Indigo Goodson-Fields

Smiling woman holding blue binoculars outdoors
Smiling woman holding blue binoculars outdoors
Smiling Black woman with curly hair holding binoculars outdoors in a snowy park
Smiling Black woman with curly hair holding binoculars outdoors in a snowy park

Indigo Goodson-Fields is a Brooklyn-based poet, writer, facilitator and birder from Hayward, California. She served as a New York Birding Consultant on the For the Birds exhibition committee at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Indigo facilitates bird outings for Field Meridians, Bird Collective, as well as other organizations. Her recent writings are published in The Other Almanac, Mold Magazine, Goopy Mag and Brooklyn Bird Club’s Clapper Rail. Her forthcoming book, entitled Bird Song: An Anthology of Black Birders, explores community building, racial and environmental justice and the importance of birding in the lives of six Black birders. Bird Song will be published by OR Books in Spring 2027.