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. Her practice came together over many years of feeling that traditional list-driven, even conservation-driven, birding was unfulfilling and not the way she was birding 10 on her own. Now, Bridget facilitates online courses and workshops that celebrate finding joy and awe in whatever bird is present, creating a more inclusive opportunity for anyone to see themselves as a birder.

This program is sponsored by the Northern New York Audubon chapter and is part of the 16th Annual Hamilton County Birding Festival, June 9 – June 12, 2022. For more information about festival, please visit adirondackexperience.com/events/adirondack-boreal-birding-festival.

Program held in the ADKX Auditorium; please enter Auditorium from parking lot. Entrance to Auditorium is to the left of the Visitor Center. Free admission for program only, not for exhibitions.