page_title: Jason Ward (naturalist)
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Jason Ward (naturalist) / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: birds
context_page_description: Jason Ward is an American naturalist, birder, and activist. He is the host of the 2019 television documentary series Birds of North America. He is the founder and CEO of "The BlackAFinSTEM Collective".
context_section_description: Ward was born and raised in Bronx, New York. He has five siblings. He described seeing a peregrine falcon eating a pigeon when he was 14, which was one of the events that raised his interest in birds. He later moved to Atlanta and worked in a mortgage job. There he learned about the Atlanta Audubon Society, and starting joining their bird walks. Eight months later he started leading these bird walks. He also worked at Zoo Atlanta as an education instructor. He is now a community relations and outreach coordinator for the National Audubon Society.
caption: Ward with an Eastern Screech-Owl
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