This is a seasonal gathering of the Mindful Birding Network. I hope you’ll join us!

Join our Virtual Gathering!

This is our seasonal gathering online to highlight our collective work, explore Mindful Birding practices, learn about emerging research and science behind the practice, and connect with each other.

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The network upholds an inclusive space and cultivates kindness and generosity where members can thrive. We celebrate people of all levels of interest, knowledge, abilities, and skill with regard to birds and Mindful Birding.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community (SBC) event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler for an introduction to Slow Birding through an online guided sit spot session every month. We’ll explore practices for expanding our awareness, using mindfulness, and deepening our connection with the bird wherever we may be. Participants should choose a spot outdoors or near a window; find a spot where you feel safe and comfortable to spend some quiet time with birds. You may want to have: a beverage, a field journal, something to write with, binoculars (although these are not required), a comfortable chair.

Each session will be 30-45 minutes in length, have fresh components in addition to a familiar opening exercise. This online experience is open to beginner and experienced birders alike. Birders with limited mobility will find that Slow Birding is a practice that focuses on nature connection without the need to travel or cover long distances. Closed captions will be provided.

This online presentation is sponsored by Menunkatuck Audubon Society in Guilford, Connecticut.

Think of this presentation as the her-story of birding.

Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler as she shares the lost legacy of women in ornithology and the celebration of noticing female birds. Let’s face it: there’s a bit of bias in the birding world when it comes to females. Bridget breaks down this bias by looking at current research on gender and birding, retelling the stories of the Mothers of Ornithology, and making the connection to the current science on female birds. You'll be surprised by what has been forgotten and how we can change the narrative moving forward to better support both the birding community and conservation!

Register to get Zoom link.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This presentation is hosted by UVM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Program (OLLI)

In this online program, open your senses to an immersive experience exploring how birds lend their voices to our local soundscapes. Fine-tune your ability to listen to each layer, paying attention to the relationships between sounds. Bird Diva Bridget Butler will guide you through a variety of soundscapes that birds inhabit, adding a whole new layer to the way we listen to the natural world.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community (SBC) event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler for an introduction to Slow Birding through an online guided sit spot session every month. We’ll explore practices for expanding our awareness, using mindfulness, and deepening our connection with the bird wherever we may be. Participants should choose a spot outdoors or near a window; find a spot where you feel safe and comfortable to spend some quiet time with birds. You may want to have: a beverage, a field journal, something to write with, binoculars (although these are not required), a comfortable chair.

Each session will be 30-45 minutes in length, have fresh components in addition to a familiar opening exercise. This online experience is open to beginner and experienced birders alike. Birders with limited mobility will find that Slow Birding is a practice that focuses on nature connection without the need to travel or cover long distances. Closed captions will be provided.

This online 5-week course will guide you in developing an alternative approach to birding; a practice that will allow you to enhance your birding skills by birding in place. Bird Diva, Bridget Butler, will facilitate a series of weekly sessions through customized email provocations (4), a private online Slow Birding Community membership for 2 months, and live online discussions (5). During this workshop, you’ll learn how to start a Sit Spot practice, enhance your observation skills, and deepen your connection to the birds right outside your door. Runs for four weeks starting March 5th and ending April 2nd. Dates for discussions are Tuesdays, March 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th, and April 2nd at 6:30 pm EST.

Sliding scale: $125/$150/$175

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This online presentation is sponsored by the Kelly Adirondack Center and Union College.

Amid this unprecedented time, people need daily practices to cope and maintain their well-being. What would it look like if we used our interest in birds to reduce stress and anxiety and return to our senses in an effort to practice wellness? Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler for a presentation and discussion exploring how birding can boost our well-being and stave off stress and anxiety.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This event is for the Chevy Chase Garden Club in Maryland.

Bridget Butler, aka The Bird Diva, will share her path to creating Slow Birding, a mindful practice focused on deep observation beyond identification, connecting with the landscape, and connecting with self. In this presentation, she’ll share a variety of techniques that will help you look at birds, listen to them, and interpret their behavior, which will not only build your skills as a naturalist, but will provide you with a practice that will allow you to slow down and reconnect with the natural world.

This is a Slow Birding Community (SBC) event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler for an introduction to Slow Birding through an online guided sit spot session every month. We’ll explore practices for expanding our awareness, using mindfulness, and deepening our connection with the bird wherever we may be. Participants should choose a spot outdoors or near a window; find a spot where you feel safe and comfortable to spend some quiet time with birds. You may want to have: a beverage, a field journal, something to write with, binoculars (although these are not required), a comfortable chair.

Each session will be 30-45 minutes in length, have fresh components in addition to a familiar opening exercise. This online experience is open to beginner and experienced birders alike. Birders with limited mobility will find that Slow Birding is a practice that focuses on nature connection without the need to travel or cover long distances. Closed captions will be provided.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community (SBC) event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler for an introduction to Slow Birding through an online guided sit spot session every month. We’ll explore practices for expanding our awareness, using mindfulness, and deepening our connection with the bird wherever we may be. Participants should choose a spot outdoors or near a window; find a spot where you feel safe and comfortable to spend some quiet time with birds. You may want to have: a beverage, a field journal, something to write with, binoculars (although these are not required), a comfortable chair.

Each session will be 30-45 minutes in length, have fresh components in addition to a familiar opening exercise. This online experience is open to beginner and experienced birders alike. Birders with limited mobility will find that Slow Birding is a practice that focuses on nature connection without the need to travel or cover long distances. Closed captions will be provided.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This presentation is sponsored by the Rutland Free Library and will be followed by a short outdoor session.

In the midst of this unprecedented time, people are in need of daily practices to cope and maintain their well-being. What would it look like if we used our interest in birds to reduce stress and anxiety and return to our senses in an effort to practice wellness? Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler for a presentation and discussion exploring how birding can boost our well-being and stave off stress and anxiety. After the discussion, we'll head outside to practice some breathing techniques and exercises to open our awareness to birds.

One lucky attendant will win a birding backpack from the Rutland County Audubon Society including two pairs of binoculars, birding journal, bird identification guide, and list of Rutland County birding hotspots.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community (SBC) event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

Join Bird Diva Bridget Butler for an introduction to Slow Birding through an online guided sit spot session every month. We’ll explore practices for expanding our awareness, using mindfulness, and deepening our connection with the bird wherever we may be. Participants should choose a spot outdoors or near a window; find a spot where you feel safe and comfortable to spend some quiet time with birds. You may want to have: a beverage, a field journal, something to write with, binoculars (although these are not required), a comfortable chair.

Each session will be 30-45 minutes in length, have fresh components in addition to a familiar opening exercise. This online experience is open to beginner and experienced birders alike. Birders with limited mobility will find that Slow Birding is a practice that focuses on nature connection without the need to travel or cover long distances. Closed captions will be provided.

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!

This is a Slow Birding Community event that is open to members of the community. To learn more about becoming a member, visit the SBC webpage.

A weekly open chat online with your favorite morning beverage! Mine, obvious by the title will be coffee. What's on your mind? Ask me anything. Share a story that has been just waiting to be told. Bonus points if you come with a mug with a bird on it!