[NFBMI-Talk] FW: Building Community with Blind Birders

Mon Jul 21 23:24:30 UTC 2025

From: National Audubon Society <audubonconnect at audubon.org> 
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2025 2:24 PM
To: Donna Posont <dposont at umich.edu>
Subject: Building Community with Blind Birders

The first-ever Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon celebrates legally blind birders.

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Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon: A First-of-Its-Kind Event

At the peak of spring migration, blind and low-vision birders across the country spent a day logging as many species as they could in the first-ever Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon.

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>From admiring the vintage video game-esque song of the Bobolink, to adding new species to their life lists, participants in the first-ever Blind Birders Bird-a-Thon declared the event a resounding success. Learn more about the event and the challenges that blind people can encounter when birding—and the deep joy they find in birds and the outdoors.

July is Disability Pride Month, an annual observance which celebrates the disability community and this year, commemorates the 35th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. What better time to uplift these voices?

Tracy Carcione, a blind birder who participated in the Bird-a-Thon near her home in Teaneck, New Jersey, listens as Merlin identifies birdsong using the app’s text-to-speech function. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon

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