Bird Collective Field Notes
Discover the latest news and stories about birding and beyond.
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Meet the Birder: Sheridan Alford
Sheridan Alford is an environmental educator with a recently completed Masters of Natural Resources in Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management from the University of Georgia.
SPLASH
We’re teaming up with the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) on a new collection that sends a message to all beachgoers out there: Don’t be trashy!
Artist Profile: Trevor Hook
Trevor Hook is a graphic designer and woodworker from the southern Oregon coast. His work blends nature with modern ideas and techniques. Handcrafted images merge with vector illustrations.
Artist Profile: Mahlija Florendo
Mahlija Florendo is an Indigenous Artist painting and handcrafting pieces based on her traditional homelands rooted in the Indigenous Tribes of Northern California and Oregon. Her work inspired by the Indigenous people and their fight for Indigenous Sovereignty, including social justice and the environment.
Meet the Birder: Ryan Moritz
Ryan Moritz is a composer and filmmaker, enthusiastic citizen scientist, and lover of birds. His recent work focuses on birds, and the importance of biodiversity to ecological and planetary health. In 2019 he was commissioned by the New York City Audubon Society to create Important Bird Opera.
Artist Profile: Greg Kozatek
Greg Kozatek a freelance designer and art director based in New York. As studio director at Todd Oldham Studio, he has specialized in creating art products that encourage kids to unleash their creativity.
Show Me Your Colors!
Join us in celebrating Pride Month this June! We commissioned artwork from Greg Kozatek, an NYC-based designer and founder of the InQueery, who was inspired by the rainbow of colors found in the Purple Gallinule. This striking, conically-billed and long-legged marsh bird can be found foraging along freshwater edges.
Artist Profile: Liz Wahid
Liz Wahid is a Certified Science Illustrator who focuses primarily on ornithological illustrations. Her background is in fine art, wildlife conservation, and the care of captive raptors constantly inspire her work.
Black AF In Stem Collab
Black Birders Week is back for its second year – and Bird Collective is teaming up with the BlackAFinSTEM Collective to celebrate the success of their efforts to support and highlight Black birders and conservationists.
Rediscovering NARBA
Pam Morrice remembers the first week of 1985, when the North American Rare Bird Alert, or NARBA, got off to a great start. On its second day in business, the new rare-bird news service was contacted about a Eurasian bean goose seen at Nebraska’s DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. NARBA issued one of its first alerts, birders across the country mobilized to go see the goose, and the New York Times reported the event in a roundup of national news. Birding – and this fledgling service – were on the map.
Artist Profile: Jada Fitch
Meet the artist behind our Finch Research Network collection. Jada Fitch is an illustrator living in Addison, Maine. Her work can be found everywhere from bookshops to nature trails. She frequently works with Maine Audubon, Liberty Graphics, park foundations, publishers and magazines.
Bird Collective x FiRN
It's been a great winter for finches—and the birders who watch them. To commemorate this winter's "superflight" of northern finches out of the boreal forest and into our backyards, we've partnered with the Finch Research Network, or FiRN, to create this special collection.