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From solving Rubik\u2019s cubes<\/a> to sign language<\/a>, there are hundreds of organizations that students can get involved with on campus. In this ongoing series, we shine a light on a few of them. See who\u2019s in the spotlight this time.<\/p>\n When people think of San Diego, America\u2019s \u201cBirdiest County\u201d probably isn\u2019t the first thing that comes to mind. But we are! With over 500 bird species documented here every year,\u00a0 local news outlets<\/a>, bird enthusiasts<\/a>, and\u00a0media<\/a> all agree that San Diego holds the largest bird biodiversity in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n With such a wide variety of bird species comes an even larger community of \u201cbirders\u201d \u2014 people who observe and study wild birds as a hobby. Unsurprisingly, UC San Diego now\u00a0 has its very own \u201cflock,\u201d known as the Bird Club.\u00a0<\/p>\n But what exactly is the Bird Club? Co-president and co-founder Nao Song, a 3rd-year marine biology student with a geosciences minor, puts it simply. \u201cWe are a club for the UC San Diego community to come together and enjoy birds.\u201d Ranging from events such as bird watching to an avian version of \u201cJeopardy,\u201d the Bird Club is focused on education and spreading the love of all things bird related.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to fun activities, the club also provides opportunities for its members to engage in bird research and citizen science. One example is BirdSafe, a student-led project mentored by the San Diego Bird Alliance where students survey the biodiversity of birds during major migratory periods and monitor for any injured birds.\u00a0<\/p>\n Principal member Joel Kwiatkowski, a 2nd-year molecular and cell biology student, puts it best. \u201cBirding can be just as simple as being outside and looking at birds; it can be specific, casual, and even competitive.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article Content From solving Rubik\u2019s cubes to sign language, there are hundreds of organizations that students can get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-474322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}