CW: Sexual Violence This is going to be a sad one. And also a good one? Maybe? Definitely a complicated one. The truth of it is, I’ve been meaning to write about the Black birding movement for a couple of months now. One of the great pleasures in being a nature lover today is watching the nature-watchers grow and shift and diversify. There will always be a place for someone like me, a middle-aged white woman, but learning about birds while a new, more diverse generation of nature lovers and professional scientists takes up their binoculars has been such a joy.