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Jun 13, 2023 · In May 2020, Christian Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park, when pedestrian Amy Cooper called the police on him for asking her to leash her dog. Here's what happened next.
Aug 8, 2023 · An excerpt of this article appeared in the Autumn 2023 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. “My dad gave me a pair of binoculars when I was ten years old, and I haven’t put them down since”—that’s how Christian Cooper, the cheery, bespectacled host of National Geographic’s 2023 show Extraordinary Birder, opens each episode ...
Jun 16, 2023 · Cooper is a lifelong birder, and Black, a relative rarity for the pastime. The dog owner is Amy Cooper, who is white and no relation. His video of her pleading with a 911 operator to “send the cops” because, she falsely claimed, an African American man was threatening her life has been viewed more than 45 million times on social media.
Jun 12, 2023 · Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in 2020 when a white woman falsely accused him of threatening her. His book chronicles life as a Black birder, gay activist and Marvel comics writer...
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Born in 1963 to parents who were both teachers, Cooper found his interest in birds while reading a birdwatching book during a roadtrip from his Long Island childhood home to California. In the 1980s, he was president of the Harvard Ornithological Club , and is currently on the Board of Directors for NYC Audubon . [13]
Aug 11, 2023 · Aug. 11, 2023. Christian Cooper may be best known as the Black birder whose altercation with a white woman in Central Park in 2020 escalated into a national news story. But he’s also a...
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A viral moment in May 2020 may have turned Christian Cooper from simply a successful science and comics writer and editor (as well as a lifelong birder) into the“Central Park Birder” when his ...
