The Spark Bird Podcast
The Spark Bird Podcast
Podcast Description
The Spark Bird Project is an ongoing community science initiative designed to gather, share, and study the stories of people’s passion for birds. Research findings go directly back to community partners to inform their efforts towards inclusively sparking and sustaining birders. Learn more and share your story at www.spark-bird.org!
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Content Themes
The podcast explores various themes related to birding, conservation, and community engagement. Key topics include the role of nature journaling in connecting with the environment, bird conservation efforts, and inclusive practices in birding. Example episodes cover John Muir Laws discussing the emotional benefits of nature journaling, Scott Weidensaul sharing advancements in bird migration research, and Cat Fribley emphasizing accessibility in birding for individuals with disabilities.
The Spark Bird Project is an ongoing community science initiative designed to gather, share, and study the stories of people’s passion for birds. Research findings go directly back to community partners to inform their efforts towards inclusively sparking and sustaining birders. Learn more and share your story at www.spark-bird.org!
In this episode of the Spark Bird Podcast, Kaitlyn Teer joins our hosts Janet McNally and Jenn Lodi-Smith. Kaitlyn is writer from Bellingham, Washington who has just released her debut collection of essays, Little Apocolypses. She shares stories from her familiy’s exploration in nearby natural spaces and the unforseen challenges of raising childen during a climate crisis.
Resources and Links from This Episode
📖Read Kaitlyn’s collection of Essays, Little Apocalypses Essays on Motherhood, Climate Change, and Hope at the End of the World.
🌐Learn more about Kaitlyn by visiting her website
👥Follow and subscribe to Kaitlyn’s Instagram and Substack
📰Check out Cup of Jo, Kaitlyn is the Senior Newsletter Editor
📘Be on the look out for Allison C. Davis’s Mother Juniper: On Matrescence in Ecological Crisis
🐦Read into Leslie Davenport’s books All the Feelings Under the Sun and What to Do When Climate Change Scares You
📙Look into Kaitlyn’s parenting inspiration: Alison Gopnik’s The Gardener and the Carpenter
🦆Inspire your kids with Douglas Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Home
🦢The book that Janet McNally read to her son: The Mother Tree
Show Notes by Adam Kozman
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