Christian Cooper, the avid birder and science writer and editor who went viral after he was falsely accused of threatening a woman in Central Park for asking her to keep her dog on a leash, is getting his own TV show.
National Geographic has ordered six episodes of "Extraordinary Birder," which will follow Cooper's avian adventures around the world. Birders, unlike casual bird-watchers, travel to see birds. Bird-watchers notice them while traveling rather than actively seeking them out.
"Life-long birder Christian Cooper takes us into the wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," the network said when announcing its upcoming programming slate last week.
