending time on it. It may not necessarily be the first book I'd recommend, but it definitely wouldn't be the last either.

Extraordinary Birder With Christian Cooper!!!

EXTRAORDINARY BIRDER WITH CHRISTIAN COOPER!!!

it's bird time, baby!!!