Small donations help offset costs for community outreach and larger donations can help ensure team effort and expertise is dedicated to furthering the goals of The Spark Bird Project.
The Spark Bird Project embraces the commitment of the birding community's efforts towards justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through organizations such as Birdability and the Feminist Bird Club and the participatory science and activism efforts of local and national birding The Spark Bird Project is led by Jenn Lodi-Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology Canisius University with funding from the Roger Tory Peterson Institute and American Bird Conservancy . The Spark Bird Project embraces best-practices in open science with materials, data, and code shared transparently on the Open Science Framework . Scholarly papers and professional reports are shared publicly for the benefit of the birding community on the project website. The Spark Bird Project embraces the commitment of the birding community's efforts towards justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through organizations such as Birdability and the Feminist Bird Club and the participatory science and activism efforts of local and national birding organizations. Please always "practice and promote respectful, enjoyable, and thoughtful birding" by following the American Birding Association's Code of Birding Ethics . . Please always "practice and promote respectful, enjoyable, and thoughtful birding" by following the American Birding Association's Code of Birding Ethics . Many thanks to WNY Young Birder Club artists Sam and Maisie for allowing their artwork to represent The Spark Bird Project and to Canisius ABEC student Genevieve Fontana for the amazing logo!