# Becoming a Birder

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Podcast: [Days at Dogwood Canyon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/days-at-dogwood-canyon-6837583)
Published: 2025-12-26T13:25:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 361

## Resource

Summary: How do people become birders? You aren’t the first person to ask that question. Join Kiersten as she discusses a project looking at how people become birders. Show Notes: “On the Origin of Birders,” by Anna Gibbs. Audubon Magazine, Fall 2025. The Spark Bird Project: https://www.spark-bird.org Roger Tory Peterson Institute: https://rtpi.org National Audubon: https://www.audubon.org Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center https://dogwood.audubon.org/ Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Dogwood.Canyon.Audubon If you have a question or comment you can email us at: dcac@audubon.org

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