Black Birders Week: Community Chorus Bird Walk

Chollas Lake Park, 6350 College Grove Dr, San Diego, 92115

WorldBeat Cultural Center and San Diego Bird Alliance invite you to celebrate Black Birders Week, a nationwide movement that unapologetically centers Black voices, joy, and belonging in outdoor spaces. Created to uplift and support Black birders and nature lovers, Black Birders Week is a powerful call for visibility, connection, and cultural affirmation in nature.

This year’s theme for day 7, Community Chorus, invites us to come together in shared reflection and celebration. Led by birder, author, and mental health advocate Tammah Watts, our beginner-friendly bird walk around Chollas Lake will weave together birdwatching, storytelling, and community dialogue.

 Bird Theme – Honoring the Sparrow and the Crow

Black Birders Week 2025 honors the Sparrow Family—resilient, adaptive, and thriving in connection. Like sparrows, we find strength in community, lifting our voices together to transform the outdoors into spaces of belonging and liberation. Often dismissed as “little brown birds,” sparrows embody qualities of resilience and solidarity that deeply resonate with the Black experience.

WorldBeat Cultural Center also honors the American Crow, a bird often misunderstood and marginalized—much like Black communities in urban spaces. Despite negative stereotypes, crows are highly intelligent, social, and resourceful. Their story mirrors our own: thriving against the odds and creating beauty through adaptability and ancestral knowledge.

 Accessibility & Amenities

The walk follows flat, paved, and hard-packed dirt paths suitable for wheelchairs and strollers

Bathrooms and drinking water are available on site

Free parking is available near the trailhead

Public Transit: Accessible via Bus Route 955 and MTS Trolley Orange Line to Euclid Ave, with a transfer to bus or short rideshare

Binoculars will be available to borrow for participants

Whether you’re new to birding or simply seeking connection in nature, this walk offers a space to learn about local birds, try out the Merlin Bird ID app, and reflect on the meaning of place, healing, and being Black in the outdoors.

 Led by Tammah Watts

 Binoculars and snacks provided

 All ages and experience levels welcome

 Birding tips + Merlin app support

Let’s gather, observe, and uplift one another in the spirit of joy, reflection, and freedom.

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Berenice Rodriguez

Programming Director
WorldBeat Cultural Center
2100 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA. 92101

Office: (619) 230-1190

Direct: (818) 573-7324

www.worldbeatcenter.org
publicity@worldbeatcenter.org