Birdie Big Year, Elevating Women Birders
Schedule
Mon May 27 2024 at 05:00 pm
Location
4255 23rd Ave S, Fargo, ND, United States, North Dakota 58104 | Fargo, ND
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The North Dakota Birding Society is hosting a speaking event at the zoo!Tiffany Kersten's Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women.
Tiffany Kersten will be visiting us in Fargo, ND to present her 2021 Birdie Big Year! Tiffany Kersten didn't set out to do a Big Year, but after a series of unanticipated and serendipitous events, she suddenly found herself amidst one.
As a sexual assault survivor, she spent 2021 traveling to all corners of the Lower 48 States, tallying birds and gifting personal safety alarms to women she met along the way. Her goal was to see 700 species, and to raise awareness of women's safety in the outdoors. She ended up surpassing her goal and setting a new record, of 726 species. In her presentation, Tiffany will lead us through the fear, empowerment, struggles, and healing that all played vital roles in the personal growth she experienced on this wild adventure.
Tiffany Kersten is a Wisconsin native. She holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Northland College, and has spent over a decade as an environmental educator, teaching about bird migration with the Cape May Bird Observatory, monitoring shorebirds on Cape Cod, banding Honeycreepers in Hawaii, and finally landing in South Texas where she worked at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and then managed the McAllen Nature Center. After completing her Lower 48 States Big Year in 2021, she founded her own company, Nature Ninja Birding Tours.
* Regular Zoo admission rates apply
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Where is it happening?
4255 23rd Ave S, Fargo, ND, United States, North Dakota 58104Event Location & Nearby Stays:
