 He served as president of Alaska Right to Life from 1995–97, was a delegate to the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego as a Pat Buchanan supporter and the Reform Party in Long Beach, California in 2000, also as a Buchanan delegate.Bird joined the Alaskan Independence Party in 2004 and was a delegate to the Constitution Party's national convention as a supporter of Michael Peroutka.In 2008, the Alaskan Independence Party nominated Bird as their candidate for the United States Senate.