Christian Cooper, Man Falsely Accused in Viral Central Park Police Call, Stars in New Bird-Watching TV Show

Christian Cooper.Photo: National Geographic/Jon Kroll

Christian Cooper, a Black birdwatcher who made headlines in 2020 after awhite woman called the cops on himin Central Park and falsely accused him of threatening her, is putting his love of birds in the spotlight.

This week, National Geographic announced that Cooper will host a new series calledExtraordinary Birder.

“Life-long birder Christian Cooper takes us into the wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds,” the network wrote in apress release.

“Whether braving stormy seas in Alaska for puffins, trekking into rainforests in Puerto Rico for parrots, or scaling a bridge in Manhattan for a peregrine falcon, he does whatever it takes to learn about these extraordinary feathered creatures and show us the remarkable world in the sky above,” the network added.

Although a release date has yet to be announced, Cooper told The New York Times on Tuesday that he’s already finished filming six episodes.

“I love spreading the gospel of birding,” he told the newspaper, noting that he “was in all” after being approached about the idea over a year ago.

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“It adds another dimension to how you exist in the world,” he added.

source: people.com