Birdability is hosting a series of opportunities for learning and community-building each month. These sessions are open, informal, and designed to support both new and experienced participants. You’ll learn birding-by-ear skills, explore technology for recording and identifying sounds, and connect with a growing community of blind and low-vision birders.
1. Tuesday, December 9 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Merlin Identification with Alli Smith from Cornell Lab of Ornithology
2. Tuesday, January 20 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Using Equipment & Apps to Record Bird Sounds with Jerry Berrier.
3. Tuesday, February 3 at 7 p.m. Eastern: The Pleasures of a Bird Soundscape with John Kricher. Birds are commonplace and diverse in virtually all of the world’s habitats. They are audio-visually oriented as to how they perceive their world and audio perception is often more important than visual. John Kricher will explain how being attuned to bird sound provides knowledge, learning, and satisfaction.
4. Tuesday, March 10 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Living on the Wind: How and Why Birds Migrate with Scott Widensaul. Scott will discuss how migratory birds travel extraordinary distances each year, navigating through means that seem more like science fiction than natural history, undergoing almost incomprehensible physical changes as they move across tens of thousands of miles.
5. Tuesday, April 14 at 7 p.m. Eastern: Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon Info Session. The Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon Info Session is a gathering created by and for blind and low-vision birders, as well as sighted allies, to learn about this global celebration of birds and belonging. Join us to explore how the event works, receive practical tips for accessible birding by ear, and discover resources that can help you and your community participate.
Recordings will be available for all registrants. You can register for sessions at this link.