Melanin IN Motion - Beginning Bird Watching for BIPOC: Binoculars & Beyond

1221 Theodore Wirth Pkwy,Minneapolis MN 55422

05 June, 2021

Description

Learn the basics of Bird watching, hosted by Black Photographer and Bird Watcher, Dudley Edmondson. Binoculars provided, Bird Guide to keep Join the family at Melanin In Motion , MN ornithological Union and African American photographer, outdoor enthusiast and BIRD WATCHER, Dudley Edmondson as we learn the basics of how to enjoy bird watching in the city. This is the first of 4 opportunities to explore our beautiful urban parks that are natural migration routes and provide amazing Bird Watching 5 to 30 minutes from Downtown. You will be hosted by African American Author, Enthusiast and Minnesotan, Dudley Edmondson. He will guide our hike through Theodore Wirth and we will walk through Birding for Beginners including the basics of Binoculars, The Field Guide, Bird Feeders, Spotting scope, cameras and other skills to make it fun and potentially a life long adventure . Binoculars will be available for use and you will receive a Field Guide to keep. The Day will finish with lunch and a "Conversation with Dudley Edmondson" led by Melanin in Motion Leaders Anthony and Lynnea. Plan on arriving at 8:30 am for 9:00 am start and lunch and "Conversation" at 11:30 am. DUDLEY EDMUNDSON Over the last 30 years Dudley Edmondson has become an established Photographer, Author, Filmmaker and Presenter. His photography has been featured in galleries and nearly 100 publications around the world. Mr. Edmondson has also been immersed in the effort to help the conservation sector become more inclusive. He was one of the first to highlight the involvement of African-Americans in the public lands system. Unsatisfied with the numbers of people who looked like him among those he encountered in his outdoor pursuits, Mr. Edmondson set out to create a set of outdoor role models for the nation’s African American community by writing his landmark book, Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places(Adventure Keen Publications 2006). In 2010 Dudley's book and conservation work landed him an invitation to the White House for the signing of America's Great Outdoors Initiative.