Birdability Week
Birdability Week is a celebration of birders with disabilities and other health concerns, as well as an opportunity to share resources and ideas to help the birding community become accessible, inclusive, and welcoming to everybody! It is an annual collection of events the third week of each October, drawing inspiration from other inclusive celebrations such as #BlackBirdersWeek, Latino Conservation Week and Let’s Go Birding Together.
Birdability Week 2025 is coming up October 20-26!
Join us for our annual celebration of accessible and inclusive birding! Birdability Week is a time to uplift and amplify the experiences of birders with disabilities and other health concerns, fostering joy, community, and connection with nature.
What to expect:
1. The return of our Birdability Week Offbeat Photography + Video Contest.
2. ‘This is Your Brain on Birds’ programming, including a fascinating conversation about using birding to help with chronic pain with Dr. Rachel Zoffness, a pain scientist, clinician, international speaker, author of The Pain Management Workbook, and thought-leader in pain medicine.
3. An Accessible Birding and Belonging Panel featuring Birdability Captains and community sharing what makes birding possible when living with disabilities or other health concerns.
4. A panel discussion on Accessibility in Conservation Careers and a training on Social Field Safety by Field Inclusive co-founders Murry Burgess, Ph.D. and Lauren D. Pharr, M.S.
5. Bird(ability) Your Way Weekend, including accessible bird outings and events across the country.
6. Virtual Livestreams to start each day with birds.
… and more!
Stay tuned for the full schedule and registration details coming September 1, 2025!