Bird Migration Gathering:
In Season
A global gathering exploring the migration moment unfolding right now — experienced live March 13–15 or anytime on replay through May 1.
A three-day global gathering held inside the migration moment unfolding now
March 13–15
Step into it together.
Scientists, conservation leaders, and artists from six countries exploring the migration moment unfolding right now across global flyways.
Voices from the Netherlands, Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, the United States, and Canada — gathered inside one shared migration window.
Starting from one March weekend, we align our attention with what birds are doing right now — across flyways and time zones — through live gatherings, guided practices, and four expert perspectives.
Before deciding whether to join the Gathering, take a moment with migration where you are.
Pause for a moment.
Look outside a window, step outdoors, or imagine a familiar place where birds move through your landscape.
Somewhere on the planet right now:
cranes are crossing mountain ranges
shorebirds are moving between wetlands
small songbirds are traveling overnight across continents
The conversations inside the Bird Migration Gathering help make that movement visible.
If you choose to join, you’ll hear from scientists, conservation leaders, and artists working inside these global flyways—and explore what it means to notice migration while it’s happening.
Step inside the migration moment
This is not a lecture series.
It’s a structured three-day experience held inside a real-time migration window.
Through shared noticing practices, we meet migration as it moves.
If your weekend is already full
This migration window convenes voices actively working inside global migration networks.
When you register, you receive:
Access to all Gathering conversations from March 13 - May 1
The Migration Moment releases shared across the weekend
Full replay access through May 1
You can listen to one conversation at a time as migration unfolds where you live.
This is not a lecture series.
It’s a three-day gathering held inside a real migration window.
You can join the live sessions —
or explore the conversations gradually while migration continues unfolding where you are.
This is not a lecture series.
It’s a structured three-day experience held inside a real-time migration window.
Through shared noticing practices, we meet migration as it moves.
Pricing
Choose Your Access
Both passes include full access to the three-day Gathering.
The difference is simple:
Do you want to experience the Gathering on its own,
or include a guided reflection session afterward to carry the insights forward?
Choose how you’d like to experience the Gathering
Some participants prefer to experience the Gathering as a three-day migration event.
Others choose to extend the experience with a guided reflection session later in the season.
Both options include full replay access through May 1.
Early registration has closed.
Season access is now available for the remainder of the migration window.
Community Pass
$150
Includes full access to the three-day Gathering
Replay access through May 1
You’ll experience:
The complete March migration weekend
Live gatherings + all presentations
Voices from six countries sharing migration insight inside the same seasonal window
A structured, guided arc from Friday to Sunday
Complete on its own.
Migration Season Pass
$200
For birders who want to revisit the Gathering later in the migration season and reflect on what they noticed.
Includes:
Everything in the Community Pass
A live Season Reflection Session 2-3 weeks later
A curated reflection guide
Many participants find this session helps the experience stay alive long after the Gathering ends.
Most reflective participants choose this option.
Everything in the Community Pass, plus:
A live follow-up Orientation Session
A curated Field Guide for reflection
Replay access to that session
Extends the weekend with a dedicated follow-up session and reflection guide.
Optional Closing Reflection (Migration Season Pass)
The Season Pass includes a structured post-Gathering reflection window for March participants.
Includes:
Full access to the March Bird Migration Gathering
(same experience as the Community Pass)A Post-Gathering Orientation Kit, including:
A live Season Orientation Session (“Carrying It Forward”) held 1–2 weeks after the Gathering
(replay available)A curated Field Guide with reflection prompts to interpret what the Gathering revealed about migration, attention, and continuity
This Orientation Kit is finite and time-bound.
It supports clarity — not ongoing participation.
This is a shared seasonal Gathering, not a substitute for membership.
A Note for Members
Current annual Birders Hub members receive Gathering Season Pass access automatically.
How most people are experiencing the Gathering
Many participants are moving through the Gathering gradually.
They listen to one presentation during a quiet evening,
or begin their morning with a short migration conversation.
Because access continues through May 1,
the Gathering becomes something you can return to as the season unfolds where you live.
What we’re holding together
Across locations, we pause, look outside (or sit by a window), and notice migration where we are.
Across all three days, the Gathering stays with one shared migration moment:
what birds are doing globally during this specific seasonal window —
and how that movement expresses itself across different places.
Friday establishes the shared reference point.
From there, the weekend becomes a collective act of attention translated across time and place.
Through the Gathering:
You’ll be oriented to migration as it’s happening now
You’ll notice how that movement meets you where you are
You’ll experience what shifts when you stay with the same moment instead of moving past it
Why This Gathering Is Distinct
This migration window convenes voices actively working inside global migration networks.
Cross-border conservation leaders in shared dialogue
Hemispheric migration scientists presenting current field insights
Artists interpreting migration inside lived landscapes
A real-time seasonal window — held simultaneously across continents
This level of interdisciplinary, international migration dialogue is rarely held in one place — and only happens here.
What we’re holding together
Across locations, we pause, look outside, and notice migration where we are.
Across all three days, the Gathering stays with one shared migration moment:
what birds are doing globally during this specific seasonal window —
and how that movement expresses itself across different places.
Friday establishes the shared reference point.
From there, the weekend becomes a collective act of attention translated across time and place.
By the end of the Gathering:
You’ll be oriented to migration as it’s happening now
You’ll notice how that movement meets you where you are
You’ll experience what shifts when you stay with the same moment instead of moving past it
This Gathering exists to make migration noticeable while it’s unfolding.
Across continents and flyways, we place our attention inside the same planetary moment—together.
The structure is simple:
a shared context, a shared practice, and a shared translation into daily life.
What changes is not the birds.
It’s our relationship to what’s already happening.
This Gathering is for people who:
love birds
are curious about migration as a living, global process
prefer listening and noticing over performance
want connection without obligation
You do not need to be an expert birder.
You do not need to speak, share, or appear on camera.
Listening and witnessing count as full participation.
What makes this space different?
This Gathering focuses on orientation.
Rather than moving quickly from topic to topic, we stay with one real, ongoing moment of migration—
across flyways, hemispheres, and lived places—
using science, art, and conversation as lenses for noticing.
The emphasis is on learning how to notice differently—and what that changes.
This Gathering focuses on orientation.
Rather than moving quickly from topic to topic, we stay with one real, ongoing moment of migration — using science, art, and conversation as lenses for noticing.
The emphasis is on how attention changes what we experience.
The Gathering unfolds across three themed days.
You may attend the live sessions or move through the conversations at your own pace as the migration season continues.
Migration is unfolding now.
This Gathering unfolds as a progression, not a collection of sessions.
Each day has a distinct role. Together, they form a complete experience—without requiring live attendance.
Friday — Migration Context
Orientation to the migration window
Friday establishes the migration context for the weekend.
After a live opening, you’ll engage with four pre-recorded presentations offering distinct perspectives on what migration is doing right now:
Dr. Bridget Stutchbury — global migration patterns in motion
Bastiaan Blaauw (BirdEyes) — how live data makes movement visible
Jessica Roux — staying with a moment through art and observation
The Prespa Panel — migration grounded in lived place and long-term relationship
Friday establishes the shared migration context that carries through the weekend.
Orientation to the March window
Friday establishes the shared migration context.
After a live opening, you’ll engage with four pre-recorded presentations offering distinct perspectives on what migration is doing right now:
Dr. Bridget Stutchbury — global migration patterns in motion
Bastiaan Blauuw (BirdEyes) — how live data makes movement visible
Jessica Roux — staying with a moment through art and observation
The Prespa Panel — migration grounded in lived place and long-term relationship
Friday establishes the shared migration context that carries through the weekend.
Saturday — Shared Practice
Experiencing the migration movement together
Saturday is the experiential center of the Gathering.
What happens:
A live opening that moves directly into a shared noticing practice — held simultaneously across locations.
A live conversation with speakers Bastiaan Blaauw and Jessica Roux on art, observation, and staying with what we notice
Saturday is the experiential center — a noticing practice held simultaneously across locations.
Experiencing the March movement together
Saturday is the experiential center.
What happens:
A live opening that moves directly into a shared noticing practice — held simultaneously across locations.
A live conversation with speakers Bastiaan Blauuw and Jessica Roux on art, observation, and staying with what we notice
Saturday is the experiential center — a noticing practice held simultaneously across locations.
Sunday — Carrying It Forward
Integrating what you noticed
Sunday focuses on how this way of noticing can continue beyond the weekend.
What happens:
A live opening on carrying the practice into daily life
An optional discussion for those curious about continuing this way of noticing
Sunday ensures the experience resolves — not abruptly, but intentionally.
Integrating what you noticed
Sunday focuses on how noticing can continue.
What happens:
A live opening on carrying the practice into daily life
An optional discussion for those curious about continuing this way of noticing
Sunday ensures the experience resolves — not abruptly, but intentionally.
March and October reflect different phases of the migration cycle.
What unfolds through the Gathering belongs to this seasonal shift.
If you want to step inside this movement as it happens, the Gathering is where it begins.
The Live Rhythm
Here is how the live touchpoints unfold.
All live sessions are recorded. You may attend live or listen later.
All times shown in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) with UTC listed for international reference.
Friday — Opening the Migration Window
9:00 AM MDT {15:00 UTC)
Live Opening (30 minutes)
Four pre-recorded presentations are released this day to watch at your own pace through May 1st.
Saturday — Shared Attention
9:00 AM MDT (15:00 UTC)
Live Opening (30 minutes)
11:00 AM MDT (17:00 UTC)
Live Q&A with Bastiaan Blaauw (BirdEyes) (pending scheduling confirmation)
3:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Live Q&A with Jessica Roux (Ornithography)
Sunday — Carrying It Forward
9:00 AM MDT (15:00 UTC)
Live Opening (30 minutes)
2:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
Live Closing Conversation (30-60 minutes)
The Gathering travels with you in the season.
Whether you attend in person ohat matters is that you meet the moment while it is unfolding.
The Live Rhythm
Here is how the live touchpoints unfold.
All sessions are recorded. You may attend live or listen later.
You do not need to attend everything live. Each day includes one 30-minute live opening. Everything is recorded.
All times shown in Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) with UTC listed for international reference.
Friday
9:00 AM MDT (16:00 UTC) — Live Opening (30 min)
Pre-recorded presentations released
Saturday
9:00 AM MDT — Live Opening
11:00 AM MDT — Live Q&A
3:30 PM MDT — Live Q&A
Sunday
9:00 AM MDT — Live Opening
3:30 PM MDT — Live Closing
The Gathering travels with you through the season
Whether you attend in person ohat matters is that you meet the moment while it is unfolding.
Curating Guest Presentations
Here, speakers are contributors, not content.
These speakers are contributors inside active flyway networks and global conservation partnerships.
Jessica Roux, Author and illustrator
“Birds have inspired us since the dawn of time. For centuries, cultures around the world have looked to birds for meaning—using them to illuminate history, mark change, and make sense of the world.”
Bastiaan Blaauw, Developer of Global Flyway Network.org (GFN), Creative at BirdEyes, centre for global ecological change at the University of Groningen
“I work with GPS data collected from trackers on migratory birds, specifically waders and meadowbirds. This data's visualization forms the foundation for innovative storytelling initiatives we are developing at BirdEyes.”
Dr. Bridget Stutchbury, Retired ornithology professor at York University Toronto
“When you look at a migration map and realize where that small bird in your hand has come from—it’s overwhelming. Understanding migration gives you a much stronger connection to the individual bird, and to the species as a whole.”
PrespaNet International, a Conservation Panel Discussion
“For more than 30 years we’ve worked to sustain the remarkable environment, wildlife, and cultural heritage of Prespa—helping create a world where people and nature thrive together.”
A conversation shared by Greece, Albania, and North Macedonia.
Migration is unfolding now.
This Gathering helps you notice the moment we are already inside.
You can step into the conversations live — or explore them later as the season continues where you are.
This is a live seasonal convergence.
Once it passes, it becomes something you hear about — not something you stepped inside.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need birding expertise?
No. Curiosity is enough.
Can’t attend every session live?
All sessions are recorded.
You may watch them anytime through May 1 and move through the experience at your own pace.
Whether you join live or watch later, you’ll be part of this March Gathering.
After May 1, recordings are archived inside the Follow the Birds membership.
Is this interactive?
Yes—but gently. Sharing is always optional. Listening counts.
Is this a sales event?
No. The Gathering is complete as an experience. Any conversation about continuation is optional.
Need help? Still have questions? Email kelly@followthebirds.com.
Migration is already unfolding.
You can step into the conversations now —
and explore them gradually as the season continues where you are.
