Press and Publicity
It all began in spring 2018 with Virginia Rose’s Travis Audubon birdathon, which she named ‘Birdability’. Word got out, and she found herself entertaining two reporters and one videographer that day.
We’re proud to have been interviewed, featured and highlighted across radio, newspapers, magazines, podcasts and even a book (published in Polish!), and look forward to more opportunities to share our work with a boarder audience to help ensure birding truly is for everybody and every body!
Virginia Rose joined as a panelist for Audubon California’s The Bird Story Hour: The Birds Who Saved My Life, October 2022.
Texas Trailblazers: The Birdability Dream by Melissa Gaskill in Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine, October 2022.
‘Birds Are My Key to Happiness’ written by Virginia Rose and featured by Audubon California.
Founder and President Virginia Rose featured on PBS’s ‘Brief but Spectacular’, June 2022.
American Birding Podcast interviewed Birdability’s Virginia Rose and Freya McGregor, February 2022.
TEC Talk Podcast interviewed Birdability founder Virginia Rose in Episode 85, December 2021.
Birdability founder Virginia Rose was featured with a photo and one page story in REI’s 2021 holiday catalogue on page 33, November 2021.
Birdability and the Birdability Map mentioned in New York Times’ At Home and Away e-newsletter, November 2021.
eBird included a blog post about contributing to the Birdability Map during Birdability Week, October 2021.
Wisconsin Public Radio helped promote Birdability and Birdability Week 2021 on The Morning Show, October 20 2021.
Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds had Birdability’s Virginia Rose and Freya McGregor on to share about Birdability Week, on Show 854, October 17 2021.
Butter Side Up podcast interviewed Virginia Rose, October 2021. Listen here.
Eyes On Success podcast interviewed Birdability Coordinator Freya McGregor and Birdability Captain Michael Hurben about birding for folks who are blind or have low vision, October 2021. Listen here.
The Birdy Bunch podcast interviewed Birdability’s Virginia Rose and Freya McGregor about Birdability Week 2021 on Episode 2.18, September 2021.
“We make the joy of the outdoors accessible to all!” Virginia Rose, Birdability founder, was profiled in a Women’s World article by Alexandra Pollock, September 2021.
Hannah and Erik Go Birding interviewed Birdability founder Virginia Rose and Birdability Coordinator Freya McGregor for their episode on Birdability, September 2021.
Austinite makes birding accessible to people with mobility challenges. Virginia Rose, founder of Birdability, was featured on Spectrum News 1 in Austin, Texas, September 2021.
It’s time to redefine ‘birding’. Article by Birdability Coordinator Freya McGregor advocating for a more inclusive definition of “birders” and “birding”. Audubon magazine, August 2021.
This retired teacher found her passion while birding. Now she’s making it accessible to all. Virginia Rose, founder of Birdability, featured on CNN’s The Human Factor, June 2021.
A field guide for fledgling birders, an episode of NPR’s Life Kit, includes an interview with Birdability founder Virginia Rose. June 2021.
Featured in Organizations Bringing Joy Outside, an article published in the REI Co-op Journal, May 2021.
Birdability programming featured in an interview on Living East Tennessee, on WATE, May 2021.
The See-Though Podcast interviewed Birdability founder Virginia Rose about her experiences as someone with a spinal cord injury and how to get started birding, on Episode 29, April 2021.
Birdability’s Virginia Rose and Freya McGregor were interviewed about birding, Birdability, and how birding can be inclusive and accessible for the Gezoont Blog, April 2021.
The Birdy Bunch podcast interviewed Birdability’s Virginia Rose and Freya McGregor about accessibility and inclusion in birding and the outdoors in Episode 44, April 2021.
This Expansive Adventure interviewed Birdability’s Virginia Rose and Freya McGregor as part of their Barriers to the Outdoors series. Episode Six: Birdability, April 2021.
Radio show and podcast Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds interviewed Freya McGregor on Show #822 about redefining ‘birding’ to be more inclusive of birders with disabilities and beginner birders, and talking about Birdability, March 2021.
Birdability featured as the month’s post on The Bird Wide Web, January 2021.
Letter to the editor about Birdability Week included in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Living Bird magazine, January 2021.
Inside the concept of “Birdability”: How to foster inclusivity for birders living with disabilities: Article by Virginia Holman in the Sierra Club magazine, December 2020.
Birdability and Virginia Rose included in Ornitologia Terapeutyczna: Ptaki, Zdrowie, Psychika (Therapeutic Ornithology: Birds, Health, Psychology) by Piotr Tryjanowski and Sławomir Muraweic. Published in Polish, December 2020.
Ptasiarstwo bez barier/Birding without Barriers: Article in the Polish veterinary magazine Animal Expert about Birdability Week 2020, by Professor Piotr Tryjanowski, November 2020.
Audubon’s Society’s Birdability Program Helps Spread Joy of Birding To People With Disabilities Virginia Rose appeared on the Arizona radio station KJZZ 91.5 on October 30 2020.
Show #802 of the radio show and podcast Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds interviews Virginia Rose about Birdability Week 2020, October 2020.
Accessible Birding: Connecting with Nature Beyond Disabilities: Panel discussion facilitated by Andrés Jiménez featuring guests Virginia Rose, Freya McGregor and Jerry Berrier. Part of the Toronto Public Library Environmentalist in Residence series, October 2020.
Good birders: Meet Virginia Rose, founder of Birdability: Article by Matt Mendenhall from BirdWatching magazine, October 2020.
Virginia Rose featured in Paralyzed Veterans of America magazine, July 2020.
Show # 766 on Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds interviewed Virginia Rose about the Birdability Map, February 2020.
A Birding Interview with Virginia Rose, published in the American Birding Association’s Birding magazine, November 2019.
Bird is the Word. Article by Josie Byzek from New Mobility magazine, October 2019.
Virginia Rose featured in Audubon magazine, spring 2019.
Fly something new. Article featuring Virginia Rose from Austin Fit Magazine by Meara Isenberg, February 2019.
The new faces of birding: Young, urban, more diverse. Article by Matt Mendenhall from Bird Watching magazine, October 2018.
Virginia Rose: Birdability for Mobility-Challenged: Virginia Rose interviewed on Episode 133 of BirdCallsRadio, July 2018.
A Movement to Make Birding More Inclusive and Accessible: Article by Tom Foster from National Audubon Society, May 2018.
She explores Austin’s bird world from a wheelchair. You can, too. Article by Asher Price from Statesman, April 2018.
‘Birding’ in a wheelchair? Woman hopes her story inspires others in wheelchairs to explore. Article from KVUE-TV Austin by Molly Oak, April 2018.
Photo in page header: The accessible observation building at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Photo by Freya McGregor.