A Celebration of Stories and Science from The Spark Bird Project

Name: A Celebration of Stories and Science from The Spark Bird Project
Start: 2026-05-01T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-01T14:00:00-04:00
Location: 311 Curtis Street exd, Jamestown, NY, United States, New York 14701

Schedule

Fri May 01 2026 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

311 Curtis Street exd, Jamestown, NY, United States, New York 14701 | Jamestown, NY

Join RTPI and BWD Magazine (Bird Watcher’s Digest) to learn more about The Spark Bird Project from founder Jenn Lodi-Smith, Ph.D., the ongoing community science initiative gathering, sharing, and studying the stories of people’s passion for birds! Connect with fellow bird enthusiasts to learn more about the project, enjoy spark bird stories, and get an update on what we are discovering from over 400 spark birders and growing.
Jenn Lodi-Smith will be joining us via Zoom on May 1, from 1:00 – 2:00 pm. (a 40-minute presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions/comments). Seating and a viewing screen will be set up in the Green Gallery, and the public may speak with Jenn in real time during the presentation. Viewers may also engage with the Zoom at home. Light refreshments will be available in the RTPI lobby.
What is the Spark Bird Project?
The Spark Bird Project is an ongoing participatory community social science initiative designed to gather, share, and study the stories of people’s passion for birds while gaining scientific insights into a critical piece in the ecology of birds: birders themselves. The Spark Bird Project leverages the tools of social science to study spark bird stories, with research findings going directly back to community partners to inform their efforts towards engaging people in birding. The knowledge gained from The Spark Bird Project helps to craft inclusive experiences that can facilitate spark bird moments for the benefit of the birding community, the new birder, the economy, and – most importantly – the birds and our world! By understanding what hooks and sustains birders, The Spark Bird Project helps grow the constituency of individuals creatively working to conserve and protect our planet. The Spark Bird Project also helps birders better understand each other by sharing spark bird stories publicly at https://www.spark-bird.org/stories and through The Spark Bird Podcast.