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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Cat Fribley <cat@birdability.org> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 8, 2025 3:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Birdability Info <info@birdability.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon Community Conversation TOMORROW<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>We are excited to present the next of the Blind Birder Bird-a-Thon Community Conversations tomorrow night, December 9th, 2025, with guest speaker Alli Smith from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology discussing the Merlin Bird ID app. "</span><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>The Merlin Bird ID app has connected over 30 million people to the world of birds with its almost magical ability to identify species by sound. This talk will cover how Merlin works behind the scenes and the vital role that birders play in building and improving it."</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>We begin at 7:00 PM ET (6 CT, 5 MT, 4 PT) and the Zoom link is below. Please feel free to send over any questions for Alli ahead of time by emailing me at <a href="mailto:cat@birdability.org">cat@birdability.org</a> prior to the event. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>In community,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Cat, Donna, Jerry, and Martha<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#1F1F1F;background:#F0F4F9'>Join Zoom Meeting</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81858864172?pwd%3DcgZ6h1IsH1gV64DvqmohuxZyf5QEMW.1&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1765643377185231&usg=AOvVaw1mawHSJ8EtVYfSYMXCY-rz" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#0B57D0;background:#F0F4F9'>https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81858864172?pwd=cgZ6h1IsH1gV64DvqmohuxZyf5QEMW.1</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#1F1F1F;background:#F0F4F9'> Meeting ID: 818 5886 4172 Passcode: 820969 --- One tap mobile +13092053325,,81858864172#,,,,*820969# US +13126266799,,81858864172#,,,,*820969# US (Chicago) Join instructions </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/81858864172/invitations?signature%3D4wOrRJu5ywPowulbdJOxwl-dLl_cjUG3UH-AFUalZ0c&sa=D&source=calendar&ust=1765643377185231&usg=AOvVaw3zpSSIdjKtyMiW3n8IYHQr" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#0B57D0;background:#F0F4F9'>https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/81858864172/invitations?signature=4wOrRJu5ywPowulbdJOxwl-dLl_cjUG3UH-AFUalZ0c</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailsignatureprefix>-- </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424'>Cat Fribley<br>Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424'>Birdability<br>She/her/hers</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.2pt'>\u202a(512) 763-7913</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#242424'><br>Instagram: @birdability<br>Facebook: Birdability</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p align=center style='margin:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=453 height=113 style='width:4.7166in;height:1.175in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_mixljp0k1"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Birdability is a nonprofit working to make birding and the outdoors accessible and inclusive for everyone, especially those with disabilities and health concerns. Join us in creating a more welcoming birding community! Learn more or support our mission by donating at Birdability.org. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>