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As we embrace the 2025 theme, "Grounded in Community," we recognize that true belonging means creating spaces where everyone can bird freely -- without fear, without limits.

In solidarity, today and always.
The Black AF in STEM Collective
#PRIDE2025 #PrideMonth #BlackBirdersWeek2025

#BlackBirdersWeek may be over, but we continue sharing love for our community. June is Pride Month, a time to uplift, honor, and celebrate our Black LGBTQIA+ sisters, brothers, trans, queer, and non-binary family. This space is yours. You belong here. We love you. We see you. We stand with you.

A very nice bird walk in a relatively small patch of woods (Upton Hill Regional Park) to celebrate Black Birder Week @dcbirdalliance @blackafinstem.bsky.social and NOVA Parks!

#BlackBirdersWeek #BirdOfTheDay #SongSparrow

Black Birders Week 2025 | BirdNote Listen to all of this year's Black Birders Week episodes!

We hope everyone had a great #BlackBirdersWeek! Take a moment and listen to the seven phenomenal stories created by organizers of the week:
birdnote.org/black-birder...

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FINAL REMINDER🏆Giveaways: Nocs Provisions, Bird Collective, Wild Birds Unlimited Inc., and Casey Girard
Enter for a chance to win on our website - www.blackafinstem.com -- under "2025 Giveaways". Winners will be announced at the end of week.
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Reflect & Share: Share a moment of joy you’ve had with birds or in nature this month.

#blackbirdersweek #blackbirdersweek2025 #blackinnature #blacksky #nature #wildlife #birds #birding #community #ornithology #scicomm #sciart #science #conservation #environmentaljustice

🎙️Check out BirdNote episode with Nicole Jackson, called "Bonding with Mom Through Birding n Stories: The House Sparrow.” LINK IN BIO.

"Feed the Birds" is my absolute favorite bird themed song, What movie is it from? #blackinnature #blackbirdersweek #murmurationsofcolor @blackafinstem.bsky.social

The Wiz is movie with a fun bird song by Michael Jackson #blackbirdersweek #murmurationsofcolor You Can't Win... which character sang this song? #thecrowanthem @blackafinstem.bsky.social

📸 Share your Song Sparrow stories or photos! Have you heard their melodies in your neighborhood? Let’s celebrate how birds and people thrive when we uplift each other’s voices.

#BlackBirdersWeek #BirdOfTheDay #SongSparrow #blacksky #environmentaljustice #birds #birding #ornithology #nature

🐦Every voice has purpose: Their melodies, expressed through the fun mnemonic "Maids! Maids! Put on your tea-kettle-ettle!", stitch together the soundscape of wetlands, backyards, and urban parks, just as Black voices enrich the tapestry of conservation.

Song Sparrows remind us that:
🐦Diversity strengthens the chorus: Each bird sings 10+ unique song variations, with regional "accents" from Alaska to Mexico.

🐦Persistence matters: They sing year-round, even in winter, echoing the enduring spirit of Black birders, scientists, and nature lovers.

A feathered embodiment of resilience, regional pride, and the power of many voices coming together. The Song Sparrow is one of North America’s most talented and persistent singers!

#conservation #blackbirders #scicomm #sciart #science #biology

🐦 Bird of the Day: Song Sparrow 🐦
As we close out Black Birders Week with today’s theme of "Community Chorus," we highlight our Bird of the Day, the Song Sparrow.

Hope your weekend is off to a great start! Don't forge to check our website for in-person events like bird walks today.

www.blackafinstem.com/2025-events

✅ Celebrate Black joy in nature
✅ Observe the birds around you (Be sure to tag us in your photos!)
✅ Reflect on how you’ll carry this work forward

#BlackBirdersWeek2025 #GroundedInCommunity

Today marks the last day of Black Birders Week 2025, but the spirit of this movement lives on every day. We encourage everyone to get outside, whether in a city park, your backyard, or a trail to:

Harmonize your passion with the flock! Call out barriers, pass down wisdom, and amplify our symphony of Black joy in nature. The chorus is now, and the future’s listening.

It’s Day 7 of #BlackBirdersWeek and we’re celebrating our “Community Chorus.”
Today celebrates a symphony of Black joy in birding. Like birds calling across forests, our love and excitement shine when we communicate, educate, & uplift each other through shared knowledge & joyful outdoor encounters

THOUGHTFUL PERSPECTIVE...We can observe House Sparrows with:
🐦Compassion – They didn’t choose to be invasive
🐦Responsibility – Their spread reflects human decisions, not the birds’ fault
🐦Wisdom – Their story reminds us to consider how future introductions might affect ecosystems

House Sparrow Life History, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology You can find House Sparrows most places where there are houses (or other buildings), and few places where there aren’t. Along with two other introduced species, the European Starling and the Rock Pige...

📸 Have you noticed these little characters in your neighborhood? Share your House Sparrow stories below!

READ MORE:
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_...

#BlackBirdersWeek #BirdOfTheDay #HouseSparrow #nature #wildlife #environmentaljustice #conservation #ornithology #scicomm #sciart

House Sparrows thrived not through malice, but through human disruption of existing ecosystems. They filled an ecological niche created by urbanization and agriculture, displacing some native birds not because they’re "bad," but because they’re tragically well-adapted to human-altered landscapes.

These resourceful birds hitched rides with European settlers in the 1850s, becoming one of the first invasive bird species in the New World.

House Sparrows are master adaptors:
• Some urban populations have developed genetic resistance to heavy metal pollution (Learn more -- LINKS IN BIO)
#blacksky

🐦 Bird of the Day: The House Sparrow! 🏡

Happy Friday! For our theme, "Murmurations of Color", we are spotlighting the House Sparrow. While many sparrows are native to North America, the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a feisty little immigrant with a fascinating backstory.

#birds #birding

Special Guests: Binta Dixon, Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis, Mykah Scott, Harrison Watson
Moderators: Nicole Jackson & Dr. Deja Perkins
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New Afrofuturism Collective Will Envision a Conservation Field Influenced by the African Diaspora American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Re:wild are proud to announce the inaugural Afrofuturism Collective. The nine members of the Afrofuturism Collective will independently and collectively examine how...

Explore the intersections of nature and Black culture through bird song, music, poetry, and literature, exploring the themes of strength, unity, grief, brilliance, and power.

For more info about inaugural Afrofuturism Collective cohort, visit abcbirds.org/news/afrofut...
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Text Reads" Murmurations of Color. A Virtual Sensory Workshop with Afrofuturism Collective. Today, we showcacse how Black folks bring dynamic energy, creativity, and cultural richness to briding. By highlighting the variety of ways birds ae present in Black culture, art, and media, we can celebrate ou creativity and shift the narrative about who belong in nature and birding. Friday, May 30th, 2pm EST.

Virtual Sensory Workshop w/ Afrofuturism Collective - 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
This virtual sensory workshop features guest facilitators from the Afrofuturism Collective. Members of the collective will guide participants through a sensory experience inspired by birds.
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The outdoors needs YOUR hue...flood the trails with culture, the skies with soul, and let birds bear witness to our brilliance.

#blacksky #environmentaljustice #birds #birding #ornithology #scicomm #sciart #culture #art #conservation #BlackBirdersWeek2025 #GroundedInCommunity