Jenn Lodi-Smith Collects Spark Bird Stories

Jenn Lodi-Smith is a PhD psychologist and founder of The Spark Bird Project. The initiative flickered into life at the Hog Island Audubon Family Camp where Lodi-Smith was introduced to the concept of "spark birds." Lodi-Smith and her colleagues record and analyze contributed stories to better understand how people become birders and why they continue to bird. The Spark Bird Project shares its research findings with community partners to help organizations engage with established and new birders.

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The Spark Bird Project website

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Creator and Host: Georgia Silvera Seamans

Producer and Editor: Pod for the People

Vocalizations: 

Atlantic Puffin call https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/62361

Atlantic Puffin bill rattle https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/216892

Barred Owl (duet) https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/28839251

Screech Owl https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/107446

Atlantic Puffin bill rattle https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/216892