[NFBMI-Wayne-County] FW: Birdability Week 2025 Schedule HAS DROPPED!

Mon Sep 8 20:48:04 UTC 2025

Hello Friends,

Perhaps you would like to check out some of the Birdability week activities. In Michigan we are closing the week with a weekend at Camp Tuhsmeheta which we are calling Pumpkin Patch Party and it is sponsored by Birding by Ear and Beyond.

Registration information will be available September 10, 2025, Wednesday.

With birding joy,

Donna Posont

Coordinator: Birding by Ear and Beyond

From: Birdability <cat at birdability.ccsend.com> 
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2025 12:27 PM
To: donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com
Subject: Birdability Week 2025 Schedule HAS DROPPED!

Make plans to join us online and in your community

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Image Description: A promotional graphic for Birdability Week 2025. At the top left, the Birdability Week 2025 logo appears with the tagline “You Belong Here” in black and white linocut artwork featuring flowers and birds, and the dates “October 20–26, 2025.” Large white text across a blue background reads: “Join Us for Birdability Week 2025.” Surrounding the text are six circular photos of diverse people and moments: a smiling woman in a black Field Inclusive shirt outdoors; a woman with long hair smiling at the camera; a Birdability presenter leading a workshop with a projected slide; a man using a power wheelchair along a trail near water; a smiling man in a light-colored button-down shirt; and a group of blind and low-vision birders using white canes walking together on a grassy path. Blue, white, and black starburst shapes accent the background.

Dear Birdability Community,

I am so excited to share that the schedule for Birdability Week 2025 (October 20–26) is live, and registration is now open. This year’s theme, You Belong Here, comes directly from our community: belonging is not about being invited, it’s about being expected and welcomed intentionally. All of us belong in nature and the birding community.

Our lineup of events reflects the creativity, commitment, and leadership of Birdability Captains across the country, who helped dream and shape what this week could be. From leading researcher and expert Dr. Rachel Zoffness’s conversation about pain and the brain, to panels on conservation and access, and reflections from the Blind Birders’ Bird-a-Thon, every session is grounded in the lived experiences of disabled birders and allies who are changing what inclusion looks like in the outdoors.

And of course, we’ll come together to bird! We will be hosting virtual birding every morning on Instagram Live, and are excited for Bird(ability) Your Way! Weekend. The whole weekend and all of the accessible events and outings being held across the country (and beyond!) are an invitation to bird however is accessible and joyful for you. We’ll wrap up with a keynote about the joy and the community of birding by Dexter Patterson ( Let's Go!!) on Saturday, and our community celebration with the announcement of the Photo and Video Contest winners on Sunday.

Birdability Week is both a collection of events and a collective declaration that birding is for every body and every mind, and that access and belonging are vital to the health of our communities and the future of bird conservation. 

I hope you’ll take a look at the schedule and register today at  <https://swn6onfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_rlKp3I8G5c9Jw8jJgkBx4o78R-K-VaiBub50cioHi6HorhpiYcScah4UtgXh9qospKxtHBDa1OyPtJG80Ab7HUHs9muq6D6uWmcTqgXy6YDiAxZHlV3u7cJFdpI4dhmbOa27Bx8kRZ4tU-Bs9mlxfSBRSnaP_Qj_2iKUBJt9gv1_i4IFSfwA_Hy9BJwebDIbHhAoSC0p3QpMGBPJvpnGg==&c=LKCpDtkSOgUB2jSW2sLA2hbk7WVgIbz-isI976cODJaTPHWtL6u3Yg==&ch=eN-DakyMRufubStJYcuI0qcfKLZusTXhYpjYRVgaUl84MjY8ptnw1g==> www.birdability.org/birdability-week. I can't wait to celebrate together and honor the movement we are building, one bird and one community at a time.

With birdy joy,

Cat

P.S. Our Birdability Week Offbeat Photo and Video Contest is still open - and we want YOUR offbeat photo or feeder cam video gems. It’s free, it’s fun, and you could win prizes for those wonderfully weird bird moments you’ve captured.  <https://swn6onfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_rlKp3I8G5c9Jw8jJgkBx4o78R-K-VaiBub50cioHi6HorhpiYcScepPLJbwCAOBI4Zd6U2rOgUmhjdQGk_x7yZ6yOeOz-iD3-PlzOZ6xRBvJExsYRVnAXHRPlpRY73UhIXa7lsH2P1Y3CKEkhPDc8bvQZhhH8CaRu60fZ7IrNg=&c=LKCpDtkSOgUB2jSW2sLA2hbk7WVgIbz-isI976cODJaTPHWtL6u3Yg==&ch=eN-DakyMRufubStJYcuI0qcfKLZusTXhYpjYRVgaUl84MjY8ptnw1g==> Enter HERE! 

P.P.S. We are still collecting your outings and events  <https://swn6onfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_rlKp3I8G5c9Jw8jJgkBx4o78R-K-VaiBub50cioHi6HorhpiYcScepPLJbwCAOBrWqSi3z_SyxbK5TsImuYibYNM6MWm9X4p5AzKbmQPLlocfhyhM1ZdiD1XV7OGHG61qQb6larxZxyKBv9gpERQSf4AsIL4HWndzIbHT3RQIA=&c=LKCpDtkSOgUB2jSW2sLA2hbk7WVgIbz-isI976cODJaTPHWtL6u3Yg==&ch=eN-DakyMRufubStJYcuI0qcfKLZusTXhYpjYRVgaUl84MjY8ptnw1g==> (click here to share) for Birdability Week so that we can add a map of all the fantastic opportunities to join accessible and inclusive outings being held in your communities to our Birdability Week website. Please share any accessible events happening in October!

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Thank You to Our Sponsors

We are deeply grateful to the more than 20 organizations, businesses, and individuals who have come together so far to sponsor Birdability Week 2025. Their generosity makes this celebration possible — and supports Birdability’s work all year long to ensure that birding and the outdoors are truly for every body and every mind. We are adding sponsors every day and hope you might join us! Learn more  <https://swn6onfbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_rlKp3I8G5c9Jw8jJgkBx4o78R-K-VaiBub50cioHi6HorhpiYcScepPLJbwCAOBjS7emOz2I2veJV5qQZ_1wEgFkwnrhl_svWpsFEtvPQKKLFWPWaV2AffyMzagLpVQdxZ8j4h_9Lp7i_RJGu1eQBPtJiYv5AYKNmHbF2ert_M=&c=LKCpDtkSOgUB2jSW2sLA2hbk7WVgIbz-isI976cODJaTPHWtL6u3Yg==&ch=eN-DakyMRufubStJYcuI0qcfKLZusTXhYpjYRVgaUl84MjY8ptnw1g==> HERE. 

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Golden Eagle Sponsor

*    National Audubon Society (large white heron silhouette with text)

Northern Cardinal Sponsors

*    Birdfy (blue bird icon)

*    Carolina Bird Club (Yellow-throated Warbler illustration with text)

*    Chirp Sounds (bird perched on text logo)

*    Nature Canada (green and blue wave logo)

*    National Aviary (blue bird silhouette)

*    Vortex Optics (black and white stylized “V” logo)

Eastern Bluebird Sponsors

*    Aiken Audubon (owl logo in blue circle)

*    Bird Collective (stylized feather wordmark)

*    Black Swamp Bird Observatory (green bird silhouette with text)

*    Chicago Bird Alliance (black bird in flight)

*    Denver Audubon (bird silhouette in circle)

*    Maine Audubon (blue text with green circle wave icon)

*    Wild Birds Unlimited Colorado Springs, CO (house with birds and leaves logo)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet Sponsors

*    Buteo Books (logo with bird silhouette)

*    East Cascades Bird Alliance (round black-and-white logo)

*    Environment for the Americas (tree with colorful birds)

*    GSBirders (photo collage with banner and birding items)

*    Tucson Bird Alliance (black bird head on red background)

Individual Sponsors

*    Photo of Jennifer Ackerman with a Great Gray Owl perched nearby

*    The Science of Birds Podcast/ Ivan Phillipsen (orange bird illustration with text)

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The Birdability Store is Open!

We just launched an updated Birdability Storefront, now featuring brand-new Birdability Week 2025 shirts and hoodies, along with all your old favorites. And for the first time, we’re offering Birdability tote bags so you can carry your bird joy with you wherever you go.

Every purchase supports Birdability’s mission to make birding accessible, inclusive, and welcoming for every body and every mind and spreads teh message far and wide. Explore the collection and show your support here: https://www.bonfire.com/store/birdability-store/

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