02-21: The Feminist Bird Club Story with Molly Adams

The American Birding Podcast

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Science, Birding, Hobbies, Travel, Birdwatching, Leisure, Aba, Ornithology, Nature, Birds

4.7 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

For many of us, birding is about community, and for retaining people in the hobby finding a group of people you like to bird with is as important as that first pair of binoculars or a field guide. Molly Adams of Brooklyn, New York, knows this more than most. In 2016 she founded the Feminist Bird Club, an inclusive bird watching club dedicated to providing a safe opportunity to connect with the natural world in urban environments. Molly and the FBC were featured in a New York Times article earlier this year about young urban birders. The group has only grown in numbers and ambition since then and she joins host Nate Swick to talk about it.

Also, Birds Aren't Real and other avian conspiracies, and ABA President Jeff Gordon shares a story of wonder and melancholy while birding on his bike.

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0:00.0	The ABA is joining with tropical birding for the first time for an extraordinary adventure in Thailand in 2019.
0:07.0	This is Thailand birding with a camera. So if you are a photographer that likes birds or a birder who likes to take a few photos,
0:13.0	this is a trip with you in mind. And there are no shortage of incredible photo subjects in Southeast Asia,
0:18.0	stuff like sunbirds, pitta, incredible pheasants, spoonbilled
0:22.5	sandbiper, some of the coolest looking birds on the planet. Plus mammals, culture, and
0:27.8	amazing food with ABA friends. This is setting up to be a really exceptional time. Have I interested
0:33.3	you yet? It's your mouth watering for bird photography and the real deal pad tie.
0:38.3	Get more information at aBA.org slash travel.
0:47.1	Hello and welcome to another episode of the American Birding podcast. I'm your host, Nate Swick.
0:52.1	I don't know if you've heard this. This is this sort of thing that's been going around social media lately, but yeah, birds aren't real. Everything
0:59.0	you know is a lie. This, of course, according to a big dude on the internet with a YouTube
1:05.8	channel, yeah, like most things. And most importantly, he also has an online shop. There is a pandemic happening. Birds are
1:15.5	a myth. They're an illusion. They're alive. Wake up, America. Are you convinced? I don't know,
1:21.1	be you, but the screaming always convinces me. I was in the field once with this guy, and we had
1:26.0	one of those tricky trails-type flycatchers. You know, they are. And I was pretty sure it was a willow, but the other guy, you know, I was in the field once with this guy, and we had one of those tricky trails-type flycatchers.
1:28.0	You know, they are.
1:29.3	And I was pretty sure it was a willow, but the other guy screamed at me that it was an alder.
1:33.5	And, you know, he had a sign, too.
1:35.4	So, you know, then the bird flew away.
1:37.5	I guess he was right.
1:39.8	And what are birds anyway, according to our, the shouty fellow here?
1:45.6	They're government drones, naturally.
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