Resources
Feminist Bird Club’s Birding Code of Conduct
How to Show Up for Abortion Access
This curated document has links and tips for everything from abortion pill access to patient support to abortion funds to advocacy actions. Remember! Support the groups already doing this work. They know how to do it as safely as possible for everyone involved—especially the person who is seeking an abortion.
How to Protect Yourself from Digital Surveillance on Your Phone or Laptop
Everyone who cares about preserving abortion access is a target, no matter what state laws apply where you live. This guide gives you practical tips on how to access abortion information without leaving a digital trail that can be used to prosecute you. (Images in the link include alt text.)
Recommended Resources for Supporting Survivors and Prevention
**Content Warning** This document discusses sexual assault and violence
Ethical Owling - a quick guide by Maxwell Matchim
Owls are some of the most beloved birds on Earth. Birders and photographers have long appreciated them, but unfortunately, their actions can threaten the wellbeing of these charismatic animals. We’ve compiled a guide for birders and photographers of all backgrounds and levels of experience to help ensure the best practices when owling, and help these wonderful birds continue to thrive.
Image to the left is linked with PDF- alternatively, you can also download here
Self-defense with Heather Hazen by Purbita Saha
This collection of self-defense videos is a follow up to the 2020 zoom program that went over how to scan the landscape for threats, assess if an interaction might turn into harassment, de-escalate if necessary, and finally, use blocks, punches, and kicks to protect yourself from bodily harm.
The Chicago chapter has made a tiny zine titled “Communal Roost” with some info on how birds stay warm in the winter + how we can support our neighbors experiencing houselessness.
Zines are $10 ! All proceeds will be donated to @chicagohomelessunion. To receive your zine by 🐌 mail 💌 Venmo @redbreastedsapsucker + DM @redbreastedsapsucker to confirm your donation and address.
Zine collaboration by @francesr0se, @redbreastedsapsucker, and illustrations + stickies by @pudgy____bird 🦢
(sticker included with first 40)!
Bird Visuals ~ a zine to practice your spectrograms and draw feathered friends
Brought to you by Sydney and FBC Chicago
Click here to download the spectrogram zine PDF!
how to: folding an 8-page zine
Homemade peanut butter suet tutorial by Tristan Higginbotham
Follow this easy recipe to make suet feeders at home by FBC-NYC member Tristan Higginbotham! Hang yours up in a safe place winter-spring to give birds some extra food when they need it most.
Birds After Flight: The Art & Importance of Bird Taxidermy
This is a recording of the Feminist Bird Club's first webinar, Birds After Flight: the Art & Importance of Bird Taxidermy with Divya Anantharaman, Kayleigh Kueffner, Aurora Crooks, Frances Kane and Molly Adams. Divya and Kayleigh discuss both scientific and artistic preparations, taking a peek into the process and history, and discussing the different ways specimens aid the advancement of conservation. Aurora does a brief overview of NYC Audubon’s Project Safe Flight, D-bird and shares ways that you can get involved. The casual presentations are followed by a Q&A!
Bird Names for Birds Conversation
On September 26, 2020, the Feminist Bird Club hosted a conversation about the Bird Names for Birds initiative to rename bird species that are named after people. Several North American birds have honorific names that represent and remember people (mainly white men) who often have objectively horrible pasts and do not uphold the morals and standards the bird community should memorialize.