10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A little over a half-hour in length, Birders (not to be confused with another Netflix release, Birders: The Central Park Effect or the The Birders , a documentary about Colombian birds and birding) is a film of quiet advocacy that says a lot visually and through the words of its passionate participants.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Currently the Advocacy and Outreach Manager at Maine Audubon, he grew up in Maine and has a work history in conservation and public policy including seven years at the National Parks Conservation Association and volunteer work in communications for the Audubon Society of the District of Columbia. I didn’t know there was a first edition!

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2023

I knew he was also a former Marvel comic book writer and editor, but did not know that he also, unsurprisingly, had a history of involvement in LGBTQ and Black rights advocacy. Because being a birder means you experience life through that framework. And, as he did a decade ago, the joys and benefits of birding.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

There’s an imperative to get this message across to cat people who, like me, can be educated to value wild lives as much as we value the lives of our four-legged family members. It’s tribal and familial. If the experience of handing over that box can be transformative instead of alienating or shaming, there’s a possibility of change.

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