Birds of North Dakota An illustrated checklist of the birds found within our borders including notations of nesting species. More
Upcoming Events May 27, 2024 Tiffany Kersten's Birdie Big Year: Elevating Women, Red River Zoo Bison Facility Fargo, ND Tiffany Kersten will be visiting us in Fargo, ND to present her 2021 Birdie Big Year! Tiffany Kersten didn't set out to do a Big Year, but after a series of unanticipated and serendipitous events, she suddenly found herself amidst one. As a sexual assault survivor, she spent 2021 traveling to all corners of the Lower 48 States, tallying birds and gifting personal safety alarms to women she met along the way. Her goal was to see 700 species, and to raise awareness of women's safety in the outdoors. She ended up surpassing her goal and setting a new record, of 726 species. In her presentation, Tiffany will lead us through the fear, empowerment, struggles, and healing that all played vital roles in the personal growth she experienced on this wild adventure. Tiffany Kersten is a Wisconsin native. She holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Northland College, and has spent over a decade as an environmental educator, teaching about bird migration with the Cape May Bird Observatory, monitoring shorebirds on Cape Cod, banding Honeycreepers in Hawaii, and finally landing in South Texas where she worked at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and then managed the McAllen Nature Center. After completing her Lower 48 States Big Year in 2021, she founded her own company, Nature Ninja Birding Tours. She guides primarily in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, and offers international tours as well. June 7 - 8, 2024 NDBS Early Summer Event, Please join us as the North Dakota Birding Society (NDBS) holds its first large group meeting since 2019. Join us in Valley City on the Valley City State University at the Rhoades Science Center for the event social starting at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 7th. Doors to the social will open at 6:00 p.m. Coffee and cookies will be served during the social. A keynote address will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the evening's event will end at 8:30 p.m. We will meet up from 6:00 - 6:30 Saturday, June 8th to set up carpool arrangements for a morning of birding. We will bird around the Valley City area (potential Hobart Lake, Lake Ashtabula, Baldhill Dam, etc. depending on group size) to search for breeding North Dakota specialties and late spring migrants. We will bird until 11:00 a.m. and head back to Valley City to meet at Pizza Ranch at 11:30 for lunch. Lunch is not covered by registration fees so you will have to pay for lunch on your own. We will head back to VCSU and the Rhoades Science Center for bird presentations from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Attendees are free to bird afterward or head home. We hope you will be able to join us and that you consider becoming a member of the North Dakota Birding Society! Society dues support the NDBS website and to bring in speakers from time to time. Event registration cost is $30 per attendee.