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On a sunny Saturday morning, birders and nature enthusiasts of color gathered at Havenwoods State Forest, 6141 N. Hopkins St., for Milwaukee’s Black Birders Week community celebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The May 30 event was put on by the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin, Zoological Society of Milwaukee and Havenwoods Neighborhood Partnership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Linetta Alexander with her cousin, Jeziah Johnson, look at birds on a guided bird walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A sandhill crane stands near a tree at Havenwoods State Forest during a Black Birders Week celebration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

For attendee Linetta Alexander, the event was an opportunity to introduce her younger cousins to birding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It\u2019s great because it\u2019s needed,” Alexander said. “To be in an inclusive space where you could just be yourself among nature is ideal. I knew right away that it was going to be safe for them to be here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An attendee carries a pair of binoculars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dexter Patterson, co-founder of BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin, talks to attendees before a guided bird walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Milwaukee’s Black Birders Week community celebration was inspired by the national Black Birders Week movement, which began in 2020 following the racial profiling of birder Christian Cooper in New York’s Central Park and broader conversations about racism in outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2021, the BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin grew out of a desire to make birding and outdoor spaces more welcoming to Black, Indigenous and other people of color. The organization hosts bird walks and educational events across Wisconsin for birders of all experience levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dozens of attendees go on a guided bird walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Co-founder Dexter Patterson said the group\u2019s work extends beyond just identifying birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tell people all the time, birding isn\u2019t just about the birds,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cIt is about people coming together, it is the questions, it is the little kids taking on leadership roles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeziah Johnson, 4, looks for birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dexter Patterson, co-founder of BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin, and JeTaun Taylor, community engagement and safety director for Havenwoods Neighborhood Partnership, spot birds together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mojahida Ahmad looks for birds while on a guided bird walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the morning, participants explored trails during a guided bird walk, built bird feeders and visited activity stations designed for children and families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event took place at Havenwoods State Forest, a 237-acre urban forest and environmental education center on Milwaukee\u2019s North Side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jermichael Kidd, 10, observes a turtle inside the Nature Center at Havenwoods State Forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A\u2019miyah Carrell-Richard, 2, looks through a pair of binoculars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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People make bird feeders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Tim Scott, founder of Urban Nature Connection<\/a> and a volunteer at the event, said he appreciates having natural spaces, such as Havenwoods, in the heart of Milwaukee\u2019s Black community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re actually getting into birding. I thought birds were bad until I started learning about the benefits of birds, and that we can\u2019t live without them,\u201d Scott said. \u201cNow, I want to know more. I want to see them, I want to hear them, I want to look at the different kinds of birds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An orchard oriole sits in a tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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JeTaun Taylor, community engagement and safety director for Havenwoods Neighborhood Partnership, looks at birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Attendees spot an egg on the ground during a guided bird walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A red-winged blackbird perched on a tree branch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Louise McLaurin spots a bird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Patterson said the organization\u2019s long-term goal extends beyond birding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI hope that we can not only grow the birding community, but also normalize Black and Brown people outside,\u201d Patterson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, he said, he wants one distinction in particular to no longer be necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI would hope eventually that people see Black birders as just birders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremel Carrell-Richard, 6, and Sierra Taliaferro, dissect an owl pellet during a Black Birders Week celebration inside the Nature Center at Havenwoods State Forest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jonathan Aguilar is a visual journalist at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service who is supported through a partnership between <\/em>CatchLight Local <\/em><\/a>and <\/em>Report for America<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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