29 May 2021
After the global success of its inaugural year, #BlackBirdersWeek returns Sunday, May 30 through Saturday, June 5, 2021. This year’s event will showcase the many unique ways Black people connect in the outdoors. The lineup includes nationwide birding events, live streamed panel discussions, and daily interactive themes. In partnership with The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Collective, US Fish Wildlife Service, Tucson Audubon Society, and more, #BlackBirdersWeek2021 is taking flight!
— #BlackBirdersWeek announcement on twitter
Each day has a theme. Check out the 2021 schedule at BlackAFinSTEM’s website.
My favorite part of the week will be Tuesday night, June 1 at 8pm ET, when PBS broadcasts The Falconer, a film about Rodney Stotts one of the few black falconers in the United States.
Six years ago, April 2015, Stotts was featured in this video by The GW Hatchet, an independent student newspaper serving George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Don’t miss his story at 2:36 in the video. It’s an inspiration for #BlackBirdersWeek.
Meet Rodney Stotts an hour before the show in a live Q&A Webinar: #BirdsEyeView-Falconry with Rodney Stotts on Tuesday June 1 at 7p ET. Sign up here.
Stay in touch on social media at #BlackBirdersWeek.
p.s. If you miss the initial broadcast, WQED Pittsburgh will rebroadcast The Falconer on June 02, 2021 at 12:00 AM and at 8:00 AM.
(screenshots from The Falconer; schedule from #BlackBirdersWeek)
Dear Kate thank you for this story about The Falconer. I will be watching it on PBS June 1. I am always interested when people help birds . I have seen different shows on Falconers and I am amazed. I just watch the trailer that you had and I was very impressed. Any person that can handle a raptor and also care for them I salute them.