https://www.birdability.org/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://www.birdability.org/blog/countdown-blind-birder-bird-a-thon monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/32b360d3-a809-4aa8-92b3-e25044dd18c2/Screenshot+2025-05-21+114515.png Birdability Blog - The countdown is on! Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon 2026 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-through-the-hard-days monthly 0.5 2026-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ed8f45bf-1676-4a6c-bf14-3ad0a3af753f/Julie+Euber+Blog+Photos.png Birdability Blog - Birding Through the Hard Days - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3f2ec4c8-245e-4d13-9d4d-45b7c96be7e5/Polaroid.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding Through the Hard Days - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a0040751-58f5-4f07-b9ae-c663b577c59c/Julie+Euber+Blog+Photos.png Birdability Blog - Birding Through the Hard Days - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birdability-reflections-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b4d04223-9f18-4595-855d-824905ffb5d7/image10.jpeg Birdability Blog - Birdability Is Nothing Without Our Community (and shared learning!) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1e1af310-270a-4520-8cb7-a6a53a2b6aac/Screenshot+2025-08-07+175744.png Birdability Blog - Birdability Is Nothing Without Our Community (and shared learning!) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/32b360d3-a809-4aa8-92b3-e25044dd18c2/Screenshot+2025-05-21+114515.png Birdability Blog - Birdability Is Nothing Without Our Community (and shared learning!) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/lgb-internship-2026 monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/087ad54b-97aa-4965-996e-9ed4612d0213/Screenshot+2025-01-03+112427.png Birdability Blog -  Let’s Go Birding Internship Program Enters 3rd Year - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/86d9becd-205a-41d4-86ef-5e3b28d12db2/Screenshot+2025-10-17+121721.png Birdability Blog -  Let’s Go Birding Internship Program Enters 3rd Year - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/36030729-c446-4196-8007-fb3c63a6ab95/Screenshot+2025-10-17+121812.png Birdability Blog -  Let’s Go Birding Internship Program Enters 3rd Year - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4c8ada34-9ac2-4898-88d0-3cc53a7b5e3a/Screenshot+2025-10-17+121950.png Birdability Blog -  Let’s Go Birding Internship Program Enters 3rd Year - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/listening-with-merlin-bird-id-community-and-connection monthly 0.5 2025-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2a89a3a4-e737-498d-8635-bb79d17ddde2/6+6+2025+singing+wren.JPG Birdability Blog - Listening with Merlin Bird ID, Community, and Connection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/403a3562-18f7-4ec7-a7f9-291886e7898d/Alli+Smith+Comm+Conv.png Birdability Blog - Listening with Merlin Bird ID, Community, and Connection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d7e4fe97-b566-4d52-86a3-0da5232743fc/Screenshot+2025-12-05+122019.png Birdability Blog - Listening with Merlin Bird ID, Community, and Connection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1037cc7a-d872-44fe-9698-ae7cb4e121fc/Screenshot+2025-12-05+122237.png Birdability Blog - Listening with Merlin Bird ID, Community, and Connection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1e0ad04c-eb48-46f7-9b1c-5bfe8c0c10f1/Merlin+Blog.png Birdability Blog - Listening with Merlin Bird ID, Community, and Connection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/community-conversations monthly 0.5 2025-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/09d4325f-6b75-4a9f-86ec-594239a4e957/Blind+Birder+Birdathon+Community+Convo+YT+Header.png Birdability Blog - Community Conversations for the 2026 Global Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d8260615-0553-4ff1-9376-e51f4ef1c481/alli+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Community Conversations for the 2026 Global Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out A person with light skin and long brown hair smiles at the camera while standing on a rocky coastal cliffside. They wear glasses with pink frames, a black hooded jacket, and a colorful knit strap across their chest from a backpack. Behind them, steep cliffs covered in moss and lichen drop down to the ocean, with gray water stretching out toward the horizon under an overcast sky. Small seabirds fly in the distance, and the landscape feels windswept, rugged, and full of wild energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/702e7257-b044-447f-b047-46f494f174b8/Jerry+Berrier+standing+by+tree+with+Birdability+T-shirt.JPG Birdability Blog - Community Conversations for the 2026 Global Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/celebrating-the-winners monthly 0.5 2025-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4ff2df62-fee8-4396-a614-2d01d0fb2091/20B+.jpeg Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Winners of Birdability Week’s 2025 Offbeat Photo and Video Contest - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c2e2c323-3bd0-4e36-9e16-61845747bca5/2A.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Winners of Birdability Week’s 2025 Offbeat Photo and Video Contest - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0147c92c-466e-4ffd-beef-31fe57a62d19/17C.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Winners of Birdability Week’s 2025 Offbeat Photo and Video Contest - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/58828430-5089-440b-be5c-4b338aee3b66/14D+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Winners of Birdability Week’s 2025 Offbeat Photo and Video Contest - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-without-barriers monthly 0.5 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/828ff591-15fc-4713-8380-9340627fed64/image4+%281%29.jpeg Birdability Blog - Birding, Without Barriers: A Weekend of Inclusion Spreads Across America - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9e1cd28c-7b16-419d-9cf8-47df247930e4/Cat%2C+Virginia%2C+AnneMarie+at+Blair+Woods+-+Mike+Fernandez.png Birdability Blog - Birding, Without Barriers: A Weekend of Inclusion Spreads Across America - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5ec0e004-55a6-4982-a4d1-3621a16aec1a/IMG_1494.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding, Without Barriers: A Weekend of Inclusion Spreads Across America - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/the-2nd-annual-global-blind-birders-bird-a-thon monthly 0.5 2025-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/73e286ac-d42b-4509-8b3f-9d1c49b5d649/Screenshot+2025-06-13+095459.png Birdability Blog - The 2nd Annual Global Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon is Coming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7ed40d65-1a2e-4949-9999-97011ca4a026/Screenshot+2025-06-18+185908.png Birdability Blog - The 2nd Annual Global Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon is Coming - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4ee836b8-0170-4fde-893d-cfd8c58a9dcc/Screenshot+2025-06-13+154909.png Birdability Blog - The 2nd Annual Global Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon is Coming - Make it stand out Image description: A group of blind birders, holding white canes and listening intently to birdsong in a local park with paved trails, participates in an outing organized in Venezuela during the 2025 event. https://www.birdability.org/blog/when-disability-isnt-always-seen monthly 0.5 2025-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6eb52545-9a59-4964-b136-f59aabf39c2e/Disability+Day+International+Day+of+Persons+with+Disabilities+Instagram+Post+in+Mint+Green+Orange+Black+Clean+Illustration+Style+%281%29.png Birdability Blog - When Disability Isn’t Always Seen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birdability-launches-a-new-survey monthly 0.5 2025-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/55b3bc40-d89e-486f-862f-a818bb8fbe3f/Screenshot+2025-09-15+170553.png Birdability Blog - Birdability Launches a New Survey on Access and Inclusion in Birding - Make it stand out Image description: A poster titled “Birding for Every Body: What makes birding accessible for you?” invites participants to add sticky notes with their ideas or use dots to upvote others. The poster features the Birdability logo and is covered with colorful sticky notes in pink, yellow, blue, purple, and orange. Handwritten ideas include “easy access spots,” “chairs,” “bird songs,” “diverse voices,” “clear maps,” “safety,” “accessible trails,” “signage,” and “adaptable programming.” The display showcases a vibrant collection of community responses about what helps make birding more inclusive and accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3bc5ddc2-c554-4de0-977e-9fa7f7bfdd7e/Screenshot+2024-08-27+144353.png Birdability Blog - Birdability Launches a New Survey on Access and Inclusion in Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4201613b-b201-4d2b-8698-1232757e9339/Screenshot+2025-10-17+121721.png Birdability Blog - Birdability Launches a New Survey on Access and Inclusion in Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0750a055-e1dc-417c-ade1-3adcbb6377be/Screenshot+2025-10-17+123101.png Birdability Blog - Birdability Launches a New Survey on Access and Inclusion in Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1760722615272-4SGBNHDS97K8HHTCQY2Q/unsplash-image-mcSDtbWXUZU.jpg Birdability Blog - Birdability Launches a New Survey on Access and Inclusion in Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/celebrating-our-birdability-week-2025-sponsors monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/76e62ab0-f361-42a5-8bdf-71bd7c39750d/Sponsor+intro+slide.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating Our Birdability Week 2025 Sponsors - Make it stand out Image description: A blue background with the Birdability Week 2025 logo that says You Belong Here in a linocut created by artist Jenny Gringer, with the words Birdability Week happens because of the generous support of our sponsors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/70b98ed1-93f2-4efb-9878-ffffa21e9da9/Screenshot+2025-10-09+141836.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating Our Birdability Week 2025 Sponsors - Make it stand out Blue background with white text reading “Golden Eagle Sponsor” above the name National Audubon Society, and “Belted Kingfisher Sponsor” above the name Utah State University Institute for Disability Research, Policy & Practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/aae6ce7f-61c7-4c8b-83f3-6c7e562f9088/Screenshot+2025-10-09+141921.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating Our Birdability Week 2025 Sponsors - Make it stand out Blue background with white text reading “Northern Cardinal Sponsors.” Logos included: Birdfy, Carolina Bird Club, Chirp Sounds, Nature Canada, National Aviary, Pennsylvania’s Americana Region / Reading & Berks County Visitor’s Bureau, and Vortex Optics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f265dc10-a9cf-4967-9a3e-079394aecd32/Screenshot+2025-10-09+141939.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating Our Birdability Week 2025 Sponsors - Make it stand out Blue background with white text reading “Eastern Bluebird Sponsors.” Logos included: Aiken Audubon, Bird Collective, Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Boulder County Audubon Society, Chicago Bird Alliance, Denver Audubon, Maine Audubon, and Wild Birds Unlimited of Colorado Springs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0a26348b-bf88-412f-a44c-750041fde8b3/Screenshot+2025-10-09+141959.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating Our Birdability Week 2025 Sponsors - Make it stand out Blue background with white text reading “Ruby-crowned Kinglet Sponsors.” Logos included: Audubon Society of Rhode Island, Birding by Ear and Beyond, Buteo Books, DC Bird Alliance, East Cascades Bird Alliance, Environment for the Americas, Greenspring Birders, and Tucson Bird Alliance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/62d22373-c7f4-4e5b-8af0-cfb0cdf12e5f/Screenshot+2025-10-09+142017.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating Our Birdability Week 2025 Sponsors - Make it stand out Blue background with white text reading “2025 Organizational Sponsors.” Three logos appear in a row: The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Wild Birds Unlimited, and Better With Birds. https://www.birdability.org/blog/expanding-the-birdability-outreach-program-chnf monthly 0.5 2025-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d03f232c-ccd4-42ea-bea4-e344fac942c8/Screenshot+2024-07-18+135351.png Birdability Blog - Expanding the Birdability Outreach Program with the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation - Make it stand out Birdability Founder, Virginia Rose, leading an outing in her manual wheelchair at Travis Audubon’s Blair Woods. There are other folks on the trail using mobility devices or standing with her. Photo by Mike Fernandez, courtesy of National Audubon Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/cda252dd-a4dd-4172-a03d-cb8c46ca8427/Austin+Birdability+outing+at+Champion+Park.jpg Birdability Blog - Expanding the Birdability Outreach Program with the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation - Make it stand out A Birdability Outing, September 2025, at Champion Park in Austin, TX. Some folks are seated in wheelchairs and some are standing behind them in the grass. All are smiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/321a0852-27dd-41d9-b637-6d406672e507/IMG_6574.jpg Birdability Blog - Expanding the Birdability Outreach Program with the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation - Make it stand out A photo of Let’s Go Birding interns, guest speakers, and staff, some using wheelchairs, and some standing outside Rocky Mountain National Park at an orientation and training on adaptive birding. https://www.birdability.org/blog/service-dogs-and-accessible-birding monthly 0.5 2025-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1758146888098-N8K0BC62GF13E25715VF/unsplash-image-8hjHLRkrxSk.jpg Birdability Blog - Service Dogs and Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Image of service dog on trail courtesy of Andy Luo, Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ee4e0c57-3e00-4736-beb8-455ab4820a9c/Attachment-1+%281%29.jpeg Birdability Blog - Service Dogs and Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Birdability Captain, Diane Allison, leads a group from the Pennsylvania Center for Adaptive Sports on an outing to John Heinz NWR in Philadelphia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/dd249d9b-ad9e-4b83-b532-e58bd946e215/IMG_5539.jpg Birdability Blog - Service Dogs and Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Birdability Founder, Virginia Rose, with two blind birders and their guide dogs, and a birder who is taking a selfie of all of them during the Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon in Austin, TX in May 2025 https://www.birdability.org/blog/accessible-bird-blinds monthly 0.5 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/17d06fb1-179f-4da8-9044-8f55d85e4823/Wood_duck_viewing_deck_%2828317522584%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Bird Blinds That Welcome Every Body - Make it stand out A wood duck blind at Pickerington Ponds Metropark in Pickerington, OH with a broad boardwalk ending in a wall with viewing windows at multiple heights over a marshy area. Photo by Dan Keck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5015a9c2-2e3b-4d17-83ec-230207ff6167/Screenshot+2025-08-06+151442.png Birdability Blog - Bird Blinds That Welcome Every Body - Make it stand out The wonderfully accessible observation building at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. There are benches in an indoor space with large windows overlooking a water area. https://www.birdability.org/blog/new-guidance-giveaways-and-why-adaptive-equipment-matters-in-birding monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/13b3b714-bcd9-40d2-aa9e-af992e346840/Screenshot+2025-07-16+173223.png Birdability Blog - New Guidance, Giveaways, and Why Adaptive Equipment Matters in Birding - Make it stand out The Equipment Closet at Paul H. Douglas Environmental Education Center, Indiana Dunes National Park with multiple mobility aids for trails and beaches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b1f14162-63cd-42f4-b471-9143bc8f9939/Giveaway+VOCiC.png Birdability Blog - New Guidance, Giveaways, and Why Adaptive Equipment Matters in Birding - Make it stand out Image description: A blue graphic sprinkled with small white star shapes promotes a Birdability and VOCIC giveaway. The Birdability wordmark with a small gray bird appears at upper left and the VOCIC logo in a dark blue oval appears at upper right. Large white text in the center reads Giveaway. Two large circular photo frames sit below. The left frame shows a red and black VOCIC Z21 Rollator. The right frame shows a compact red VOCIC D50 Mobility Scooter. https://www.birdability.org/blog/first-ever-blind-birder-bird-a-thon monthly 0.5 2025-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/358cb066-72e6-4edc-9cda-1d7257333e90/Screenshot+2025-06-13+095459.png Birdability Blog - Birding by Ear (and Building Community) at the First Ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out Image description: a group of people walks together along a paved path in a lush, green park. Several individuals at the front of the group are using white canes. Some people are smiling and conversing as they walk. Most wear casual clothing and hats for sun protection, and many carry backpacks. Trees and grass surround them, with more people visible in the background, at this event on Sunday, May 18th, for the first national blind birder bird-a-thon at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. (Photos by Robb Hill/For The Washington Post) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1749843885836-SH8S9RFSXUCXI6LJWFXV/unsplash-image-HinbnU-aykE.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding by Ear (and Building Community) at the First Ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out Image description: a photo of a Winter Wren perched on a branch, with twigs silhouetted behind it. Photo by Jan Meeus, courtesy of Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/45897611-82af-41ae-b257-21f6384ebd82/Screenshot+2025-06-13+100724.png Birdability Blog - Birding by Ear (and Building Community) at the First Ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out Image description: four people are gathered outdoors on a grassy area near a paved path and picnic table in a wooded park. One person in the foreground is taking a selfie and smiling at the camera. Two individuals are standing with guide dogs, and one person is using a manual wheelchair and wearing a Birdability T-shirt. The group appears happy and relaxed, enjoying time together and birding for the Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon on May 18, 2025 in Austin, TX. Trees and green foliage fill the background. Image courtesy of Virginia Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2b8709e8-b9d5-44d3-9639-787fab5cadf2/Group+photo.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding by Ear (and Building Community) at the First Ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out Image description: the PossABILITIES Club Alumni Association and Alexandra Wang hosted a bird-a-thon in Fort Tryon Park, NYC for the Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon. Here a group of nine people poses for a photo on a sunny day in a lush garden in the park area. Eight individuals are standing in a row on a paved path, and one person is kneeling in front holding a red plush bird and wearing binoculars around their neck. The group includes people of different ages and appearances, with one child among the adults. Behind them is a beautifully maintained landscape of green foliage, flowering plants, and a large shady tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/78a194df-699a-430f-ac3c-9af36c434a46/Screenshot+2025-06-13+143934.png Birdability Blog - Birding by Ear (and Building Community) at the First Ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon - Make it stand out Image description: with her guide dog, a yellow lab named Igloo, Tracy Carcione participates in the first-ever Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon. She uses an interpoint slate and stylus to record in Braille the species she hears near her home in Teaneck, New Jersey. She is wearing a hat and jeans and is smiling on a trail with a tree beside her and Igloo. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon https://www.birdability.org/blog/mapping-access-together-in-virginia monthly 0.5 2025-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f54f5a67-5eb6-4158-a23a-7125a34d6fd5/Screenshot+2025-06-10+164329.png Birdability Blog - Mapping Access Together in Virginia - Make it stand out Image description: The Birdability Map, showing the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central and South America with blue diamonds indicating the number of site reviews in each area. The largest is a blue diamond with the number 434 centered over the state of Virginia. To the left is the Search and Filter bar with the information that can be used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1749594757531-L861650G536QPMMPU2HQ/unsplash-image-_TOteetay6s.jpg Birdability Blog - Mapping Access Together in Virginia - Make it stand out Image description: a person sits on a bench beside a person using a manual wheelchair who is looking out onto the grass and trees of a park from a cement trail and landing pad. Photo courtesy of Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/07c43e52-1cc8-4f56-a825-c26d2798e3e1/Screenshot+2025-06-10+171730.png Birdability Blog - Mapping Access Together in Virginia - Make it stand out Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge’s Boardwalks create accessible viewing opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1749602670508-2UE7FVJHOXMJCQ6XDGYQ/unsplash-image-i_dT4tseXD8.jpg Birdability Blog - Mapping Access Together in Virginia - Make it stand out Image description: A post in a green area with a sign for wheelchair access. Image courtesy of Unsplash, by Markus Spiske. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ade1fc8e-1430-4e9a-bfba-386c1e104c1f/Screenshot+2025-06-10+172311.png Birdability Blog - Mapping Access Together in Virginia - Make it stand out Image description: A five-step workflow diagram outlines the process for conducting a Birdability Site Review and submitting information to DWR and Birdability. Each step is inside a dark green rounded rectangle with white text and is numbered in sequence. Orange arrows connect each step in a clockwise flow, forming a loop. The background is light with a subtle paper-like texture. The steps read: 1.Watch the mandatory training video and review the project guide 2.View the list of available sites and sign one out via the online site selection form 3.Conduct the Birdability Site Review using the Access Guide Considerations document for reference 4.Transcribe and submit the information you collected during the site review directly to Birdability 5.Complete the DWR Site Submission form to ensure DWR gets the information needed to update the VBWT site https://www.birdability.org/blog/a-birding-conversation-for-every-body-and-every-mind monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d9bee047-c96c-43c1-b2bb-74281f1a1e1f/Screenshot+2025-05-29+093253.png Birdability Blog - A Birding Conversation for Every Body and Every Mind - Make it stand out Image description: This is a screenshot of a webinar with five Zoom boxes. The moderator, three panelists, and an ASL interpreter are frozen in mid-conversation as they discuss accessible birding for mental health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0dfbf563-100d-4a29-8eb5-22641e797152/RF-Birdability-Logo-Lockup-Horizontal+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birding Conversation for Every Body and Every Mind - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/39e7f75e-03cf-4f42-9d62-2acf526c1853/5M9A9733.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birding Conversation for Every Body and Every Mind - Make it stand out Image description: Elizabeth Monje stands outdoors on a green lawn wearing a black graduation cap and gown with a white collar and red trim. She has long dark hair, red lipstick, large hoop earrings, and round black glasses. She holds a pair of binoculars in her right hand and is smiling slightly. Behind her are leafy green trees and a light-colored building with teal window panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/92e24197-e5e4-44c6-a01d-abbfc2199ceb/image0+%281%29.jpeg Birdability Blog - A Birding Conversation for Every Body and Every Mind - Make it stand out Image description: Eric Clow, using a power wheelchair, is on a paved trail next to a canal, surrounded by grassy fields under a cloudy sky. He has short brown hair and a beard, and is smiling at the camera. He wears a white T-shirt with an abstract design, gray pants, and black shoes. A clear tray is mounted to the front of his wheelchair, and the scene has a peaceful, open feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/458c91d0-2201-4145-bc8a-102e3b44bc56/Tammah+Watts+2.png Birdability Blog - A Birding Conversation for Every Body and Every Mind - Make it stand out Image description: Tammah Watts stands outdoors in front of leafy green trees, looking forward with a calm expression. She has long black and white braids and wears an olive green coat and broad-rimmed hat. She holds a pair of binoculars in both hands, ready for birding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0dfbf563-100d-4a29-8eb5-22641e797152/RF-Birdability-Logo-Lockup-Horizontal+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birding Conversation for Every Body and Every Mind - Make it stand out Image description: A logo from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation on the left with a red, orange, and yellow graphic and the words ”Today’s Care, Tomorrow’s Cure” and a logo from Birdability on the right that has an illustrated White-breasted Nuthatch perched on the B of the name. https://www.birdability.org/blog/mindfulness-and-birding-healing-in-the-present-moment monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d651dcaa-da65-45da-b343-4df01a697d38/image6.jpeg Birdability Blog - Mindfulness and Birding: Healing in the Present Moment - Make it stand out A sleek Tree Swallow with shimmering blue upperparts, a white underside, and a black mask around its eyes is perched on the corner of a wooden nest box. The background is softly blurred with green foliage. Photo by the author, Karaleah Reichart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/fa11eee1-fc4a-49f9-b4ca-d8565cf2185e/image5.jpeg Birdability Blog - Mindfulness and Birding: Healing in the Present Moment - Make it stand out A small songbird with a bright yellow head, bold black throat, white underparts, and black-and-white wings is perched on a tree branch. The bird, a Black-throated Green Warbler, is surrounded by clusters of fresh green catkins and leaves, with a clear blue sky in the background. Photo by author, Karaleah Reichart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/783b631a-8122-4906-9419-ec4f2a757fa7/image0.jpeg Birdability Blog - Mindfulness and Birding: Healing in the Present Moment - Make it stand out A Black-throated Blue Warbler is mid-song, perched on a lichen-covered tree branch surrounded by lush green leaves. The bird has a deep blue back, black face and throat, and white underparts, captured in a moment of vocalization. Photo by the author, Karaleah Reichart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c540631d-24ec-43f5-950c-611fc0e05230/image2.jpeg Birdability Blog - Mindfulness and Birding: Healing in the Present Moment - Make it stand out A brilliant red bird, a Summer Tanager, perches on a mossy, curved branch. Its plumage is entirely vivid red, with a slightly darker hue on the wings and tail. The background is a soft blur of green, suggesting a lush, leafy habitat. The bird’s thick, pale yellow bill stands out against its vibrant feathers. Photo by the author, Karaleah Reichart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/90079079-89c9-4735-bfba-c3c3450901a7/image1.jpeg Birdability Blog - Mindfulness and Birding: Healing in the Present Moment - Make it stand out A striking Red-headed Woodpecker sits atop a weathered wooden post. The bird has a vivid red head, snow-white underparts, and black wings with white patches, shown against a soft-focus green background. Photo by author, Karaleah Reichart. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-for-your-brain monthly 0.5 2025-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/80533ef2-41db-419b-afc2-52e2b24cf839/IMG_5003.JPG Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Red-whiskered Bulbul sitting on a branch in Pasadena, CA. Photo by Birdability ED on a recent bird outing for her own mental health. May 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/67bfccf4-bab0-4b13-907f-c06c8fb26e3a/IMG_4545.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out A Birdability Captain and community member on a trail at Agua Caliente Park in Tucson, AZ looking through binoculars for a Cassin’s Kingbird across a pond. The trail is paved and there are plants along the edge. April 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/96d0b55e-f5f8-4289-9217-87d7f7d182ee/2.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0dfdfe46-a35a-480a-b9ba-90fc5dc449fb/3.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a5b29652-19ae-4601-8184-8610f2917821/4.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4d7d7076-ef3f-4c0d-a9c6-56afc14be603/5.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8d4ad6cf-98db-431e-8f04-ba53f08cb938/6.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e4c58938-796d-427b-a4ce-b3c91d7a30a5/7.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/359a69ab-dd89-459c-844e-6f5ce9b20443/8.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/461a179e-e103-484c-b051-8cc6499c9193/9.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ca5c55f0-9132-4e3e-8052-f6d42e7b3478/10.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a97b7e39-db12-40e0-921f-507c8ec7a6d0/11.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/602279fb-ee78-4f30-b810-037390efbe71/Austin+outing+with+VR+2+2025.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding for Your Brain - Make it stand out A Birdability Outing in Austin, TX. There is a group of birders using various mobility devices and binoculars who are gathered on a packed dirt and stone path in front of trees, looking at he camera and smiling. Photo courtesy of Virginia Rose. https://www.birdability.org/blog/the-wisdom-of-sequoias monthly 0.5 2025-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/50fcc1e7-c40e-43b3-b6eb-4f2046ab6d8d/IMG_1836.jpg Birdability Blog - The Wisdom of Sequoias - Make it stand out Image description: The author, Cat Fribley, using her mobility device to explore Big Trees Trail at Sequoia National Park. The picture is of her back as she rolls through misty trail among the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d8aa171b-de40-4dc1-9640-81c7aaf8a7a5/IMG_5807.jpg Birdability Blog - The Wisdom of Sequoias - Make it stand out Image description: The Big Trees Trail signage near the trailhead with a bench on the paved trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ee67053c-a4de-4d87-9b2f-68c969187b40/IMG_5809.jpg Birdability Blog - The Wisdom of Sequoias - Make it stand out Image description: A huge sequoia rises in the background, with a paved trail bordered by boulders and fencing in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/efc40b92-5cdf-4cf1-aa66-c7b99dc86530/IMG_5872.jpg Birdability Blog - The Wisdom of Sequoias - Make it stand out Image description: One of the world’s largest trees, a sequoia in Sequoia National Park, rises from the ground, surrounded by other trees in the mist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1746136791169-S1ROKBUVLXDMTX33W8GL/Mental+Health+Awareness+Template+Post+%28Instagram+Post%29.png Birdability Blog - The Wisdom of Sequoias - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-is-for-every-body-and-every-mind-celebrate-mental-health-awareness-month-with-birdability monthly 0.5 2025-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/dd4c495a-9ec4-4d45-bd8a-2c60d4891f27/Mental+Health+Awareness+Template+Post+%28Instagram+Post%29.png Birdability Blog - Birding Is for Every Body and Every Mind. Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with Birdability! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1746136072839-M44CN45V2DOQM79NJV5N/unsplash-image-e4uDIlg8zGo.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding Is for Every Body and Every Mind. Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with Birdability! - Make it stand out Photo of an Eastern Bluebird perched on a wooden fence courtesy of Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1732856484949-2OAYIFD95HMXT53YN5N7/Screenshot+2024-11-28+224603.png Birdability Blog - Birding Is for Every Body and Every Mind. Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with Birdability! - Make it stand out Image description: A screenshot of a virtual panel discussion on the mental health benefits of birding - there are five participants and an ASL Interpreter visible in a grid layout on Zoom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1728503948405-P9C7MAYE4YO9YDZ5MTD7/thumbnail+-+Ann+Marie+Geiger.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding Is for Every Body and Every Mind. Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with Birdability! - Make it stand out Image description: A picture of Ann Marie Geiger from the back using her power wheelchair to navigate a long wooden boardwalk through a field of green with a blue sky and fluffy clouds above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1735925762289-WOEVXLNRMU2OJ67MXOEY/Screenshot+2025-01-03+112427.png Birdability Blog - Birding Is for Every Body and Every Mind. Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with Birdability! - Make it stand out Image description: A Birdability Intern, Jordan, looking through binoculars at a bird in the tree in front of her with her site supervisor next to her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/904db3ae-f2f0-493a-8d46-58b00cb1b2fe/Birdability+Outreach+Program+Webinar+Series.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding Is for Every Body and Every Mind. Celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month with Birdability! - Make it stand out Image description: An illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch sits on a computer monitor with the Birdability logo on the screen. The bird is singing out the wifi signal symbol and above all of that in curved letters is text that reads Birdability Outreach Program Webinar Series. There is a QR Code in the left bottom corner. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-mobility-and-the-joy-and-grief-of-evolving-access-needs monthly 0.5 2025-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/106a2242-cbe6-45ad-a748-8f2501ff5462/IMG_4570.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding, Mobility, and the Joy (and Grief) of Evolving Access Needs - Make it stand out Image description: Six smiling people are gathered on a paved path under the shade of mesquite trees at Agua Caliente Park in Tucson. They are part of a Birdability outing. In the center is Cat Fribley, wearing a black Birdability shirt and using a forearm crutch, standing next to her new electric mobility scooter. A basket and water bottle are visible on the front of the scooter. Everyone looks happy and relaxed, surrounded by a lush green landscape with palm trees in the background and blue sky peeking through the leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6e323f92-64a8-4d27-b895-32e5d1dcd804/IMG_4532.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding, Mobility, and the Joy (and Grief) of Evolving Access Needs - Make it stand out Image description: A paved trail splitting to head two different directions in Agua Caliente Park in Pima County, AZ. A sign says Pond Loop 2 and Watch for Venomous Creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bf2f584e-3eea-4874-9aef-3031e8bcd180/IMG_4493.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding, Mobility, and the Joy (and Grief) of Evolving Access Needs - Make it stand out Image description: A joyful group selfie taken at a large picnic table under tall palm trees in Agua Caliente Park, Tucson. In the foreground, Cat Fribley is smiling widely with large round sunglasses and a Birdability shirt, holding the camera. Behind her, nine other Birdability community members are seated and standing around the table, all smiling and enjoying the moment. The table is covered with outreach materials, brochures, stickers, and water bottles. The sunny background shows a lush park with palm trees, picnic tables, and a bright blue sky. The energy is vibrant and full of connection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8e267e85-3dcf-4eb2-90a0-430f0e22e833/IMG_4552.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding, Mobility, and the Joy (and Grief) of Evolving Access Needs - Make it stand out Image description: Pond two at Agua Caliente Park with a reflection of clouds and mountains in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c512cd5c-ea7c-4ff6-abb0-ca598ee941af/IMG_4613.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding, Mobility, and the Joy (and Grief) of Evolving Access Needs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/team-nuthatch-returns-to-the-world-series-of-birding monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/345a105a-c773-437a-9987-9f14e303c7e8/I%27m+on+%23TeamNuthatch.png Birdability Blog - Team Nuthatch Returns to the World Series of Birding! - Make it stand out Image description: A blue box with the words “Introducing WSB 2025 #TeamNuthatch.” Below the text are three circular photos of Birdability Captains who make up Team Nuthatch for the 2025 World Series of Birding. The top left photo shows Karaleah Reichart Bercaw smiling on a beach with two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. The top right photo features Gary Herritz, standing on a sandy shoreline at sunset, holding a Black Skimmer in his hands (with all appropriate permits). The bottom center photo shows Katie Fenyar smiling and giving a thumbs-up gesture, wearing glasses and a headband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c0922fd4-38cf-4ee0-9e75-f50f2c248bdc/Disability+Day+International+Day+of+Persons+with+Disabilities+Instagram+Post+in+Mint+Green+Orange+Black+Clean+Illustration+Style.png Birdability Blog - Team Nuthatch Returns to the World Series of Birding! - Make it stand out Image description: A graphic with a blue background and the Birdability logo at the top. Below the logo is the text: "Not All Disabilities Are Visible". The graphic is divided into two halves: On the left side is the caption: "Some disabilities look like this:" Beneath it is an illustration of a person with short hair and glasses, smiling while using a camera. They are seated in a wheelchair, wearing an orange outfit with polka dots. On the right side is the caption: "And some look like this:" Beneath it is an illustration of a person standing and looking through binoculars. They are wearing a light orange sweater, a backpack, and white pants. At the bottom of the graphic, a blue banner contains the message: "Remember that not all disabilities are apparent. And some folks have both types." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4d9bb693-3a28-427d-b0ff-7db634726452/Support+Team+Nuthatch+at+WSB.png Birdability Blog - Team Nuthatch Returns to the World Series of Birding! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/captains-spotlight-carol-tepper-and-her-journey-as-an-unbalanced-birder monthly 0.5 2025-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/aff05209-f858-4a81-8828-886e23af2668/2019+October+at+Sweetwater+Wetlands+2.jpg Birdability Blog - Captain's Spotlight: Carol Tepper and Her Journey as An Unbalanced Birder - Make it stand out Carol, smiling brightly at the camera while birding at Sweetwater Wetlands in 2019. She is wearing a light-colored cap, dangling earrings, and a dark green shirt with embroidered detail. A camera strap is visible around her neck. She has light eyes and dark eyebrows. Behind her, tall green wetland plants and a large, lush tree fill the background under a clear blue sky. Photo courtesy of Carol Tepper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bed50613-5250-464a-8f64-68fc23cf70c4/2025+3+23+great+egret+in+our+yard+in+Tucson.jpg Birdability Blog - Captain's Spotlight: Carol Tepper and Her Journey as An Unbalanced Birder - Make it stand out A Great Egret strutting through the yard at Carol’s home. Sometimes the birds come to you, making birding even more accessible! Photo courtesy of Carol Tepper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1744045944876-UAM9U36GA1ZZQZPPYC9E/unsplash-image-R_xQxq23mss.jpg Birdability Blog - Captain's Spotlight: Carol Tepper and Her Journey as An Unbalanced Birder - Make it stand out A view of the canyon from above, with the road winding down the mountain and a building with a parking lot in the far distance. Photo by Jasmine Goodin via Unsplash https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-without-borders-a-global-movement-for-accessible-birding monthly 0.5 2025-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3c8b07dd-9405-4885-b0d0-230e49f62593/Screenshot+2025-03-03+161231.png Birdability Blog - Birding Without Borders: A Global Movement for Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Alexis Padovani on a bridge in Argentina - part of the documentary "The Green Bridge: Restoring the Spinal Cord of the Misiones Rainforest" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b02b6981-7e65-4717-8a2e-9405261e45e0/Screenshot+2025-03-03+163432.png Birdability Blog - Birding Without Borders: A Global Movement for Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Juan Machuca with friends and students in the inclusive bird recognition courses he developed in the city of Concepción, Chile. Also pictured are Paulo Osses, Fernando Poveda, and Paulina Saravia, and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e3acff33-c712-49ab-a608-f59e0055fb26/WhatsApp+Image+2024-08-06+at+2.29.31+PM.jpeg Birdability Blog - Birding Without Borders: A Global Movement for Accessible Birding - Make it stand out David Araya-H., a Co-Director Kèköldi Hawkwatch, Costa Rica with participants of a birding tour, including Birdability Captain Diane Allison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c9dbde60-29f9-4b87-8794-273ae300fa29/Screenshot+2025-03-03+173605.png Birdability Blog - Birding Without Borders: A Global Movement for Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Alexis Padovani and Andres Bosso in a still from the documentary "The Green Bridge: Restoring the Spinal Cord of the Misiones Rainforest" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5706f713-6c8c-40e1-935a-9a4179c371ed/Screenshot+2025-03-03+172739.png Birdability Blog - Birding Without Borders: A Global Movement for Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Participants of Feathered Echoes at Veo Aves Falcón in Venezuela. https://www.birdability.org/blog/finding-connection-through-birds-alexs-journey-to-accessible-birding monthly 0.5 2025-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1734733802371-9T0G8TE2S4RG8C1T0ZEN/alex+wang+accesibility+tour+blog+1.jpg Birdability Blog - Finding Connection Through Birds: Alex’s Journey to Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Alexandra Wang (aka Avian Alex), NYC Bird Alliance tour leader. Photo: Kim Dramer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/60e39121-44c0-4a3d-8bb8-b4b44d0de786/Screenshot+2025-01-23+154539.png Birdability Blog - Finding Connection Through Birds: Alex’s Journey to Accessible Birding - Make it stand out A group photo of participants of Avian Alex Urban Wildlife Tours and NYC Bird Alliance Tour at Fort Tryon Park, October 2024. Photo by George S.C. Wang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/be9ea9f8-550a-4e25-82e2-7860e4a766fa/Screenshot+2025-01-23+154516.png Birdability Blog - Finding Connection Through Birds: Alex’s Journey to Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Alex leading a group of birding participants at an accessible outing by Avian Alex Urban Wildlife Tours and NYC Bird Alliance in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7e6e0979-c448-4d2f-9031-f62d6d74fb05/Willie+The+Blue+Jay.jpg Birdability Blog - Finding Connection Through Birds: Alex’s Journey to Accessible Birding - Make it stand out Willie the Blue Jay has become an unofficial mascot for Alex and the other Fort Tryon birding community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/85ba3961-09ae-4aa1-a14b-b01e241ea203/AAC+1.jpg Birdability Blog - Finding Connection Through Birds: Alex’s Journey to Accessible Birding - Make it stand out An AAC card developed by Alex Wang has words and images representing terms like Hello, Binoculars, Bird, Insects, Tree, and Flowers so folks who communicate without spoken language can indicate their needs. https://www.birdability.org/blog/the-great-backyard-bird-count-is-citizen-science-for-everyone monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1737995510666-5XWQFJK049PEDK8HIHH2/unsplash-image-hVyw1-zjAhQ.jpg Birdability Blog - The Great Backyard Bird Count is Citizen Science for Everyone - Make it stand out Black-capped Chickadee courtesy of Peter Lewis via Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f831d885-cc80-483f-bee3-fc2da1f5eaf5/image2.jpeg Birdability Blog - The Great Backyard Bird Count is Citizen Science for Everyone - Make it stand out A photo of the Birdability CBC team at Lake Creek Trail in Texas, 2024. Image description: As it rains, two people are birding using wheelchairs, dressed in weather-appropriate clothing, with one person wearing a blue hoodie and gloves, and another covered with a bright yellow rain poncho. Three others are standing, holding umbrellas for rain protection—one person in a wide-brimmed hat looks upward with interest, while another holds a patterned umbrella, watching for birds while seeking some shelter under a wooden pavillion at the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/33717bae-d9d8-4cd4-a5e7-6bc32ece7be3/IMG_3329.jpg Birdability Blog - The Great Backyard Bird Count is Citizen Science for Everyone - Make it stand out A Tufted Titmouse on a backyard feeder in Iowa City, IA partaking of a few of the many seeds provided by Birdability’s Executive Director. https://www.birdability.org/blog/announcing-the-first-ever-blind-birder-bird-a-thon monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3d7de94f-5d13-4df3-886c-c4ed5c90b5f7/Screenshot+2024-09-24+164828.png Birdability Blog - Announcing the First-Ever Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon! - Make it stand out Accessible Birding Intern, Shane, in between two other legally blind participants from the Carroll Center for the Blind at a bird outing at Saugus Iron Works NPS in May 2024. https://www.birdability.org/blog/celebrating-the-accessibility-internship-formerly-birdability-internship-programs-recognition-as-2025-project-of-the-year monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/cbfc9f1d-1152-4e9e-a11e-cc7482dc69c8/Screenshot+2025-01-03+112427.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Accessibility Internship (formerly Birdability Internship) Program's Recognition as 2025 Project of the Year - Make it stand out Image Description: A young woman in an outdoor setting is holding binoculars up to her eyes, looking intently at something in the treetops. She is wearing a light-colored button-up shirt and a cap. Behind her, a man wearing glasses, a light NPS uniform shirt, and a cap is also gazing upwards. The surrounding environment is lush and green, filled with tall trees and dense foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3ee56f0d-a753-4962-bcfe-5ffd75f5d935/Screenshot+2024-09-24+164828.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Accessibility Internship (formerly Birdability Internship) Program's Recognition as 2025 Project of the Year - Make it stand out Image description: An intern wearing a light colored shirt is holding a 3D bird model as he speaks with participants from the Carroll Center for the Blind at an accessible event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/fdf04c4e-3562-46a6-8d03-1ff5fecd1e3a/Screenshot+2024-09-24+165613.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Accessibility Internship (formerly Birdability Internship) Program's Recognition as 2025 Project of the Year - Make it stand out Image description: A woman leading a bird outing uses ASL while a man using a power wheelchair looks into the woods while following her on a path with a number of other individuals, some using mobility devices and some walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5907c2d7-3e6f-41af-bdeb-d30afa733077/Screenshot+2024-09-24+165925.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating the Accessibility Internship (formerly Birdability Internship) Program's Recognition as 2025 Project of the Year - Make it stand out An EFTA staff person and an Accessible Birding Intern pose in their light-colored uniforms in front of the Saguaro National Park sign in summer 2024. https://www.birdability.org/blog/a-birder-of-a-different-feather monthly 0.5 2025-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/30ad76a4-2966-412f-b25d-f3084b3b1170/Lisa+and+Kathleen+at+Bon+Echo+Provincial+Park+CREDIT+Chris+McHardy.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birder of a Different Feather - Make it stand out Lisa and Kathleen at Bon Echo Provincial Park - photo by Chris McHardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bd2a570c-ebb2-48e9-a142-59491ccb02ab/Barn+Swallow+%40+Point+Pelee+National+Park+CREDIT+Chris+McHardy.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birder of a Different Feather - Make it stand out Barn Swallow at Point Pelee National Park - photo by Chris McHardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a03770d2-c08a-4279-8df3-78590086d919/Female+Baltimore+Oriole+%40+Point+Pelee+National+Park+CREDIT+Chris+McHardy.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birder of a Different Feather - Make it stand out Baltimore Oriole at Point Pelee National Park - photo by Chris McHardy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1735319962664-Z6K06CV3TQ876TPTU4U4/unsplash-image-zTvyngjgdOg.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birder of a Different Feather - Make it stand out Photo of Dark-Eyed Junco by J. Cotten courtesy of Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1735320188743-2HOD90AGVOPEX7E6SV5C/unsplash-image-A39c2cZkY48.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birder of a Different Feather - Make it stand out Photo of Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher by Christina Brinza courtesy of Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1735320505858-1CO052I1F0ZP79ED5T2X/unsplash-image-5SvxtLvZbLM.jpg Birdability Blog - A Birder of a Different Feather - Make it stand out Joshua Cotten photo of a Mourning Dove courtesy of Unsplash https://www.birdability.org/blog/nyc-bird-alliance-tours-for-all-abilities-and-disabilities monthly 0.5 2024-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/936afd87-8f07-47a1-b1d9-26bf22e6e205/alex+wang+accesibility+tour+blog+1.jpg Birdability Blog - NYC Bird Alliance Tours For All Abilities and Disabilities - Make it stand out Alexandra Wang (aka Avian Alex), NYC Bird Alliance tour leader. Photo: Kim Dramer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4a776508-3c9f-4024-b095-66d599324d4c/alex+wang+accessibility+tour+image+2.jpg Birdability Blog - NYC Bird Alliance Tours For All Abilities and Disabilities - Make it stand out Eilyn Vargas holding her favorite plushies in Fort Tryon Park. Photos: Alexandra Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/218da563-0c22-4824-91a2-ac017f193531/alex+wang+accessibility+tour+blog+3.jpg Birdability Blog - NYC Bird Alliance Tours For All Abilities and Disabilities - Make it stand out Left - Felix Garmendia and Denis Beale in the Heather Garden, Fort Tryon Park (Photo: Alexandra Wang). Right - Felix’s book of poems (courtesy of Pearlsong Press). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4712156a-90bf-4035-91cf-45824f46ff46/alex+wang+accessibility+tour+blog+4.jpg Birdability Blog - NYC Bird Alliance Tours For All Abilities and Disabilities - Make it stand out Left - Ahra Sung holds a plushie in Kissena Corridor Park, Climate Week NYC 2024 (Photo: Alexandra Wang). Right - illustration for bird songs (courtesy of Ahra Sung, MS Pharmaceutical Science and Business). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b0e52274-7bf2-4a5b-87d9-b7c705446dd4/alex+wang+accessibility+tour+blog+5.jpg Birdability Blog - NYC Bird Alliance Tours For All Abilities and Disabilities - Make it stand out David Schalk (blue hat) and Jane Spielman (light purple jacket) at the entrance to Fort Tryon Park. Photo: George S.C. Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/83ba9e2c-ae69-447d-a8b8-2e614faf8bd1/alex+wang+accesibility+tour+blog+6.jpg Birdability Blog - NYC Bird Alliance Tours For All Abilities and Disabilities - Make it stand out Jane Spielman (far left) poses at the entrance to Fort Tryon Park during an accessible birding tour for World Migratory Bird Day, 2024. Photo: George S.C. Wang https://www.birdability.org/blog/discover-the-accessible-joys-of-backyard-birding-enjoy-free-project-feederwatch-participation monthly 0.5 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/47e16f0f-82d1-4732-aa66-424001aacae5/Photo+4.JPG Birdability Blog - Discover the Accessible Joys of Backyard Birding + Enjoy Free Project FeederWatch Participation! - Make it stand out Image description: Birdability Captain, Eric, sitting outdoors in a power wheelchair, facing a peaceful backyard shaded by a tree with green leaves and gazing toward a patio area with outdoor furniture and birdbaths surrounded by native plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7b8391be-306e-4340-a77a-cba43077d6db/Screenshot+2024-12-20+155644.png Birdability Blog - Discover the Accessible Joys of Backyard Birding + Enjoy Free Project FeederWatch Participation! - Make it stand out Photo of Heather in a brown sweater with shoulder-length light brown hair. She is looking at the camera and there is a mountain range behind her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/956257de-2036-4686-88d2-e4110ac295f8/Screenshot+2024-12-20+155701.png Birdability Blog - Discover the Accessible Joys of Backyard Birding + Enjoy Free Project FeederWatch Participation! - Make it stand out Eric is sitting in a power wheelchair with a white t-shirt over a black thermal. He is smiling at the camera and there is a stream running alongside the paved trail he is on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/25a64131-85bd-4a05-a911-f98a8882d2be/Screenshot+2024-12-20+155727.png Birdability Blog - Discover the Accessible Joys of Backyard Birding + Enjoy Free Project FeederWatch Participation! - Make it stand out Mark looks to the left of the camera, wearing glasses, a cap, and a fleecy zip-up with trees and bushes behind him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f1a68ff4-2db7-4d1e-bbbf-95c7370eb3af/Screenshot+2024-12-20+160428.png Birdability Blog - Discover the Accessible Joys of Backyard Birding + Enjoy Free Project FeederWatch Participation! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/10c30bdc-1318-4c09-a321-ff7710b5d6d2/Screenshot+2024-12-20+160406.png Birdability Blog - Discover the Accessible Joys of Backyard Birding + Enjoy Free Project FeederWatch Participation! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/the-importance-of-accessibility-and-inclusion-in-citizen-science-winterchristmas-bird-counts-for-everyone monthly 0.5 2024-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6359351a-35b2-41e3-bf9d-144aa8d9f73a/Screenshot+2024-12-17+112904.png Birdability Blog - The Importance of Accessibility and Inclusion in Citizen Science: Winter/Christmas Bird Counts for Everyone - Make it stand out A Birdability Accessible Winter/Christmas Bird Count(CBC) using a golf cart for access in CT during the 2023 CBC Season. Three individuals with binoculars peer at a bird from the golf cart with bare winter trees and brush behind them on a dirt road. Photo: Mike Fernandez/Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/600f0a8f-0123-4843-9906-e990e178229a/Screenshot+2024-12-17+112822.png Birdability Blog - The Importance of Accessibility and Inclusion in Citizen Science: Winter/Christmas Bird Counts for Everyone - Make it stand out One of the counters covering a route in Stonington, Connecticut, last year organized by Birdability, which provides tools to help make birding more inviting and accessible to people with disabilities. Photo: Mike Fernandez/Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f342d88d-c6d3-4587-b867-e922f864b55c/CBC+from+website.jpg Birdability Blog - The Importance of Accessibility and Inclusion in Citizen Science: Winter/Christmas Bird Counts for Everyone - Make it stand out Joey and his wife Maeve participate in three CBC circles each year. The compliers give them first preference for the areas Joey can navigate in his power wheelchair, and off they go. Inclusion is easy, if it’s a priority! Photo: Maeve Coker (from our Hosting a partly-accessible CBC document on the website) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/225dc53d-708e-4df4-9087-417272369345/9+24+2024+%281%29.png Birdability Blog - The Importance of Accessibility and Inclusion in Citizen Science: Winter/Christmas Bird Counts for Everyone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/1c00piky2w2rxp8ht37mwyvu6ji8r8 monthly 0.5 2024-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5ece0829-3fbe-4bd1-861c-0b73107c386a/Screenshot+2024-12-05+183253.png Birdability Blog - Start 2025 with Birds + Creativity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/05a8a4c0-f874-4ca2-b956-4116c83cc1aa/Spark-Bird-Project-Logo.png Birdability Blog - Start 2025 with Birds + Creativity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0139ce11-2052-41df-865a-79b4b929f6ae/Screenshot+2024-12-05+184145.png Birdability Blog - Start 2025 with Birds + Creativity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-for-mental-health-new-video-and-resources-now-available monthly 0.5 2024-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/01a4a120-ad07-4511-afa1-56a8f4aa4dd3/Screenshot+2024-11-28+224603.png Birdability Blog - Birding for Mental Health: New Video and Resources Now Available - Make it stand out Image description: A screenshot of a virtual panel discussion on the mental health benefits of birding - there are five participants and an ASL Interpreter visible in a grid layout on Zoom. https://www.birdability.org/blog/introducing-the-birdability-captains-conservation-corps monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a130ad39-c96f-45b3-bb74-faa4a02a3152/michele+burnat+at+capeabilities.jpg Birdability Blog - Introducing the Birdability Captains Conservation Corps! - Make it stand out Birdability Captain Michele sets up a scope at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary for a Cape Abilities client to observe a bird during a Birdability Week 2024 outing. October 2024, photo courtesy of Cape Abilities. Cape Abilities is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides jobs, homes, transportation, therapeutic and social services for individuals with disabilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1732852210929-J654TPGAQ3CEAO90APEF/unsplash-image-gRTzhQsiVG0.jpg Birdability Blog - Introducing the Birdability Captains Conservation Corps! - Make it stand out Image description: A purple sign with the wheelchair accessibility symbol and white text that says “step free route” with an arrow pointing to the right that is placed in the middle of a grassy field with small wildflowers. Image courtesy of Yomex Owo via Unsplash. https://www.birdability.org/blog/building-identity-beyond-illness-through-birding monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1143c3ea-212d-4422-bc5a-8536b7b98d08/Birding_FromCar-horizontal.jpg Birdability Blog - Building Identity Beyond Illness Through Birding - Make it stand out The author, Jayme, a woman with braided blonde hair wearing a floral headband leans out of a car window, holding a camera. She is gazing attentively at something in the distance while parked on a dirt trail surrounded by trees and greenery, under a clear blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/51a0392e-1bc7-41c9-a850-4911763bfa1f/scope.png Birdability Blog - Building Identity Beyond Illness Through Birding - Make it stand out The author, Jayme, holding a yellow monocular fitted with a phone scope to her eye as she looks into the distance while wearing a beanie and a denim jacket over a black shirt with trees and vegetation around her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5d2f9e27-ec71-472a-a5f4-a1cce4a21aa2/SnowyEgret+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Building Identity Beyond Illness Through Birding - Make it stand out A snowy egret stands in shallow water surrounded by large rocks and green vegetation. The bird’s white feathers contrast with the earthy tones of the rocks and water, and its reflection is visible on the surface of the pond. Photo by author https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6f75220b-81f2-4734-a37e-809be2579218/Birding_horizontal.jpg Birdability Blog - Building Identity Beyond Illness Through Birding - Make it stand out Jayme, dressed in outdoor gear and a black hat, stands near a forested swamp, looking up into the treeline through binoculars. The ground is covered with leaves and branches, and the water in the swamp is partially covered with green algae. Tall trees surround the area, creating a dense, natural environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0957433d-1e5b-4416-a907-796ae18cd3e5/Photo_Collage+%282%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Building Identity Beyond Illness Through Birding - Make it stand out A collage of six photographs that Jayme has taken include: a Green Heron perched on a tree stump emerging from an algae-covered swamp, a Belted Kingfisher perched in a tree with bright yellow and orange leaves, a Black-crowned Night Heron standing in a high branch of a Live Oak tree, a Mississippi Kite seen through a break in green leafy branches, a Black-chinned Hummingbird sitting among several airplanes in a nest attached to a gnarled branch, and a Cedar Waxwing gazing thoughtfully at green and red berries in a green tree. https://www.birdability.org/blog/bird-breaks-and-the-path-to-liberation-how-birding-grounds-my-journey-in-disability-justice-and-community-care monthly 0.5 2024-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f8178942-1898-4e86-b307-bf2f24b6f057/IMG_0484.JPG Birdability Blog - Bird Breaks and the Path to Community Care - Make it stand out A murmuration of Starlings landing in trees to rest for the night outside of Iowa City, IA in December 2017. Photo by author. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1730931449783-PIPZR62VU4XRPHP2RNX5/unsplash-image-b7MZ6iGIoSI.jpg Birdability Blog - Bird Breaks and the Path to Community Care - Make it stand out A murmuration of Starlings over a field. Image courtesy of James Wainscoat via Unsplash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/80f647f9-2b36-423e-9b92-8e8be9c14ba4/Ten+Lessons+from+Nature+-+Naima+Penniman.jpg Birdability Blog - Bird Breaks and the Path to Community Care - Make it stand out A handwritten list hanging in the author’s kitchen window with Naima Penniman’s Ten Lessons from Nature. The text reads: Ten Lessons from Nature Transformation is inevitable. Adaptation is essential. Everything we need is here. We are stronger together. Darkness is teeming with creation. Nothing, no one, is disposable. Every member is intrinsic to the whole. Every stage is intrinsic to the cycle. Regeneration is the natural order of existence. Death is not only a part of life; it is integral to living. — Naima Penniman At the bottom, it says, "We belong to each other." https://www.birdability.org/blog/celebrating-birdability-weeks-inaugural-offbeat-photography-contest monthly 0.5 2024-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/56ab51a9-318c-4385-af48-8d0d4d582707/02-04.JPG Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out “In November 2020, a wayward Snowy Owl appeared in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood and became an overnight sensation. The owl, dubbed “Queen Snow”, visited for four months amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Every evening, folks from all over the city would gather (3 feet apart) to watch the owl wake up from her rooftop roost and fly into the night. In a time of such uncertainty, sorrow, and fear, the owl’s presence provided people with joy and community. I took this photo one evening right as the owl took off for her nightly hunt. A combination of low light and camera operator ineptitude led to this blurry and interestingly exposed photo. I love how the lack of focus gives the owl a ghostly or spirited appearance, as her final departure from the neighborhood four months later was as silent and sneaky as a spirit.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2f785af4-2998-4bb7-9885-63012abb16a4/01-03.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out “Every spring I eagerly await the return of one of my favorite birds, the gray catbird. Seeing these quirky little birds again after the long winter months feels like reuniting with an old friend. On this particular day, I took my camera out to the park on a misguided quest to get some dignified photos. As I got this gray catbird into focus, it turned, lifted its tail, and showed me its best angle, showcasing the rust-colored feathers that adorn its underside. I was delighted to get this shot, and it remains my favorite bird butt photo I’ve ever taken.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3395d9d7-d313-49d6-8b73-6f19232ddc67/03-06.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Hey Guys!" - One day in May of 2023, my fiancé and I were at one of my favorite birding locations…well, birding. We went hoping to see and photograph the Tree Swallows that had returned during Spring Migration. As I approached a tree near the walking path, I noticed this Tree Swallow perched on a branch, preening itself. As I clicked the shutter, the swallow picked up its foot to scratch its head. I ended up with this photo that looks like the swallow was winking and waving at the camera. It even had its beak open, as if to say, “Hey, guys!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7ffabc18-ca51-480a-8397-45f3a90dd58c/04-04.jpeg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out “The Dancer” - While scanning a pond at California’s Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, my eyes landed on a Black-necked Stilt engaging in an unusual behavior. Every time the bird dipped down to feed from the water, it also threw its wings out and back, almost like a dancer. As I watched this dance happen over and over, I realized the cause of this balancing act- the bird was missing most of one leg. The stilt’s right leg ended around its knee. Amazingly, the injury site looked well-healed, indicating the stilt had been living with this injury for some time. Surely, this method of feeding on one leg must have been more energetically expensive. However, the bird seemed to be doing alright and was efficient in its dance. Big changes can be an unexpected and uncomfortable part of life. This stilt reminds me that there is beauty to be found in adaptation and resilience to adversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2c590088-c913-4599-a9b6-83449f0807be/01-01.JPG Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Afternoon Turkeys" by Scott Slusarski: A couple of turkeys putting their best "rear" forward, capturing the humor of nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e324c111-bc15-4c9b-939f-9caf5e1ffe2a/01-23.JPG Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Jar Jar Binks?" by Patty Weik: A Great Blue Heron struggling with its catch, giving us a Star Wars moment we didn’t know we needed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/648a9a94-35d5-4e6f-93aa-4b5a718f8b9a/01-02.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Praying for Birds" by Paul Miller: A whimsical shot that makes us smile and appreciate the moments in birding that remind us of the humanity (and hilarity) in the pursuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ca95962e-ba93-463f-8f78-2dead977ed6e/02-17.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Autofocus Gone Wrong" by Georgiana Ploss: A comparison between a tiny hummingbird and a towering palm tree, reminding us that even "mistakes" can offer perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/88c5aaf8-29af-4b43-a330-7c1db6c247e8/03-09.JPG Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Voyeur" by Julie Hagen: A Green Heron photobombed by mating dragonflies—an unplanned moment that’s both comical and an intriguing possible 2-for-1 meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e7cb1909-d337-405c-a2e8-3a1f1211e6eb/03-26.jpeg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Is Someone Sitting Here" by Ryan Gannon: A hooded merganser sharing a log with a turtle and giving an amusing side-eye, proving nature’s social dynamics can be awkward too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/306fb200-57b2-43c3-b44b-cf295b9ae418/03-21+%281%29.jpeg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Feeding Time" by Cory Dean: A swallow parent getting up close and personal with its baby, capturing the lengths birds go to care for their young. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bfb7bbca-4617-4b48-a758-47f4cfed7b31/03-16.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Pooping Pelicans of the Pacific" by Anthony Gazso: Two brown pelicans flying over Rialto Beach leaving a "lasting" impression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8c7a2e18-1e58-4934-9452-1b8391272a5c/04-06.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating Birdability Week's Inaugural Offbeat Photography Contest! - Make it stand out "Captain Killdeer" by Samantha DeMarco: A heartwarming shot of a Killdeer navigating life without its right foot, a reminder of resilience and adaptation. https://www.birdability.org/blog/nbspembracing-the-unseen-birding-invisible-disabilities-and-the-importance-of-evolving-accessibility monthly 0.5 2024-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2069ad24-6e08-48cc-bab1-3b7554a441b6/Invisible+Disability+Week.png Birdability Blog -  Embracing the Unseen - Birding, Invisible Disabilities, and the Importance of Evolving Accessibility - Make it stand out The image is a graphic promoting Invisible Disability Awareness Week in conjunction with Birdability Week 2024. It features two illustrations against a blue background with white silhouettes of birds flying across the top. On the left side, there is an illustration of a person using a wheelchair while holding a camera, representing a visible disability. Above this, the text reads: "Some disabilities look like this." On the right side, there is an illustration of a person standing upright, looking through binoculars, representing an invisible disability. Above this, the text reads: "And some look like this." https://www.birdability.org/blog/introducing-the-birdability-outreach-program-bop monthly 0.5 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/09b687dc-0d06-41e8-b5a9-e3269a6ce093/Screenshot+2024-10-21+154320.png Birdability Blog - Introducing the Birdability Outreach Program (BOP) - Make it stand out Birdability + Travis Audubon event, April 2024, photo by Mike Fernandez, National Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1729542991486-9TP5LEBV0R9Z57KAYS0P/unsplash-image-I3kawHkel-A.jpg Birdability Blog - Introducing the Birdability Outreach Program (BOP) - Make it stand out A Great Tit, a bird that has a black mask with white cheeks and grey and white feathers, clings to a bird feeder filled with seed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9af9a3d6-1c98-4bb0-b599-030e2efef9f7/Birdability+Outreach+Program+Webinar+Series.png Birdability Blog - Introducing the Birdability Outreach Program (BOP) - Make it stand out An illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch sits on a computer monitor with the Birdability logo on the screen. The bird is singing out the wifi signal symbol and above all of that in curved letters is text that reads Birdability Outreach Program Webinar Series. There is a QR Code in the left bottom corner. https://www.birdability.org/blog/migration-eyes-on-the-sky monthly 0.5 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1714448773388-E4UE5ARCY4U67MRAPMMY/IMG950526.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration: Eyes on the Sky - Make it stand out Birdability Captain, Gary Herritz, holding a Black Skimmer. *** Bird held with all applicable state and federal permits in place.*** https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bcc1017d-0892-450c-8000-454198e9d76d/Screenshot+2024-10-09+172222.png Birdability Blog - Migration: Eyes on the Sky - Make it stand out Common Black Hawks. G. Herrtz https://www.birdability.org/blog/rm3xkjtu51jr3xduxkz7ty4t33qj16 monthly 0.5 2024-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/330a4787-0a4f-4e57-93f9-e1846e1654c1/thumbnail+-+Ann+Marie+Geiger.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding for the Mind - Make it stand out Ann Marie Geiger birds on a boardwalk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1728504954413-6MFZ4UVANC4U6IK9BHKP/unsplash-image-6CcoF7h9h-k.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding for the Mind - Make it stand out Eastern Bluebird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/129dd14c-d77a-47a7-a153-ca220b6a9ba0/4I9A7723.JPG Birdability Blog - Birding for the Mind - Make it stand out Sandhill Crane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1728504405443-QPJK34OQV39SHM0QIFWM/unsplash-image-P7fVUSY-5ws.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding for the Mind - Make it stand out Tree Swallows https://www.birdability.org/blog/meet-birdability-captain-kalina-eskew-championing-disability-justice-in-birding monthly 0.5 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5f463646-e25a-4e9c-86b5-cbab4b70a0bc/Kalina+prickly+pear.jpg Birdability Blog - Meet Birdability Captain Kalina Eskew: Championing Disability Justice in Birding - Make it stand out Kalina is standing in front of a prickly pear cactus, wearing warm clothes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/dab85cc5-7b45-4047-b5a1-745d45075ea8/Kalina+cockatiel.jpg Birdability Blog - Meet Birdability Captain Kalina Eskew: Championing Disability Justice in Birding - Make it stand out Kalina’s pet cockatiel, Louie, is standing on their shoulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4977ab09-b0ba-40ea-9ec9-519dc06dce07/Kalina+recording.jpg Birdability Blog - Meet Birdability Captain Kalina Eskew: Championing Disability Justice in Birding - Make it stand out Kalina is standing in a forest. They are holding a shotgun microphone and smiling. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birdability-captain-spotlight-diane-allison-pioneering-accessible-birding-with-pcas monthly 0.5 2024-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/01fe0a37-6fca-4895-b515-6eb871c92058/Attachment-1.jpeg Birdability Blog - Birdability Captain Spotlight: Diane Allison- Pioneering Accessible Birding with PCAS - Make it stand out Birdability Captain Diane Allison led a group bird outing at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia with participants from the Pennsylvania Center for Adaptive Sports. Image description: There are six people using wheelchairs and other mobility devices in the front row, including two participants with service dogs. There are three people standing behind them, including Diane to the far right. There is a paved path in front of the group and trees and grass behind them. https://www.birdability.org/blog/celebrating-the-2024-birdability-interns monthly 0.5 2024-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2ae1f0a0-c99c-4f74-96eb-8de0b46a3f99/New+posts+-+Internship.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating the 2024 Birdability Interns - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8df12a5a-7559-451c-a14c-2d315ab149e8/image.jpeg Birdability Blog - Celebrating the 2024 Birdability Interns - Make it stand out Birdability Intern, Shane, with participants from Perkins School for the Blind, at the World Migratory Bird Day event held May 11, 2024 at Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site in Salem, MA. The participants used a tactile map of the geography of the park as well as 3D tactile bird models in their event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bae169e3-c1c6-4027-8865-71ac480bf395/C6293BD4-4C2D-4520-8825-406AE3B7CFC3_1_105_c.jpeg Birdability Blog - Celebrating the 2024 Birdability Interns - Make it stand out Birdability Intern, Jordan, with George Washington Memorial Parkway NPS staff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7b477444-6a73-4cf8-af7c-a5b1167a514d/Mapping+Trail+Route+2.jpg Birdability Blog - Celebrating the 2024 Birdability Interns - Make it stand out Birdability Intern, Wooju, using a stroller mapping device to determine grade and slope of a trail at Golden Gate National Recreation Area, in order to provide detailed access information for an accessible bird outing that she and fellow intern, Mo, were planning at Crissy Field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b93b2aab-832d-4b8c-a79a-4cfd4279f89d/Interns+screenshot+5+20+24.png Birdability Blog - Celebrating the 2024 Birdability Interns - Make it stand out Birdability and Environment for the America’s staff meeting with the Birdability Interns as they learned from Birdability Captain, Kalina, during our weekly webinar. https://www.birdability.org/blog/migration monthly 0.5 2024-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1714445686871-RFAWWNYQC7JBYZXXL8W7/IMG950526.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration - Make it stand out Birdability Captain, Gary Herritz, holding a Black Skimmer. *** Bird held with all applicable state and federal permits in place.*** https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e2d7dff0-b474-46c5-a632-8717ec717442/7RF06457.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration - Make it stand out Cattle Tyrant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/08f401b7-489e-4149-90a9-bc985625815b/7RF07680.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration - Make it stand out Flocks of Green Parakeets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0b4b207c-8035-4c4c-952e-bb8a4365e957/7RF09386.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6f73f000-f8a6-49ff-acd2-52289fffdec8/7RG09839+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration - Make it stand out Gray Hawk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3f944265-0058-401e-b9c6-bf36a8c0b00d/7RG09985.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration - Make it stand out Crane Hawk in full resplendent sight! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0a70aff0-f85d-4420-8816-58e65f580bd4/7RG09992.jpg Birdability Blog - Migration - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/march-captain-spotlight-cassandra-dean monthly 0.5 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1742422381942-0NFRWG3YZLOU8QZ670Q8/unsplash-image-tKSldc5EMfg.jpg Birdability Blog - March Captain Spotlight : Cassandra Dean - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/introducing-birdabilitys-executive-director monthly 0.5 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4be18089-f775-4227-b92b-c87383f9dcb1/Cat+50th+state+Alaska.JPG Birdability Blog - Introducing Birdability’s Executive Director - Make it stand out Cat Fribley sits on a rock at Denali National Park in Alaska with fireweed and other wildflowers in the foreground and evergreens and clouds obscuring the mountains in the background. She is wearing sunglasses and a polka-dot dress with a turquoise scarf and necklace and smiling, with one hand raised into the sky and the other hand shown with the number 50 written on it in black marker, celebrating the completion of a personal challenge to visit and bird in all 50 states by the time she turned 50 years old. https://www.birdability.org/blog/how-my-husbands-disability-eased-my-anxiety-and-enhanced-my-birdingnbsp monthly 0.5 2023-06-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a3f71123-5fb0-4f15-8beb-040484fa4248/michelle+and+kyle.jpeg Birdability Blog - How My Husband’s Disability Eased my Anxiety and Enhanced my Birding  - Make it stand out Michelle and Kyle Photo provided by the author. https://www.birdability.org/blog/accessible-christmas-bird-counts monthly 0.5 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/dfe60b00-0068-4fc4-a243-658ec5aae861/Eric+with+Scope.jpeg Birdability Blog - Accessible Christmas Bird Counts - Make it stand out Eric Clow birding with his remote-controlled scope. [Image Description: Eric Clow, a white man, birding with his remote-controlled scope on a dirt trail in his power wheelchair] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b5201eeb-5c13-4af6-99cf-936afcd69d13/Virginia+and+Jeannie.jpg Birdability Blog - Accessible Christmas Bird Counts - Make it stand out Virginia and Jeannie at the first Birdability CBC [Image Description: Two white women wearing binoculars are smiling; they are bundled up in coats and one wears a warm hat while the other has a red scarf wrapped around her neck] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1680280864857-EZHXB40GEOSXB211TTPE/Eric+and+Group.jpeg Birdability Blog - Accessible Christmas Bird Counts - Eric Clow with his CBC team at Lake Creek Trail in Austin, Texas [Image Description: A group of 5 smiling birders of various genders and races pose for a photo in front of a trail sign] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1680280866911-JFSR4WM168I0EF9D5I3W/Spring+Creek.jpeg Birdability Blog - Accessible Christmas Bird Counts - Lake Creek Trail for the accessible Christmas Bird Count [Image Description: A paved path is surrounded by green bushes and trees] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/150d2f07-c706-4f4a-8716-0c5622654400/Nicole+and+Sarah+Middeleer.jpg Birdability Blog - Accessible Christmas Bird Counts - Make it stand out Nicole and Sarah birding on an accessible trail at one of Connecticut’s 5 accessible CBCs last year. [Image description: Two women pose on a paved trail surrounded by leafless brush and bushes. One is sitting in a wheelchair and the other is standing] https://www.birdability.org/blog/competing-in-the-world-series-of-birding-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/40dbaf74-37a6-4ec9-9c59-a26af14ef37b/IMG-7700.JPG Birdability Blog - Competing in the World Series of Birding with Autism and chronic illness - Make it stand out Birdability’s Team Nuthatch at the 2022 World Series of Birding. From left to right, back to front: Freya, Michael, Claire (Michael’s wife and our record keeper), Lee (Jerry’s wife and our second driver), Jerry, Nicole, Virginia and Meghadeepa. Photo: Daniel Sheire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/cbfa8ea4-e021-499c-b282-f89d03a15220/Team+Nuthatch+birding+around+Lily+Lake.+Photo+by+Karen+Sharp.jpg Birdability Blog - Competing in the World Series of Birding with Autism and chronic illness - Make it stand out The fog was thick, but sprits were high at the second stop — birding from the neighborhood streets around Lake Lily. Photo: Karen Sharp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/714dc81a-8f77-4070-bb71-22e227e4cca4/IMG_7645.JPG Birdability Blog - Competing in the World Series of Birding with Autism and chronic illness - Make it stand out Michael and Daniel, our cinematographer, who couldn’t resist a little birding in between filming. Michael is standing directly behind Daniel to help him get on the bird with his very narrow field of view. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e020771c-f3b5-4d39-bc35-f63ce99fbc7b/IMG_7643.JPG Birdability Blog - Competing in the World Series of Birding with Autism and chronic illness - Make it stand out Birding from the ramp down to the beach from the Springwatch Platform — the only place Virginia could see the beach (due to the unfortunate design of the railings at the platform). Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/83b7d800-75d9-4903-bfa8-c5d613b40dc9/IMG_7684.jpg Birdability Blog - Competing in the World Series of Birding with Autism and chronic illness - Make it stand out Freya and Jerry taught me how to be a sighted guide, and I enjoyed guiding Jerry during the afternoon. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/24c57734-3fca-4505-90ec-12884fde9b45/IMG_7720.JPG Birdability Blog - Competing in the World Series of Birding with Autism and chronic illness - Make it stand out At the ‘Finish Line’ on Saturday evening. We were exhausted, but satisfied. Photo: Claire Strohmeyer. https://www.birdability.org/blog/accessible-interpretive-signs-we-love monthly 0.5 2022-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4087078b-e39e-47a1-97e7-fbada93732d9/IMG_9928.JPG Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out Strong contrast between the color of the text and the background color is important to make the text as easy as possible to read. It’s also important to have a simple, plainer background (like this sign’s basic watery background), rather than a visually complex background (as this can make it difficult to read the text). Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1bd4a1a1-5a32-4aea-9b38-5b0fcb33f017/Tactile+sign%2C+Brackenridge+Nature+Trail%2C+Gulf+Islands+National+Seashore%2C+Florida.jpeg Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out Tactile features (that you can touch!) are fun and engaging for people who are blind or have low vision… and many other visitors too. The tactile component of this sign includes raised text and braille labels. Brackenridge Nature Trail, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/97418735-2ae7-464d-8c95-92543039c534/IMG_9963.JPG Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out Interpretive signs with tactile features invite visitors to engage with the learning opportunity in different ways. It’s amazing how many things can be made ‘touchable’ on a sign… like whale baleen…! Coronado National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1f791fe9-7cc6-495d-984f-c14a07a15628/IMG_9942.jpg Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out This symbol (which is also tactile and includes braille for the printed number) tells visitors there’s an audio description available for this interpretive sign. The number corresponds to the number on the audio device, which visitors can borrow from the Visitor Center. Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b7f45302-6728-413a-ac34-361c796e364b/Echo+River+Spring+Trail+Sign+with+Voice+Button+and+Tactile+Component%2C+Mammoth+Cave+National+Park.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.JPG Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out The interpretive signs along this trail all have an audio component, in the form of a solar-powered pillar with a button to push. The button is at a height that someone seated in a wheelchair could reach it too. Echo River Springs Trail, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/99d928c4-1d7e-4e71-b0e9-adb3955edd38/IMG_9920.JPG Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out This interpretive sign includes audio options in six languages! How inclusive is that?! Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/55395086-a5ba-4546-ac23-b0a50c04c817/Tactile+map%2C+Fort+Scott+NHP%2C+Kanas.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out Tactile or 3D maps are awesome, but this one only showed numbers (with corresponding braille numbers), and didn’t provide any key to explain what the numbers next to each building meant. Fort Scott National Historic Site, Kansas. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/98ad77ae-c62e-4a27-9bdc-852fcd1e3994/IMG_9971.jpg Birdability Blog - Accessible interpretive signs we love! - Make it stand out This tactile map includes raised printed text and braille labels for the place names. Much more helpful! Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://www.birdability.org/blog/trading-in-my-wings-for-wings monthly 0.5 2022-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/53814ff2-ec82-4e56-b61a-4f176be91080/me+.jpg Birdability Blog - Trading in my wings for wings: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and bird photography - Make it stand out Photographing from my scooter. Photo courtesy of Dwain A. Vaughns, II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/791ad606-a454-4f3b-a19d-a0ab4ff7f482/RTH.jpg Birdability Blog - Trading in my wings for wings: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and bird photography - Make it stand out Red-tailed Hawk. Photo by Dwain A. Vaughns, II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e864c518-746e-4931-a0c2-6ee9cd046e04/IMG_7249+2.jpg Birdability Blog - Trading in my wings for wings: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and bird photography - Make it stand out Birding from my scooter with my cane nearby in case I need to walk a short distance. Photo courtesy of Dwain A. Vaughs, II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a49700b2-db1b-4593-b946-a1e5435bcb7a/Towee.jpg Birdability Blog - Trading in my wings for wings: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and bird photography - Make it stand out Eastern Towhee. Photo by Dwain A. Vaughns, II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/900a0386-d85e-46dd-84bf-f4fc824534e3/IMG_5610.JPG Birdability Blog - Trading in my wings for wings: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and bird photography - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7bb20d4a-66cc-45b9-9ce5-8a10476b744b/Woodpecker.jpg Birdability Blog - Trading in my wings for wings: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and bird photography - Make it stand out Pileated Woodpecker. Photo by Dwain A. Vaughns, II. https://www.birdability.org/blog/a-success-birdability-and-allyship-at-the-san-diego-bird-festival monthly 0.5 2022-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f8c2463e-8dc0-4e0a-a1df-eecbdbb8078e/IMG_5716.jpg Birdability Blog - A success! Birdability and allyship in action at the San Diego Bird Festival - Make it stand out Leading an accessible outing along the Birding and Walking Trail at Imperial Beach. Photo: Karina Ornelas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/976474b6-1cad-462f-8cd6-80546e8e4185/IMG_5687.JPG Birdability Blog - A success! Birdability and allyship in action at the San Diego Bird Festival - Make it stand out Birdability founder and manual wheelchair user Virginia Rose on the pelagic boat trip at the San Diego Bird Festival 2022. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5220256e-2b2a-4cb5-9864-4f97fbf15676/IMG_0782.jpg Birdability Blog - A success! Birdability and allyship in action at the San Diego Bird Festival - Make it stand out Virginia and me delivering the keynote on Saturday. Photo: Ari Remmel. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birds-connect-me-to-the-world monthly 0.5 2022-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f97c1bec-edc4-4063-98ef-c9c2c32e4470/Kari+Sasportas.JPG Birdability Blog - Birds connect me to the world: Ways you can enable Autistic birders - Make it stand out Photo courtesy of Kari Sasportas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/12afa46e-67c9-4c66-8265-a2f1a7638d90/Snow+Bunting_Kari+Sasportas+%281+of+1%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Birds connect me to the world: Ways you can enable Autistic birders - Make it stand out Snow Bunting. Photo: Kari Sasportas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/057b1c5a-79bb-4839-afcb-bad1fc61b249/Snowy+Owl+Kari+Sasportas+1.8.22.jpg Birdability Blog - Birds connect me to the world: Ways you can enable Autistic birders - Make it stand out Snowy Owl. Photo: Kari Sasportas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a55ff867-69be-43d0-b9eb-dc99641ab853/Kari+and+Lisa+MA+Birdability+Joppa+Flats+Team.JPG Birdability Blog - Birds connect me to the world: Ways you can enable Autistic birders - Make it stand out During the Birdability Big Sit in October 2021. This event was planned to be as accessible and inclusive as possible. Photo courtesy of Kari Sasportas. https://www.birdability.org/blog/why-is-a-white-breasted-nuthatch-birdabilitys-logo monthly 0.5 2022-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/479b1814-220c-4fb4-9440-d26a175c5682/nuthatch.png Birdability Blog - Why is a White-breasted Nuthatch Birdability’s logo? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/dc87e320-9602-46a4-b1dc-ee41b3882221/Freya+McGregor%2C+Spring+Creek+Prairie+Audubon+Center%2C+Nebraska%2C+July+2020.+Photo+by+Patrick+Oaks..jpg Birdability Blog - Why is a White-breasted Nuthatch Birdability’s logo? - Make it stand out Me in my favourite, happy, inclusive t-shirt: Let’s Go Birding Together! What a great combination of a Painted Bunting and the Pride Flag for a logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c8f79325-5b36-47cd-862c-d4d4e50bbc9c/birdability-shirt-blue.png Birdability Blog - Why is a White-breasted Nuthatch Birdability’s logo? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-and-creating-comics-while-colorblind monthly 0.5 2022-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/674d5f0f-a7fb-4715-9a0e-91cec455c5e8/ProfilePicture.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out At my favorite birding spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/322b0f2b-acaa-45d3-9a4d-1c64b156395f/244BushTit5NoSwear.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d7c9ed56-5e21-4fca-b2b7-794a37155ae3/241PaintedBunting1.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9449df75-3d00-4b8a-b02e-835b6f4b5e12/241PaintedBunting2.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9145e810-f488-4d00-90cd-21ab3ae50259/241PaintedBunting3.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/31ccb8a2-4d35-4ff5-a4d4-eadd65b95f6d/Books.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out A field guide (or even a Christmas tree ornament) help me figure out what colors to use in my comics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a6b388f7-3321-4c74-9777-13e9065827be/Buntingpage.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out I love Painted Buntings because every color is a winner! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f8da55eb-c677-4daa-bfe2-70aaa8a51344/ColorGrabAppScreenshot.jpg Birdability Blog - Birding and creating comics while colorblind - Make it stand out A screen shot of the Color Grab app, with the RGV values at the top (and some fancy color names too, sometimes!). https://www.birdability.org/blog/quick-facts-about-braille monthly 0.5 2022-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/02f701c8-bcf8-4419-ac88-ccf8fa17fb30/5.png Birdability Blog - Quick facts about braille - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5b6b76df-d9f1-4d7b-802b-a6913422ab4a/Tactile+sign%2C+Gulf+Islands+National+Seashore%2C+Florida.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Birdability Blog - Quick facts about braille - Make it stand out Braille accompanies the raised printed text labels on this tactile sign. Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7dc879a8-ff5b-44d4-ace6-4292f7c0efc5/IMG_9971.jpg Birdability Blog - Quick facts about braille - Make it stand out Braille has been included under each printed text label so braille readers can benefit from this tactile map. Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/54f08bf6-f990-4a6e-a31e-ba1ef6780c95/6.png Birdability Blog - Quick facts about braille - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0abef8fc-ff4d-48ef-bd0f-5fb7cdc000af/IMG-9169.jpg Birdability Blog - Quick facts about braille - Make it stand out Braille accompanying large print on a tactile photo of a Northern Cardinal. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://www.birdability.org/blog/how-birds-inspired-me-to-advocate-for-my-hearing-loss monthly 0.5 2021-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6d31f96b-24b6-4a94-b33d-46db9c995467/FieldPort.jpg Birdability Blog - How birds inspired me to advocate for my hearing loss - Make it stand out Birding in southwest Uganda on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes. Photo by Burt Glazier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4d9f4ecd-dc79-49b8-afb9-dc0c0ae617d3/WanderingAlbatross.jpg Birdability Blog - How birds inspired me to advocate for my hearing loss - Make it stand out A Wandering Albatross: The bird that sealed my fate as a birder. Photo by Kevin Lester. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/78a9feeb-cba2-413a-b0b7-2c48475ad71b/GuidedPort.jpg Birdability Blog - How birds inspired me to advocate for my hearing loss - Make it stand out Alex, my guide, and I trying to photograph a Black-crowned Waxbil, Semuliki, Central Uganda. Photo by Burt Glazier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/99d0c45d-94a9-45bd-84f7-ebf3013a3239/ChinstrapPenguins.JPG Birdability Blog - How birds inspired me to advocate for my hearing loss - Make it stand out Chinstrap Penguins, Antarctica. Photo: Kevin Lester. https://www.birdability.org/blog/reflections-from-birdability-week-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1635801879324-6YM1OHUUSERO2DS7RWSA/Birdability+Week+2021_BirdabilityWeek2021_2color.png Birdability Blog - Reflections and lessons from Birdability Week 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c071e1ae-ab06-4fd2-ae71-05166533b0a4/Thank+you+for+Birdability+Week+2021.png Birdability Blog - Reflections and lessons from Birdability Week 2021 - Make it stand out Graphic with the following text: Thank you for helping us celebrate Birdability Week 2021! Sharing your experiences using the hashtags; holding accessible outings; attending virtual events; donating; reposting; being part of this community! Thank you for participating, organizing and amplifying! https://www.birdability.org/blog/my-brother-the-birder monthly 0.5 2021-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/fcd5d6ab-ef5e-4880-aab7-2a307c41a7ec/Gidon+with+eagle+owl.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gidon ringing (banding) an Eagle Owl, near Jeruslaem in the early 1990s. Photo: Yoav Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/299eaa9c-8693-4940-bab4-9dbb61d881bd/gidon_1.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gidon in Vancouver during a trip we took to Vancouver Island. He had just spotted our first Orca of the trip. May 2016. Photo: Yoav Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/03562ec7-e22d-4394-8d72-704cbb82a945/gidon+and+eli.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Here are Gidon and Eli in a tea estate near Kaziranga National Park, searching for Blue-naped Pitta, February 2017. Photo: Yoav Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b0b353a3-e955-493e-8844-a4edc21644f5/gidon_2.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gideon on his scooter, Israel, November 2017. Photo: Yoav Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d6da5200-a9df-4489-9a45-be194e7f7dff/Gidon+in+Hluhluwe.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gidon could still lift binoculars during our trip to South Africa. Taken at Hluhluwe Game Reserve, February 2018. Photo: Yoav Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/04ba9650-7433-43c8-a23d-0bfe14035438/trio.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Amir, Gidon and Eli, Spain, January 2020. Photo: Yoav Pealman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c0efea9d-0d9a-4afb-a8ff-6ed1e636ffd6/Gidon+with+buzzard.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gideon and a buzzard. Photo: Yoav Pealman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/24e181c5-f8ce-4b93-960e-8d5ed808af46/gidon+looking+through+telescope.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out At KM20 flamingo pools north of Eilat. The rough tracks between the saltpans aren't suitable for Gidon's wheelchair. Photo: Yoav Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b0a1405f-2cb5-4b44-9241-7aab84300a33/Gidon+and+Amir.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gidon and Amir at the KM20 flamingo pools. Photo: Yoav Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/29c7a544-d488-4d1d-b20f-91c846c223ab/Gidon+and+Yoav+in+vehicle.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gidon was able to look through the scope eventually! Photo courtesy of Yoan Perlman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b2299a84-6703-454b-b5cb-c2565092dbce/Gidon+and+Yoav.jpg Birdability Blog - My brother the birder: Birding with ALS. - Make it stand out Gidon and Yoav, before ALS. Photo: Amir Balaban. https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-crafts-from-birdability-week-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-10-22 https://www.birdability.org/blog/organizing-an-inclusive-big-sit monthly 0.5 2021-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633122402017-HTUGGKD0WCY7WWP8FI7U/Info.png Birdability Blog - Organizing an inclusive Big Sit: Lessons and reflections to help make yours a success! - Make it stand out Ensure key accessibility information is included in promotion materials so folks know they are welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633359109948-NHX7CEDKN9LR6FLAGSQ5/01.jpg Birdability Blog - Organizing an inclusive Big Sit: Lessons and reflections to help make yours a success! - Make it stand out Clear signs from the carpark. Photo courtesy of Meghadeepa Maity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633359163880-3HD7ROH07F2PF5BCAJW8/03.jpg Birdability Blog - Organizing an inclusive Big Sit: Lessons and reflections to help make yours a success! - Make it stand out Our Big Sit circle. Photo courtesy of Meghadeepa Maity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633359185423-Y5ASK0PVGAKZ4EAAVOP4/02.jpg Birdability Blog - Organizing an inclusive Big Sit: Lessons and reflections to help make yours a success! - Make it stand out Everybody will have a difference preference for sitting, standing or lying down. Photo by Dan Bisaccio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633122758037-AKVN0HNPHY72NXA928YO/1.jpg Birdability Blog - Organizing an inclusive Big Sit: Lessons and reflections to help make yours a success! - Make it stand out Shifts across the 24 hour period made the event flexible (and so accessible) to many. Photo by Jak Karpinski Anderson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633122656597-X7X6EDNUAX10D02R9FI2/Stats.png Birdability Blog - Organizing an inclusive Big Sit: Lessons and reflections to help make yours a success! - Make it stand out Success! I used this graphic to share about our event on social media afterwords. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633122703653-UHGT9Q5PUZPNHY2JIHOE/Trophy.jpg Birdability Blog - Organizing an inclusive Big Sit: Lessons and reflections to help make yours a success! - Make it stand out Receiving the Sitting Duck Award with Andrea Silva Gotay for the largest number of species identified at a stationary birding event during Mass Audubon’s Bird-a-thon, 2021. Photo courtesy of Meghadeepa Maity. https://www.birdability.org/blog/examples-of-accessible-inclusive-bird-outing-event-descriptions monthly 0.5 2021-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1624893817359-TZAN3KQ5EAWIG41BURZS/Intentionally+inclusive.png Birdability Blog - Examples of accessible, inclusive bird outing event descriptions - Make it stand out Image description: infographic with an illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch and the following text: It’s not enough just to think you’re being inclusive. You have to be intentionally inclusive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1624895110238-0XAOCWY7J8HX0JOAU8ZS/Knowledge+is+power%21+Twitter.png Birdability Blog - Examples of accessible, inclusive bird outing event descriptions - Make it stand out Image description: infographic with an illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch and the following text: Knowledge is power! Providing this level of detail up front shows you've considered the needs of many different folks. This can help make your outing that much more welcoming and inclusive. https://www.birdability.org/blog/ticks-suck monthly 0.5 2021-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1624296666423-KYWY9DM5H7GXNH6O708E/DSC00954.JPG Birdability Blog - Ticks suck! Mindful birding with chronic Lyme disease - Make it stand out Birding with Lyme disease. Photo courtesy of Amy Sugeno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1624297107745-7Z0B5MTG15UBFFJ49INY/Rufous+crowned+Sparrow%2C+Mary+Ann+Melton%2C+Audubon+Photography+Awards.jpg Birdability Blog - Ticks suck! Mindful birding with chronic Lyme disease - Make it stand out Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Photo: Mary Ann Melton/Audubon Photography Awards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1624297294972-HXOE38TWIM69S62D1VLP/IMG_1117.JPG Birdability Blog - Ticks suck! Mindful birding with chronic Lyme disease - Make it stand out The first time I went fly fishing post-Lyme diagnosis. I was only able to fish for about 30 minutes before getting too tired, but it felt great to even just be out there. Photo: Amy Sugeno. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1624297735914-Y84BWO118MH91PO9D2MN/Yellow+Warbler%2C+Alejandra+Lewandowski%2C+Audubon+Photography+Awards.jpg Birdability Blog - Ticks suck! Mindful birding with chronic Lyme disease - Make it stand out Yellow Warbler. Photo: Alejandra Lewandowski/Audubon Photography Awards. https://www.birdability.org/blog/why-we-have-a-safety-question-in-the-new-birdability-site-review monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1622843502460-52SESE49INRA9N4L4X77/2.png Birdability Blog - Why we have a safety question in the new Birdability Site Review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1622843609799-261RS0R00FY87VF9Y3XQ/3.png Birdability Blog - Why we have a safety question in the new Birdability Site Review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1623081426044-ZA4IYAT67DWNPQHZSH39/The+border.jpg Birdability Blog - Why we have a safety question in the new Birdability Site Review - Make it stand out Two white, straight, able-bodied birders hiked to the literal border between the United States and Mexico. One person felt unsafe by the presence of Border Patrol at the trailhead; the other felt fine. Photo taken by Freya McGregor, at Coronado National Monument, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1622822430763-SQBRTHFXYE9Y8XJC9XX2/3.png Birdability Blog - Why we have a safety question in the new Birdability Site Review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1622843543110-FBEAEVJSDIXDS5P0NLSG/6.png Birdability Blog - Why we have a safety question in the new Birdability Site Review - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/my-mary-poppins-bag monthly 0.5 2021-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1621611097702-BOKBRY1ECBXKEAZS0CU1/Birding_in_Woods.jpeg Birdability Blog - My Mary Poppins Bag - Make it stand out Birding in the woods. Photo: Hannah Fischer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1621611205385-BXLTCTNEWFB5I4XKXHDJ/Birding+in+Kenya+2+%281%29.png Birdability Blog - My Mary Poppins Bag - Make it stand out On safari. Photo courtesy of Hannah Fischer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1621611031144-UYS4LNVO8SORJN7T42SV/Lilac-breasted+Roller.jpg Birdability Blog - My Mary Poppins Bag - Make it stand out Lilac-breasted Roller. Photo by Hannah Fischer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1621611157282-D5CC8TJABGP66FT31XF9/Widowbird.jpg Birdability Blog - My Mary Poppins Bag - Make it stand out Long-tailed Widowbirds. Photo: Hannah Fischer. https://www.birdability.org/blog/adding-captions-to-online-videos monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620749374492-W79NZNA7V4J7DQNMX5LI/Rely+on+captions.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620676894032-2SUI3KX6ETRGHQRIBTEQ/CC+icon.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out This symbol shows there is the option to turn on closed captions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620678925500-XR441FZYMDU03JGBMFUR/CC.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Closed captions are available! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620677712551-3L1QOP6MHG2Z2UW8K4W4/YT1.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620677749869-ZEXHKFJD3BJVNS1G0T46/YT2.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620677834521-ZG18BFI4JV620JUDQ2LN/YT3.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620679177591-SJXO8C632USY9CLSGLHP/YT4+-+Copy+%282%29.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620427793751-USKDICCBZ5QQKAC3MFKZ/YouTube+1.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620427837770-5PBRQVO7DTSFGJC7AQ2R/YouTube+2.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620427905870-Y0DKRANQB1FXJQCQ2DI5/YouTube+3.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620427936008-SS5DROKVT1OM68XRIDV7/YouTube+4.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620411841045-MYSFWPQM79BQ39C2IK9K/IGTV+1.PNG Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620411899470-8JNX3UANZAXV6A5VVL8U/IGTV+2.PNG Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620411944035-R3N65FM3MDUC2ER7RGW4/IGTV+3.PNG Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620770311756-OVWAUPGSTZ2LUQ89YZ8D/IG+Stories+1.jpg Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620770575426-6N9DXNP0ZW0WZ7C9WOKF/IG+Stories+2.jpg Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620770383715-128CQMGCYUHGDY4AYABH/IG+Stories+3.jpg Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1620742419938-0JT2RN8GAK8EOJOW4MBY/Copy+of+What%27s+with+all+the+captions+in+videos+and+webinars.png Birdability Blog - Adding captions to online videos - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/blog/snow-geese-headphones-and-birding-with-autism monthly 0.5 2021-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1619178491357-SQV08O6UOPI7NLGHS48W/Nicole+Neigel.jpg Birdability Blog - Snow Geese, headphones and birding with autism Nicole with Kai, a Common Grackle she works with. Says Nicole, “He was brought in as a fledgling who fell out of his nest, and because he is imprinted on humans he is unreleasable. He's super fun and sociable and I love spending time with him!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1619178665370-3DI382BP9UHJHEJM4H1A/Nicole%27s+headphones.jpg Birdability Blog - Snow Geese, headphones and birding with autism Nicole’s collection of headphones. Photo: Nicole Neigel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1619178705334-47Z7JTPV07YMSW936BBE/Nicole%27s+Snow+Geese.JPG Birdability Blog - Snow Geese, headphones and birding with autism Snow Geese at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicole Neigel. https://www.birdability.org/blog/why-bird-names-matter-to-birdability monthly 0.5 2021-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618519327106-V32LN8GOQ4A988789L14/Birdability_BN4B+Thank+You_Twitter.png Birdability Blog - Why bird names matter to Birdability Graphic courtesy of Bird Names for Birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618583660291-LER1I2A4R5BZ6QZHKBJN/Intentionally+inclusive.png Birdability Blog - Why bird names matter to Birdability https://www.birdability.org/blog/birding-while-using-hiking-poles monthly 0.5 2021-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1617986880824-4WV7L448B3N4POSLUXSV/1Marjorie+hits+the+beach.JPG Birdability Blog - Birding with hiking poles Hitting the beach with hiking poles! Photo courtesy of Marjorie Turner Hollman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1617987645763-X3UNLWXX1NZ1G8P7XQY4/Ring-billed+Ducks.JPG Birdability Blog - Birding with hiking poles Ring-necked Ducks. Photo: Marjorie Turner Hollman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1617988453222-DU319MBLVW22QFV4FJNE/Majories+in+action.JPG Birdability Blog - Birding with hiking poles Uneven steps are much easier with hiking poles. Photo courtesy of Marjorie Turner Hollman. https://www.birdability.org/blog/story-of-birdability monthly 0.5 2021-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1617721303765-CRQA6UVQ5R6A6NZACVR0/Virginia_Rose_Birdability-01-June_2018-Photo-Mike-Fernandez+-+Copy.jpg Birdability Blog - How Birdability came to be: An ongoing story you can be part of! Birdability founder Virginia Rose, birding at Richard Moya Park in Austin, Texas. Photo: Mike Fernandez/Audubon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618408157690-H8YJGT36BMLBK8Y95OPW/2.png Birdability Blog - How Birdability came to be: An ongoing story you can be part of! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1617749005074-DGTBAVN6LFCI9G2A6O01/Shepherd+Center+Fall+Birding+Retreat+2016+by+Melanie+Furr%2C+Georgia+Audubon.JPG Birdability Blog - How Birdability came to be: An ongoing story you can be part of! An accessible bird outing held by Georgia Audubon. Photo: Melanie Furr. https://www.birdability.org/blog/when-the-time-is-right monthly 0.5 2021-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1617194733228-TBMY0VYU162P41TZGAJK/Paul%2BMiller%2B2.jpg Birdability Blog - When the time is right: Birding with FSHD Paul with his wheelchair-mounted scope. Photo courtesy of Paul Miller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1616792106136-OFD4GVZOVFG9IMW1RPJA/Paul+Miller.jpg Birdability Blog - When the time is right: Birding with FSHD Paul with his binocular set up, which allows him to see through his binoculars without having to hold them to his eyes. Photo courtesy of Paul Miller. https://www.birdability.org/blog/how-to-maximize-the-readability-of-text monthly 0.5 2021-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1616162629280-LJUN6WIBB1U1WAHFARL5/2.png Birdability Blog - How to maximize the readability of text Infographic that says: Ensure strong contrast between the text and the background. Contrast is how different two colors are from each other. Black and white have the strongest contrast. Avoid dark and dark, or light and light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1616162602488-REZ4VSU0JEFFJG0RPONW/4.png Birdability Blog - How to maximize the readability of text Infographic with the following text: Do not write in ALL CAPS. Your brain recognizes shapes of words, like the long tail of a y or the tall part of a t. When text is all capital letters, it is harder to read because your brain just sees a big rectangle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1616162518437-RGF5T1ALEA50W9RROBY9/6.png Birdability Blog - How to maximize the readability of text Infographic with the following text: Keep your language choices simple and your font size big. Avoid using jargon, or explain it the first time you use it. Use short sentences. Keep your font size as big as possible. https://www.birdability.org/blog/how-birding-became-key-to-my-healing monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1615508785571-W4BPXGE5FT7XTMO7UD8O/Newman_Sara_Portrait+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - When I hit the ground, I knew my life would never be the same: How birding (and Birdability) became key to my healing A recent portrait, with my grandfather’s walking cane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1615508661287-FM849MF8AG9PTAVKOTP8/Newman_Sara_Common_Loon_at_Coulee_City_Washington.jpg Birdability Blog - When I hit the ground, I knew my life would never be the same: How birding (and Birdability) became key to my healing Common Loon, at Coulee City, Washington. Photo: Sara Newman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1615508918424-AUTKQLV4S0VUQILKTBDQ/Newman_Sara_Barn_Owl_Snohomish_County_Washington.jpg Birdability Blog - When I hit the ground, I knew my life would never be the same: How birding (and Birdability) became key to my healing Barn Owl, Sonohomish County, Washington. Photo: Sara Newman. https://www.birdability.org/blog/wheelchair-etiquette-and-why-people-arent-wheelchair-bound-in-celebration-of-international-wheelchair-day-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614789912944-SMC8O3V79B0SE7DEX5AM/2.png Birdability Blog - Wheelchair etiquette and why people aren’t “wheelchair bound”: In celebration of International Wheelchair Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614791778230-RN9012YWVFIMDCAMJ4M7/4.png Birdability Blog - Wheelchair etiquette and why people aren’t “wheelchair bound”: In celebration of International Wheelchair Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614791192025-AI13V1CUR7PID7938QXD/3.png Birdability Blog - Wheelchair etiquette and why people aren’t “wheelchair bound”: In celebration of International Wheelchair Day 2021 https://www.birdability.org/blog/disability-need-not-stop-the-pursuit-of-an-obsession-legally-blind-birding monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614356639137-ZGSL69X9WJNQU4W9SQQA/Hoatzin+RP+%281%29.jpg Birdability Blog - Disability need not stop the pursuit of an obsession: Legally blind birding On the left, a tree full of Hoatzins, my favorite species, along the Amazon River. With RP, you get just a fraction of the scene, as shown on the right. Sometimes, tunnel-vision is represented as blackness punctuated by a small image, but that really isn’t accurate. To see the black, the “walls of the tunnel,” would be to actually see something. Rather, there is literally nothing to see. The brain (my brain at least) seems to fill it in with a kind of soupy light, so that there is no contrast or demarcation between the image in the center and the nothingness off to the sides. It is hard to describe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614356830520-MNAKC1A35PW1O8A4LRF9/Michael+and+Claire.jpg Birdability Blog - Disability need not stop the pursuit of an obsession: Legally blind birding Claire and Michael birding in Germany, 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614357612087-8EC0JLHV2S6AMUXOJXQ3/White-backed+Fire-eye+spectogram.png Birdability Blog - Disability need not stop the pursuit of an obsession: Legally blind birding Spectrogram of a White-backed Fire-eye singing, recorded by Peter de Rouw in Ecuador, from xeno-canto. https://www.birdability.org/blog/what-is-this-image-description-thing-all-about monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614205001191-OPGLG4EVV7W3AL9DKIK3/Image+description+graphic.png Birdability Blog - What is this “image description” thing all about? Image description: Infographic with an illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch and the following words. Image descriptions describe the contents of a graphic or photo so that people who use screen readers don't miss out on that information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614205202964-PYFRLFG6ERWQBQRYYULR/Camel+Case.png Birdability Blog - What is this “image description” thing all about? Image description: Infographic with an illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch on each and the following words. Camel case uses capital letters for each word in a hashtag. Instead of typing #birdingisforeverybody type #BirdingIsForEverybody. Screen readers will be able to read each word, instead of a bunch of random letters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614205510132-VJFP2O0CEKIH5QSIWVB6/intentionally+inclusive..png Birdability Blog - What is this “image description” thing all about? Image description: Infographic with an illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch on each and the following words. It’s not enough to just think you’re being inclusive. You have to be intentionally inclusive. https://www.birdability.org/blog/week-one-of-birdability-a-non-profit monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1611355869494-DJ3CJW4P7DQVHYQ1ZXW9/Birdability.png Birdability Blog - Week One with Birdability as a non-profit Birdability logo, designed by Alex Tomlinson at National Audubon. https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/10/birdability-event-at-westcave-preserve.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/08/tucson-southeast-arizona-birding.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/06/travis-audubons-birdability-map.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/06/tucson-audubon-birdathon-party.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/06/big-news-for-all-birders.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/05/birding-brawl-2020.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/05/revised-accessible-sites-in-austin-area.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/05/chicago-ornithological-society-part-2.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/04/chicago-ornithological-society.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/04/waiting-for-white-wagtail-in-austin.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/03/birding-caddo-lake-in-east-texas-march.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/03/birdability-walk-on-march-21-cancelled.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/03/birdability-walk-march-21-at-richard.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/02/access-considerations.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/02/results-birdability-walk-sat-feb-8.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/01/san-marcos-springs-in-december.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/01/february-8-birdability-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/01/results-birdability-walk-sat-jan-18-2020.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2020/01/upcoming-january-birdability-walk-at.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/12/holiday-birding-2019-at-sweetwater.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/11/bird-walk-on-saturday-dec-14-berry.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/11/results-of-bird-walk-on-nov-19-2019.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/11/birdability-walk-on-nov-16-2019-at.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/10/birding-reimers-ranch.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/10/results-of-oct-19-2019-bird-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/10/hawkwatch-2019.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/10/upcoming-birdability-walk-on-sat-oct-19.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/09/access-considerations-handout.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/09/rio-grande-valley-birding-festival-2019.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/09/coopers-hawk-at-work.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/09/results-birdability-walk-92119.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/09/birdability-walk-october-19-2019.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/08/birdability-walk-sat-sept-21.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/08/swifts-night-out.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/05/birdathon-2019.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/03/april-20-birdability-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/03/birdability-birdathon-2-on-may-4-2019.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/03/master-birders-2019-on-lake-creek-trail_2.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/03/birding-with-besties.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/02/results-february-bird-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/01/february-bird-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/01/rio-grande-valley-birding-festival-part_1.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/01/rio-grande-valley-birding-festival-part_19.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2019/01/rio-grande-valley-birding-festival-part.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/12/january-birdwalk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/12/rio-grande-valley-birding-festival-2018.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/11/sandhill-cranes-at-whitewater-draw.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/11/birdability-and-rehab-without-walls.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/11/third-official-birdability-walk-on.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/11/results-second-official-birdability-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/11/birding-south-walnut-creek-trail.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/11/second-official-birdability-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/10/big-news-rio-grande-valley-birding.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/10/results-first-official-birdwalk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/10/first-official-birdability-walk.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/09/the-beginning.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/08/the-scope.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/09/birdathon-results-2018.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/2018/10/birdathon-2018.html monthly 0.5 2021-01-15 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/low+vision monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/accessible+trails monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/wheelchair monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/accessible monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/blind monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/web+accessibility monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/accessibility monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/disability monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/life+list monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/disability+etiquette monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/inclusion monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/manual+wheelchair monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/walking+cane monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/eye+condition monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/wheelchairs monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/alt+text monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/screen+reader monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/screen+reader+accessible monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/camel+case monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/social+media monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/birdability monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/global+birder monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/story+of+birdability monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/inclusive monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/blindness monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/words monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/broken+leg monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/inclusive+language monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/non+profit monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/legally+blind monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/wheelchair+user monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/washington+state monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/international+wheelchair+day monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/crutches monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/etiquette monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/birding+by+ear monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/image+description monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/retinitis+pigmentosa monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/power+wheelchair monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/broken+ankle monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/disability+awareness monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/wheelchair+etiquette monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/rp monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/photography monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/birdability+birders monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/blog/tag/birdability+captain monthly 0.5 https://www.birdability.org/access-considerations daily 0.75 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/74e4183a-e429-482d-96d4-8b7681ac5b6c/Environment+is+disabling.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f2b1901d-a942-441c-9fed-1d3062383a9e/Sign+with+accessible+information%2C+taken+by+Dal+Leite%2C+Fort+Ross+State+Historic+Park%2C+CA.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Trail sign with key accessibility information. Call House Trail, Fort Ross State Historic Park, California. Photo: Dal Leite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ae31fd70-bfed-45d0-94d2-82fc36d5a16a/Trailhead+sign+with+map.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Trailhead sign has a clear map and provides information on distance and surface. Brackenridge Trail, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/948e1d64-aac2-4f7a-9e0d-06294aa72325/Trail+sign+with+accessibility+information%2C+Bald+Rock+Overlook+Trail%2C+Cheaha+State+Park%2C+Alabama.jpeg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Trail sign with detailed accessibility information. Bald Rock Overlook Trail, Cheaha State Park, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/853b9710-839e-46bd-a637-84662fd7fd8b/Trail+sign+at+intersection.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Trail signs with accessibility information at trail junctions help visitors decide if they should continue. Echo River Springs Trail, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8c20c055-cbd5-4185-93aa-135768faaaa1/IMG_9408.JPG Access Considerations - Make it stand out Birdability founder Virginia Rose reserving a parking space so she will be able to get back into her van after birding! Madera Canyon, Arizona. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/82fb541e-23ee-4618-bdd5-de2b908cfd27/Echo+River+Spring+Trail%2C+Mammoth+Cave+National+Park%2C+Kentucky.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.+%2813%29.jpg Access Considerations Van accessible parking at the trailhead of Echo River Springs Trail, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4fb8c0d1-23b2-46af-b932-8983cc6743c0/Gravel+parking+lot+closer%2C+Fort+Knox%2C+Kentucky.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Gravel parking lots are more prone to potholes, making them difficult for people with access challenges. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/83ee00c6-0020-47af-b103-a2d2ade52b3d/Curb+cut.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Curb cuts allow access from a parking area or road to the sidewalk. These tactile markers alert long cane users on the sidewalk that there is a hazard (a road!) is ahead. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9ef0e25a-96ed-43af-87aa-c319bc0d520a/Staff+sign%2C+Chickasw+National+Recreation+Area%2C+Oklahoma.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out A friendly sign at the park’s visitor center. Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f50a79e8-8f37-42ca-b5ec-7520b0d96fd9/IMG_9979.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Easy-to-find list of visitor services and accessibility features on the welcome table at Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bd35a236-b49a-43e3-91c3-eafedae2c393/Beach+Wheelchair%2C+Galveston+Island+State+Park%2C+Texas.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Beach wheelchair — made of plastic with wide tires for use on sand — available for loan. Galveston Island State Park, Texas. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a1d5bb1b-98d8-4e31-b7a5-616cd0e7f25b/IMG_0513.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Sensory rooms provide a safe, quiet space, particularly for autistic visitors who need a time out. Birmingham Airport. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/60dc771b-caab-405e-9de6-6967e308ee83/Can%27t+reach+the+soap%21.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Can’t reach the soap! Sinks, faucets, soap dispensers, hand dryers and mirrors should be within reach of a seated person. Photo courtesy of Virginia Rose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/de3b81e6-d1ec-4483-b35c-a8e7a6c5dd71/Echo+River+Spring+Trail%2C+Mammoth+Cave+National+Park%2C+Kentucky.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.+%2812%29.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Accessible port-a-potty at the trailhead of Echo River Springs Trail, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/12388817-4406-45d4-8f37-4abd62fc470f/IMG_9937.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Accessible, all gender bathrooms welcome transgender visitors. People with disabilities have babies too! Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1631313772543-948WQ16Q6CGD1YEEKG4D/Gradient+or+Slope%2C+7+x+5+printed.png Access Considerations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b8360363-ab23-4579-9f56-209c8aed31e9/Ramp%2C+Audubon+Bird+Sanctuary%2C+Alabama.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out An ADA-compliant ramp more than 36” wide, 1:12 gradient, and flat sections between slopes. Audubon Bird Sanctuary, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c53aae0a-6c77-409d-8d1d-2665491b434e/Close+up+of+ramp%2C+Audubon+Bird+Sanctuary%2C+Alabama.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Close up of the ramp on the left. This is what 1:12 or 8% gradient looks like. Audubon Bird Sanctuary, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/da4986dd-0504-46c0-a3ab-00328c18c504/Observation+deck+ramp%2C+Limestone+Park%2C+Alabama.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Ramp to a viewing platform with handrails on either side. Limestone Park, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b577a428-5e46-4ed3-84ac-1bc99f85c68a/unnamed.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out A concrete trail is easiest to travel down. Proctor Road Trail, Madera Canyon, Arizona. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8d0d4fa5-dcc2-4a2d-a9a8-7261fda03049/Hiking+poles+can+help+people+with+mobility+challenges+enjoy+nature.+Radnor+Lake+State+Natural+Area%2C+Tennessee.+Photo+Freya+McGregor.JPEG Access Considerations - Make it stand out Well-packed crushed stone trails are usually good surfaces. Radnor Lake State Park, Tennessee. Photo: Patrick Oaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/48fc611d-495d-4aac-b720-a326f18e96ea/Environmental+Trail%2C+Kennesaw+Mountain+National+Historical+Park%2C+Georgia.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Dirt or mulch surfaces are not ideal for accessible trails. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1615122709659-HLPQ3FQVWRGFPSJSA96U/McNary+National+Wildlife+Refuge%2C+WA.JPG Access Considerations Overgrown vegetation at McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Washington, made this trail much narrower and nearly impassable for this power wheelchair user. Photo: Roniq Bartanen of Shebirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1634730666023-T3R6JXG7T0C8BTQ9TX00/Gradient+or+Slope%2C+7+x+5+printed.png Access Considerations - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/fbd61712-4222-40c5-a351-683928d67ac4/Ebenezer+Swamp+boardwalk%2C+Alabama.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out ‘Mini step’ at the beginning of a board walk. Ebenezer Swamp, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/fac4c6ce-d544-4b62-b0fb-5902113d650c/Bench+not+connected%2C+Bernheim+Forest%2C+Kentucky.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out This bench is not connected to the trail surface! Bernheim Research Forest and Arboretum, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a3d84c5b-ba7d-4c95-888a-971413da20a6/Bench+connected%2C+Bernheim+Forest%2C+Kentucky.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out This bench is… and these two benches were 60 yards (20m) away from each other. This bench has risers, making it easier for people to sit and stand. Berheim Research Forest and Arboretum, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/88badecc-0f23-44ab-96f9-484b56771038/Accessible+picnic+table.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Accessible picnic table with an extended surface so wheelchair users can access it. Echo River Springs Trail, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/333bdf5d-3dcf-43d0-b39e-8f6a3f16b123/Gate%2C+photo+courtesy+of+Virginia+Rose.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Gates intended to prevent car access can be difficult for people to pass through/ under/around. Photo courtesy of Virginia Rose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/15128a7f-2d1e-47a4-b661-520542fefff0/BOLLAR%7E1.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Two bollards spaced 36” apart allow access to mobility devices. Jeff Friend Trail, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c1c66763-851a-44d9-8363-d7047bbc4c0e/Foot+travel+only.+Jeff+Friend+Trail%2C+Bon+Secour+NWR%2C+Alabama.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out This poorly placed (and rather exclusively-worded) bollard prevents access to mobility devices. Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/197900e2-37ba-41bd-8580-82b900d923eb/Railing+heigh+and+Virginia.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Most railings obstruct the view of wheelchair users. Photo courtesy of Virginia Rose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7d5ddfd1-f9e7-452c-b422-71b484ed777f/Echo+River+Spring+Trail+bench%2C+open+cut+out+view+point+and+voice+over+button%2C+Mammoth+Cave+National+Park.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Plexiglass barrier for the win! Echo River Springs Trail, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9016c659-810a-4c6a-ac06-c6463a340a1f/Barrier+using+cables%2C+Bernheim+Research+Forest+and+Arboretum%2C+Kentucky.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor..jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Safety barrier using cables, Bernheim Research Forest and Arboretum, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ec3f0f9a-2c54-4a1f-98f4-cfb6e009bc45/Guide+rope+with+zip+ties%2C+Braille+Trail%2C+Gwinnett+Environmental+and+Heritage+Center%2C+Georgia.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Guide rope with zip ties, alerting trail users to the upcoming tree truck next to the rope. Braille Trail, Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center, Georgia. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ab425910-8701-48c5-a25d-15ccd9c8cb6c/IMG_9923.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Visitors can hear this interpretive sign in English, Spanish, Japanese, German, French and Portuguese! Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b4081f3a-40db-4a1d-965c-1147676a7a6d/IMG_9960.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Tactile features on this sign allow someone to feel the route of migrating Gray Whales along the West Coast of the US. Cabrillo National Monument, California. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1615122222238-ZC4P9LYW43347LKS5P3F/Echo+River+Springs+Trail%2C+Mammoth+Cave+NP%2C+KY.jpg Access Considerations The well-shaded Echo River Springs Trail, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1615122128544-GBTE3VIMTUIRNDSQYPA0/Observation+building+landscape%2C+Wheeler+National+Wildlife+Refuge%2C+Alabama.jpeg Access Considerations The wonderfully accessible observation building at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Watch the start of this virtual accessible field trip for a tour and explanation of it’s features. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9237f73d-ef82-4fc9-b34d-fde067894003/BOARDW%7E1.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Holes in wooden boardwalks create trip hazards for everybody. Pitcher Plant Bog, Weeks Bay Reserve, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f299b0d8-bc3a-4c30-b731-198bf26fabea/McNary+National+Wildlife+Refuge%2C+WA.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Unpruned vegetation decreases trail width and can force users off the trail, which happened here. McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. Photo: Roniq Bartanen of Shebirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/cc1d0c49-84a1-4cd9-a40f-3b8e11748b23/Wheeler+NWR+Boardwalk%2C+AL.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Too many leaves or pine needles on the trail can make it difficult to walk or wheel though. Atkeson Cypress Trail, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3448c7de-fa1d-4897-8292-4d5703b521fc/unnamed.jpg Access Considerations - Make it stand out Sensory gardens offer opportunities for sensory exploration. Sensory Garden for the Blind, Franklin, Tennessee. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://www.birdability.org/home daily 1.0 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618244691673-KMLNXAQJ35JX4F8YRLH8/Tucson+Audubon+and+Southern+Arizona+Adaptive+Sports+accessible+bird+outing+at+Sweetwater+Wetlands%2C+photo+by+Rhianyon+Larson+6.jpg https://www.birdability.org/sponsors daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/439bebaf-d68b-4803-ac1c-073e0589a4da/clo_primary_hires.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/364db3ba-59e9-44e9-a2f3-7fb29a116b24/REI_CAF_Logo_4k.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6c51c15e-f0dc-4bc4-862d-1159b5ea8f0b/BetterWithBirds-Logo_Horizontal-Color-SHOPLOGO.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f7a90ec1-96cb-46d8-9667-c70e99943bad/CraigNielsenLogo.png Sponsors - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1610746671156-9GGEH6NCISS9RB7KG7OE/TAS+logo.png Sponsors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1624966603702-VTJ8TPB2UYZ6S57U2MVD/Audubon_Logo_BLK.png Sponsors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/67681552-d02a-490e-a29f-af9db2f27629/Logo+WBU+Stacked+Nature+Shop.jpg Sponsors https://www.birdability.org/birders-who-are-blind-or-have-low-vision daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://www.birdability.org/what-we-do daily 0.75 2024-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1619523370495-56PLAZBQ79RKWTSMFNCF/3.png About Infographic showing the Birdability logo and the following text. Vision: Birding truly is for everybody and every body, regardless of disability or other health concerns. Mission: To share the joys of birding with people who have disabilities, and to ensure birding is accessible for everybody. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a35dd396-dccc-4987-acc1-9a2aef9c13a2/Three+Spokes+of+Birdability%27s+Work.png About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1617807003573-T814PFQJK8LE6ZEB6PRC/No+one+can+predict+long+quote.png About https://www.birdability.org/watch-and-listen daily 0.75 2022-07-26 https://www.birdability.org/welcoming-and-inclusive-birders daily 0.75 2024-01-04 https://www.birdability.org/bird-festivals daily 0.75 2024-01-04 https://www.birdability.org/who-we-are daily 0.75 2025-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/dc04dfb0-eb74-4bb1-b5ce-e165a9efa3d4/stone.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1cafaef0-20ec-4be6-9321-7a9bde49db58/9ede268e-1273-4850-9e6d-7bb17335c661.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/af226fc5-d00f-419d-b8cb-4fd0edf7733e/IMG_7564-sq.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e38e8a79-0295-479b-82ad-07f1f6af1392/IMG_9816.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a7b4e777-9e3f-4546-b2bc-63803cfc4d2d/Mike+Greene+bio+pic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1706844777934-G5EQ4FE0SL29X71UF534/Virginia%2BRose%2Boutside%2Bin%2Bher%2Bwheelchair%2Bholding%2Bbinoculars.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f7bf7b2c-4dae-407c-b13e-9ae2a66179da/Alex+Schiwal.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8b56c382-de19-405f-b156-466d1a3db363/Bird_and_Bee.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/bcc670fa-bd66-4e60-8f23-56e9dd15ede9/cat+cone+marsh.jpg https://www.birdability.org/read daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1606764577558-S4P6JIF4E3TZZTX19NAL/Mass+Audubon%27s+All+Persons+Trails+manual+cover.jpg.png Read Front cover of booklet. Text says: Mass Audubon’s All Persons Trails. A manual of guidelines and best practices for developing and operating universally designed and interpreted trail experiences. Images show a tactile sign being touched by a person’s hand, a trail through the woods with three people walking down it, and a trail through a field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1619531771641-Q3Y7IH8B96VDIBEB5IJ3/Access+Recreation+Guidelines.png Read https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1606764248738-OBLAT374T3KKCW6LUADU/Boulder+Accessible+Trails+cover.png Read Cover of booklet. Text says: Boulder OSMP Accessible Trails and Sites. Topher Downham. Image shows a white man in a manual wheelchair on a wooden bridge with a field and mountains behind him, and the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks logo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1606764376719-3B5K4MNM1FTQ3LPAQUA7/Forest+Service+Trail+Accessibility+Guidelines.png Read Cover of booklet. Text says: Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines (FSTAG) Pocket Version. Photo shows a fence with pink flowers near a field with people standing in it. https://www.birdability.org/inclusive-language-use daily 0.75 2025-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1606827179399-ACLWBQRYKBO63Q1NC8D5/Accessibility+challenges+definition.png Inclusive Language Use Accessibility challenges describes the difficulties someone experiences using the physical or social environment to engage in a meaningful activity. Birding is for everybody! Learn more at birdability.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618415113757-Y4SYYAMX4MCLPSXBVJKF/Birding+vs+Birdwatching.png Inclusive Language Use Birding vs Birdwatching. The term ‘birding’ is more inclusive when describing how people engage with and enjoy birds. Most birders don’t just look, but enjoy listening to birds too. More importantly, this language automatically includes birders who are blind or have low vision. https://www.birdability.org/contact daily 0.75 2025-02-03 https://www.birdability.org/faqs daily 0.75 2022-12-28 https://www.birdability.org/steps-to-implement daily 0.75 2023-07-21 https://www.birdability.org/guest-speaking daily 0.75 2023-12-11 https://www.birdability.org/espanol daily 0.75 2022-10-12 https://www.birdability.org/template-to-advocate-for-change daily 0.75 2021-02-24 https://www.birdability.org/sorry-we-couldnt-find-what-you-were-looking-for daily 0.75 2021-10-18 https://www.birdability.org/adaptive-birding-equipment daily 0.75 2025-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c03d3cc3-74e9-4410-b71d-ed12bbcf99cc/Virginia%27s+scope+close+up.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Adaptive Birding Equipment Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b1b3d0b6-b73e-4af3-b51e-308161bb38a2/Trail+chair.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor.jpg Adaptive Birding Equipment - Make it stand out Birding in comfort! Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/caab02f7-a69b-4337-bc05-af4e6608238c/IMG_9721.JPG Adaptive Birding Equipment - Make it stand out Using the Novagrade Digiscoping Tablet Adaptor on a Zeiss scope can make it easier to see birds. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1634751896080-DHY24R3UT6EB5JL0CL4Y/Michael%27s+eye+covers.jpg Adaptive Birding Equipment - Make it stand out Michael’s binoculars with winged eye cups attached. Photo: Michael Hurben. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614863025608-7IHH75N760LOH65ILW20/Patrick+and+mini+scope.jpg Adaptive Birding Equipment Patrick using his monocular. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1612209716352-X4NVPPPEWZG9672P2I40/Microphone+mounted+under+the+eves+of+a+house Adaptive Birding Equipment Microphone mounted under the eves of Jerry’s house. Photo curtesy of Jerry Berrier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1612560078969-FCV6JLOTEPJRB0TYCFCW/Fran+Bartle%27s+mobile+bird+blind.jpg Adaptive Birding Equipment Fran’s Birdmobile. Photo courtesy of Fran Bartle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1614984139922-5VM9GA960RY3S2AOZZUW/Beach+Wheelchair%2C+Galveston+Island+State+Park%2C+Texas.jpg Adaptive Birding Equipment Beach wheelchair available for loan, Galveston Island State Park, Texas. Photo: Freya McGregor https://www.birdability.org/georgia-audubon-birdability-virtual-accessible-field-trips daily 0.75 2021-12-03 https://www.birdability.org/inclusive-organizations daily 0.75 2022-03-18 https://www.birdability.org/inclusion-and-diversity-statement daily 0.75 2024-05-14 https://www.birdability.org/newsletter daily 0.75 2022-04-14 https://www.birdability.org/birdability-captains daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://www.birdability.org/sponsorship-levels daily 0.75 2023-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618007870091-YBD8JZQG3BANWOKMX4KS/nuthatch_transparent.png Sponsorship Levels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618008109411-TRG117WO2AQ1B8N5XZZU/blkthrtgreen_transparent.png Sponsorship Levels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618008293926-91YBB6JRVK3RFENG3L3W/transparent.png Sponsorship Levels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618008220361-67DBHOEIKYCYC4L9BD56/ruddy_transparent.jpg Sponsorship Levels https://www.birdability.org/racism-in-birding daily 0.75 2022-01-31 https://www.birdability.org/write-for-the-birdability-blog daily 0.75 2024-05-21 https://www.birdability.org/contribute-to-the-birdability-map daily 0.75 2022-03-21 https://www.birdability.org/mindful-birding daily 0.75 2023-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1615571305538-HZMSN88FICRZ4REDGI95/Mindful+birding+at+Moose+Bog+Wildlife+Managment+Area%2C+Vermont%2C+Sep+2018.jpg Mindful Birding Mindful birding at Moose Bog Wildlife Management Area, Vermont. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://www.birdability.org/press-and-publicity daily 0.75 2022-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d65e99a5-1879-465f-8db5-80d5ff016b47/REI+holiday+catalog%2C+2021.png Press and Publicity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/birdability-founders-circle daily 0.75 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618322765696-MA2KUD4BP36DOJWZ5C98/Audubon_Logo_BLK.png Birdability Founders Circle The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas, using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Audubon’s state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire, and unite diverse communities in conservation action, and is proud to partner with Birdability to do so. To learn more, visit their website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1632767294442-CEOSQY50SEYZA851NE4C/TAS+logo+long+for+Founders+Circle+page.png Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out Travis Audubon promotes the enjoyment, understanding, and conservation of native birds and their habitats, and operates three sanctuaries protecting critical habitat for more than 30 nesting avian species — including the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler — and is world renowned for research and conservation of Chimney Swifts. Travis Audubon leads diverse and interesting field trips and offers an exciting array of monthly speakers and workshops, as well as a variety of popular programs including Birdathon, Purple Martin Parties, and several different seasonal bird counts and surveys. To learn more about their work, visit their website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1632767156132-K3YXN96TEY3Y8UK8L0DQ/Zeiss+extra+long+and+skinny.png Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out “ZEISS sees itself as a true community partner and believes in supporting causes championing the inclusiveness Birdability seeks to develop an awareness for,” said Rich Moncrief, Manager, New Business Development, Nature and Observation. ZEISS provides financial support and optics to Birdability to support our work ensuring birding truly is for everybody! For more information, read the press release announcing this relationship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633357389733-M3Y1TJILICA7BJ73GGII/L2+ranch.png Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out El Segundo Ranch -- L2 – is a family partnership whose values align with the founding principles of Birdability: Vision, Courage, Purposeful Organization and Execution, Reverence for the Natural World, Obligation to Community, and Congeniality. We applaud and support independent organizations that accept the challenge of making our world a better place. Birdability is such an organization. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e7137d48-1ae4-4c27-9e60-0996f86ebe68/ABC+logo.png Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1623766582310-8YX3IU4EZGY1YY33UQ7O/Free+Wheelchair+Mission.png Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out Free Wheelchair Mission is a humanitarian, faith-based nonprofit that designs and manufactures cost-efficient, durable wheelchairs for individuals living with disabilities in developing countries. In collaboration with a worldwide network of like-minded partners, Free Wheelchair Mission has distributed more than 1.2 million wheelchairs in 94 countries around the world since 2001, providing renewed dignity, independence, and hope through the gift of mobility, all at no cost to the recipient. With an estimated 75 million people around the world who are in need of a wheelchair, Free Wheelchair Mission continues in its mission to provide the life-transforming gift of mobility. Learn more at freewheelchairmission.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e9947f0e-69ef-4133-a6c7-f92508f5d68d/SoWBA-CMYK+%281%29.png Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance is passionate about sharing the joy of birds! Our organization is dedicated to wildlife and nature conservation in southern Wisconsin, seeking to protect, improve, and enjoy habitat through land stewardship, education, and advocacy. We strive to foster a birding community that is inclusive and welcoming to everybody. In our own work and collaborations with local partners, we are committed to offering and expanding accessible opportunities to appreciate birds and nature together. Learn more at swibirds.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1622557322594-0YAMMIG1PU1GU8SAK0SF/HarrisCenter_Logo_Vertical_Color_2020.jpg Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out The Harris Center for Conservation Education is a transformative force in the Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire, where we promote understanding and respect for the natural world through education of all ages, land protection and stewardship, conservation research, and programs that encourage active participation in the great outdoors. Learn more at harriscenter.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1632765497030-ZOF0RRQ8P0L9XUI4TII5/Sea+andSage+Logo+jpg.2f.jpg Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out Sea and Sage Audubon Society is a chapter of National Audubon located in Orange County, California. The chapter mission is to protect birds, other wildlife, and their habitats through education, citizen science, research, and public policy advocacy. As birders, we are intimately familiar with the value and importance of diversity. We strive to be welcoming and to include everyone in our activities, including those with physical challenges. Learn more at seaandsageaudubon.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1632766262558-LVKNDDB2EY4R6X4VZDZ7/LSS_color_horiztonal_box_webaddress.jpg Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out Land Sea & Sky was founded in 1940 in Houston, Texas, specializing in optics sales and repair. The birding staff at Land Sea & Sky provides consultative sales to provide customers optics that work for their particular situation. In addition to birding optics, these optics specialists have expertise in astronomy and telescopes, microscopes and more. Learn more at landseaskyco.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1625138373869-DFPX2FJ97TM5WRXIEAAR/Tucson+Audubon.jpg Birdability Founders Circle - Make it stand out Tucson Audubon's mission is to inspire all people to enjoy and protect birds. We have partnered with Birdability and other local groups to hold accessible bird outings, review accessible birding locations in Tucson, and in 2021 we welcome Birdability as a valuable Partner at our Southeast Arizona Birding Festival. Learn more at tucsonaudubon.org https://www.birdability.org/a-good-idea-for-birding daily 0.75 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1635269273135-VZ84T12WRVQB843PA8Z3/2+-+Copy.png A Good IDEA for Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1635268246515-495A12SVU0URGN3JONWT/Image+from+iOS.png A Good IDEA for Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1630677449755-KWEQX6WLWVULKFYLNWIQ/BIPOC+Birding+Club+of+WI+logo.jpg A Good IDEA for Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1635268390819-5KNNSI40P5GKGH6THZU3/FBC2021.png A Good IDEA for Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1630447575890-X6IV5711VDGSIJA437Q1/Philly+Queer+Birders+Logo.png A Good IDEA for Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1630950023961-Q2TMO8SHXJ83HDS7J2BO/Urban+Bird+Collective+Logo.jpg A Good IDEA for Birding - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/writing-bird-outing-event-descriptions daily 0.75 2021-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1625143596976-LXUREP3UP34DP8AMHR2U/Opt+in.png Writing bird outing event descriptions - Make it stand out Image description: a graphic with an illustration of a White-breasted Nuthatch and the following text: Don’t force someone to opt out. Go out of your way to allow them to opt in. https://www.birdability.org/birdability-birders-interview-series-with-abc daily 0.75 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1632479088951-XBAV7VD66EB2K0WMU8B6/Birdability+founder+Virginia+Rose%2C+and+Birdability+Coordinator+Freya+McGregor.+Lake+Creek+Trail%2C+Austin%2C+TX.+Photo+Wayne+Jeansonne..jpg Birdability Birders interview series with ABC - Make it stand out Virginia Rose (left), founder of Birdability, will be the first guest in a new webinar series co-hosted by ABC and Birdability. She and other guests will be interviewed by Birdability Coordinator and occupational therapist Freya McGregor (right). Photo by Wayne Jeansonne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1632502047887-YX2UYWXHU1KXJSZUJZVX/Episode+1+banner.png Birdability Birders interview series with ABC - Make it stand out Birdability Birders Episode 1: Virginia Rose. Birdability logo; American Bird Conservancy logo. Photo of a white woman seated in manual wheelchair outside holding binoculars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633442823803-QMOGBN5P9BYND8TKYUHO/Birdability+Birders+%282%29.png Birdability Birders interview series with ABC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4e03c5ae-c939-4b46-917c-5887e62c69b6/Banner.png Birdability Birders interview series with ABC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/34e4015d-af42-4aef-94b9-f7823eb2ef4c/Kari+banner.png Birdability Birders interview series with ABC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/49b29867-5515-4bc8-b88e-eaf434725d6b/Day+banner.png Birdability Birders interview series with ABC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/026b8e24-69d1-483b-bc55-37c29275dfd0/Paul+banner.png Birdability Birders interview series with ABC - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/donate daily 0.75 2023-12-08 https://www.birdability.org/imabirder-social-media-instructions daily 0.75 2021-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633562890906-FXUSW35G2Q88W76VKMOY/I%27m+a+birder+and+I...+8.5x11.png #ImABirder social media instructions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633562841889-DIVLC7FUWYEW8HW3LTGH/I%27m+a+birder+and+I...+8.5x11.png #ImABirder social media instructions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633562711743-AVHEQPLYN1XIL7UGKJ37/I%27m+a+birder+and+I...+Instagram+post.png #ImABirder social media instructions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633562625308-EFFV2QBX0U1CXDRQDWV2/I%27m+a+birder+and+I...+Instagram+Story.png #ImABirder social media instructions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633562797837-4DWD2G64LZXA37TO34RG/I%27m+a+birder+and+I...+Twitter+post.png #ImABirder social media instructions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633612228669-9VP2Q7ELNO8V6T39PW4X/I%27m+a+birder+and+I...+Facebook+post.png #ImABirder social media instructions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1633614111735-8BVMJWA8NALLT3AUBRA4/I%27m+a+birder+and+I...+Facebook+Story.png #ImABirder social media instructions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.birdability.org/holding-a-partly-accessible-cbc daily 0.75 2023-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/26a3ec0f-50bd-449c-8031-bab69fa43299/unnamed.jpg https://www.birdability.org/our-values daily 0.75 2022-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/4a2d606b-3403-4f6b-88c9-f27ef90956ab/Three+Spokes+of+Birdability%27s+Work+no+website.png Our values - Make it stand out Image description: Graphic with a large circle. Inside are three chunky arrows that sort of feed into each other. Inside that ring is the Birdability logo. The arrows are three different shades of blue. In white text they say: Physical accessibility of birding locations; Welcoming and inclusive birding community; Introduce people with access challenges to birding. The title says Three spokes of Birdability’s work. On the bottom right it says Learn more at birdability.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8f38c537-91d0-4987-802d-bb329a60f7cd/Three+Spokes+and+Frames+of+Reference+of+Birdability%27s+Work+no+link+at+bottom.png Our values - Make it stand out [Image description: A graphic with oval shapes arranged in a circle and arrows from each oval pointing towards the Birdability logo at the center. The title says Values and frames of reference that inform Birdability’s work. The ovals include the following phrases: The disability community, positive impacts, power of representation, universal design, Ten Principles of Disability Justice, sharing resources, empowering others, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA), occupational therapy, intersectionality, the social model of disability.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/22754ce5-b2d4-4c19-8beb-38ae13a2bf9e/Accessible+outing+lead+by+Birdability+at+the+SE+AZ+Birding+Festival%2C+Sweetwater+Wetlands%2C+Tucson.+August+2021.+Photo+by+Freya+McGregor..JPG Our values - Make it stand out Participants on an accessible outing, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/74e4183a-e429-482d-96d4-8b7681ac5b6c/Environment+is+disabling.png Our values - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d65beae2-40d6-4b5b-b918-47eb885d4504/No+one+can+predict+what+an+individual+with+an+accessibility+challenge+can+or+can%E2%80%99t+do..png Our values - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2b1a107b-1c3f-460a-807b-22a117c393f3/1.jpg Our values - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/39a9b756-77b8-4b05-8613-d7a92d45d2a2/What+is+Occupational+Therapy.png Our values - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9d63ae63-9c63-4f6d-910a-8e8e20dc80b8/Birding+at+Spring+Retreat%2C+Georgia+Audubon.+Photo+by+Melanie+Furr.JPG Our values - Make it stand out Black disabled birders exist! If we want to be welcoming and inclusive, we must address racism and safety in birding, as well as disability-specific issues. Photo: Melanie Furr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3c350a19-af38-4dc9-87d0-5ecdd99104c6/IMG_0691.jpg Our values - Make it stand out One of our Birdability Captains, Jerry Berrier, models the Bird Collective x Birdability t-shirt. He is totally blind, and is using a long cane and a microphone to enjoy birds — not a pair of binoculars. And have a look at who else is represented on that t-shirt! Photo: Lee Berrier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3139b1a8-ea74-4f18-9e8a-81bf5e393651/Observation+building+landscape%2C+Wheeler+National+Wildlife+Refuge%2C+Alabama.jpeg Our values - Make it stand out The incredibly accessible observation building at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, demonstrates the principles of universal design, allowing everybody to enjoy the Sandhill Cranes overwintering there. Photo: Freya McGregor. https://www.birdability.org/support-team-nuthatch daily 0.75 2023-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8f1a45b0-97eb-4068-bd9f-7bb70f26af1c/NJA_logo_4C_300dpi_no_web_large.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5eb5e3cc-371b-4a5f-8574-4fbba98e8980/2018_WSB_Logo-Large-Trans.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/83db46e0-0a97-473f-8879-df6248df7c50/Kingsley.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/fc42b4d7-79a5-44f1-8cb2-6b400e23961e/2022-10-08_10-39-11_838.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/61ff3ef9-1b0e-4ea9-a89d-2d2d7db5fa57/kalina_photo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/2e0ac832-3bdf-436e-9209-fada00053885/IMG950526.jpg https://www.birdability.org/pledge-to-support-team-nuthatch daily 0.75 2022-04-15 https://www.birdability.org/guest-speaking-request-embedded-google-form daily 0.75 2022-08-24 https://www.birdability.org/guest-speaking-request-copy daily 0.75 2022-08-25 https://www.birdability.org/home-copy-tshirt-promo-aug-22 daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1618244691673-KMLNXAQJ35JX4F8YRLH8/Tucson+Audubon+and+Southern+Arizona+Adaptive+Sports+accessible+bird+outing+at+Sweetwater+Wetlands%2C+photo+by+Rhianyon+Larson+6.jpg Home (Copy) T-shirt promo Aug 22 Tucson Audubon and Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports accessible bird outing at Sweetwater Wetlands. Photo: Rhianyon Larson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/29200444-b644-4511-a8bc-4e53f382cfb6/PXL_20220730_153125276.PORTRAIT.jpg Home (Copy) T-shirt promo Aug 22 - Make it stand out Birdability volunteer Emerson Milam, who has ADHD (a birding superpower!) and chronic Lyme disease. Photo courtesy of Emerson Milam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b47164eb-9aa5-4d66-81db-8ae8f6068b28/IMG_9431.JPG Home (Copy) T-shirt promo Aug 22 - Make it stand out Birdability founder Virginia Rose, who has used a manual wheelchair for more than 40 years. Photo by Freya McGregor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b15e8719-a22f-4b87-9a0a-842433705934/IMG_7257.jpg Home (Copy) T-shirt promo Aug 22 - Make it stand out Birdability’s Director of Programs and Outreach, Freya McGregor, who has a ‘dodgy’ knee. Photo by Jordan Rutter. https://www.birdability.org/big-sittidae-2022 daily 0.75 2022-10-12 https://www.birdability.org/sponsor-team-nuthatch daily 0.75 2023-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/512bc6fc-b3e3-47f7-8819-e47cfcc65b3a/Team+Nuthatch.png https://www.birdability.org/birdability-brochure daily 0.75 2023-12-15 https://www.birdability.org/birdability-merchandise daily 0.75 2023-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/06fcd66f-be41-4e7a-a66e-89c675deea6c/classic.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0f5529b5-6bea-4659-a8aa-484a805c78af/ASL+braille.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/21bbb927-ae34-41d2-b72c-3e81b3df0adb/BW+Nuthatch.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/eb5197ef-949c-4ec3-9e0b-7e3040cc835c/birder.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/64402f96-1a6d-43e1-b349-07a036be7255/Birdability+Nuthatches.png https://www.birdability.org/understanding-neurodiversity-birding daily 0.75 2026-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d004bcd9-0e00-4670-8bc7-bf7301cc649c/neurodiversity+and+special+skills.png https://www.birdability.org/birding-at-your-computer daily 0.75 2024-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/14c87685-78e7-45ca-8f90-6ff48622bf9d/Nuthatch+at+feeder+round.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/74499f85-fbdd-482b-917c-7c7728beba3b/Untitled+design.png https://www.birdability.org/birdability-book-club daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/6b4b3bce-9c25-464d-b013-d8a765ea52ee/Book+Club+no+background.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/e2cf97f5-6fde-4d23-8c23-bb0c777c4bab/Book+Club.png https://www.birdability.org/digital-access-and-inclusion daily 0.75 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Digital Access and Inclusion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Digital Access and Inclusion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Digital Access and Inclusion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1716331028888-1INRC2IJ2GLEZ73UB6FN/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1716331086009-27KK7BH8HC0Y1GVI6KU5/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1716331142552-KLM93AY1VBJ6L6QHDH0J/image-asset.jpeg https://www.birdability.org/tip-sheet-for-leading-accessible-and-inclusive-bird-outings daily 0.75 2024-06-27 https://www.birdability.org/mentalhealthbenefits daily 0.75 2025-08-15 https://www.birdability.org/birdability-week daily 0.75 2026-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c4439cbb-4d9c-4fb9-8229-d0e25e3091f1/You+Belong+Here+BW+2025+Save+Dates.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3ca49c01-1b4b-499c-a775-f084301a8405/Screenshot+2025-09-02+175154.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5ed17bb3-dbc9-4bb5-9dfb-6d772a12790e/Birdability+Week+2025++GENERAL+%282%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/60e90535-7efd-41d7-bf05-1745feadf84d/Sponsor+intro+slide.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0cd392f0-cebf-4825-bc39-ce7a14245378/Audubon_Logo_WHT.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0e7c172e-ee0f-450c-abb4-59df8d26ce26/Vortex+Optics.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/65aa9880-9fe3-46e7-88c9-4892e6cc4ec8/BC_LOGO_WHITE.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/559eeb35-7850-4d61-be2d-217e2a26ac72/DenverAudubon-Logo1-Small+-+Lara+Cueni.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/c4d0a721-cd5f-4204-9f76-c03486266da2/Buteo-shirt-logo-orange-green+-+Lyzy+Lusterman.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/39260d75-f29d-45ee-bd13-67167cc8deed/Greenspring+Birders+Fairfax+County+VA+-+Barbara+Liechti.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f0cf4cfb-4f5b-4152-9e3a-0e5f0c417ebb/Screenshot+2025-09-05+150802.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/1af413b7-8b2d-4ce5-9f33-c71d55b05ced/idrpp_idrpplogo_leftalign_fullcolor+-+Matthew+Wappett+%282%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/a0779003-8bbb-4cd1-84a2-3380d0415c03/Chirp_Sounds_Logo_Yellow.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/0d8c077f-e2d2-4a33-a48e-522c8a427f8d/logo+PA.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/dda5aab2-9912-4d30-8fd8-80e1daa4ceae/Carolina+Bird+Club+logo.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9b932ad1-7691-475e-bfc4-33fb14a6281a/BSBO+Logo_Digital_Full_Horizontal+-+Tyler+Ficker.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ec241f60-5222-425e-a8e1-bc734239cd82/MAlogo+Stacked+COLOR+ICON+with+tag+-+Nicholas+Lund.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/26135014-aa28-459e-a2c7-f2c31d04ec85/ECBA+Logo.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/d079e9f7-dc89-45f7-a0b8-e7517196e5d6/Tucson+Bird+Alliance_Combined+Mark_Color_Horizontal.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3fb170c8-44e0-4ada-b61e-91d45d749f2e/Logo+WBU+Stacked+Nature+Shop.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/460c6f86-9129-45bd-a716-8616e0d220b9/Screenshot+2025-09-05+150621.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/f38c0bce-5298-43e7-b5ed-8d8c73197f22/892739283532998953.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/9a40e381-6181-402b-921e-824927603ae5/Copy+of+nature-canada-logo-standard.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/8f663cd6-90cf-49d6-9bfa-35f9fcc2d76b/Screenshot+2025-10-07+113156.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ff2ac63b-0026-4f5a-9ee4-ab15bfe3766f/aiken-audubon-logo-PNG+-+Jessica+Miller.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/89512a98-e466-4b21-a978-df92fb1b0ab5/Cornell+Lab+Logo.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/86783629-0a68-4b1d-9714-1580d5bb7dfc/Untitled+design+%284%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/3b5835e8-4091-4ecc-b275-f553110fc0d6/UPDATED+2023_FINAL+CHICAGO+AUDUBON+HORIZONTAL+LOGO+-+Taylor+MacPherson.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/30f36e5d-03a7-4118-a1b2-b3816ed42b14/Logo+-+Wild+Birds+Unlimited+of+Colorado+Springs%2C+CO.jfif https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/5bca325d-0310-49e8-94bf-49ce510469d3/Birding+By+Ear+Logo+Design+%281%29.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/b9867f9a-19e1-4fb0-8d0b-bf09c6679ee4/Audubon+Horizontol+logo+transparent+-+Paige+Therien.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/561fc050-708c-4562-82a3-759ab931da56/HiRes_Detail_Black.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/80424d84-fed0-408e-907b-4469382f879b/Screenshot+2025-09-03+182611.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ebb0e44a-b185-483e-83d4-a923a3e3c856/BetterWithBirds-Logo_Horizontal-Color-SHOPLOGO.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/ee4e0c57-3e00-4736-beb8-455ab4820a9c/Attachment-1+%281%29.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/587a9d81-4d98-4400-b8c4-c1f1ededdefd/Screenshot+2025-09-05+154752.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/41e53cb0-1628-498b-8fba-c729c4147051/Birdability+Week+2025+Flyer.png https://www.birdability.org/birdability-salon daily 0.75 2026-03-24 https://www.birdability.org/bop daily 0.75 2025-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/7ea54daf-a32d-41fc-8519-41f7e2cb51b6/HCC_110924_VCT-46+%281%29.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/904db3ae-f2f0-493a-8d46-58b00cb1b2fe/Birdability+Outreach+Program+Webinar+Series.jpg https://www.birdability.org/blind-birdathon daily 0.75 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fbd78994a599a774a4156dd/73e286ac-d42b-4509-8b3f-9d1c49b5d649/Screenshot+2025-06-13+095459.png https://www.birdability.org/local-outings-events daily 0.75 2026-02-02