J. Drew Lanham’s Sparrow Envy

It’s National Poetry Month in the U.S., and each year we like to celebrate by sharing our favorite contemporary writers’ work about birds. Ornithologist and poet J. Drew Lanham often writes about racial justice, and his experience as a Black man in the outdoors — both the joy of being in nature and the racism he faces in the field. Sometimes that's led him to birding spots that others might pass by. In this episode, Drew shares a poem inspired by little brown sparrows thriving in overlooked places. More info and transcript at BirdNote.org . Want more BirdNote?

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This episode is 00:03:36 long.

This episode was published on Apr 27, 2026.

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