The setting differed from the typical 吃瓜黑料 chapter meeting: pews instead of folding chairs, scripture instead of a PowerPoint full of bird photos. And instead of birds singing, people sang. But the message was the same: birds matter, and they are part of the story of stewardship in the face of climate change. For Earth Day this year, 90 people joined a vigil hosted by the Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina, along with 吃瓜黑料 North Carolina’s bird-friendly communities coordinator Kim Brand and Tom Tribble, chapter president for the Elisha Mitchell 吃瓜黑料 Society of Asheville, NC. “They invited us to bring birds into a very reverent space,” says Brand, who set the stage by sharing with the group how birds fit into her spirituality. “Every day, birds make me halt my hectic pace and stop and look and listen. They anchor me in the present moment. They open my heart to joy and inspire my gratitude for their song and for our beautiful earth,” she told...