Stories in Flight. Connecting bird lovers worldwide through the path of migration and meaning.
Stand with Care as a Sponsor of Follow the Birds
Inspiring Global Connection Through the Flight of Birds
The Bird Migration Gathering brings together birders, photographers, scientists, and storytellers from every continent to follow the flight paths that connect our world.
Through art, science, and shared story, we explore how birds unite cultures, ecosystems, and people.
Your organization can help that story take flight.
Each sponsorship supports events that inspire curiosity, connection, and conservation across borders.
Two sponsorship levels: Seasonal Sponsor ($2,500) and Global Partner ($10,000)
Why Partner With Us?
As a sponsor, you join a global movement celebrating curiosity, care, and connection.
Each sponsorship supports live online events and encore experiences that inspire conservation awareness and cross-cultural understanding.
Our reach (2025 inaugural event):
Participants from 15 countries across 6 continents
Highly engaged, story-driven audience of bird lovers, travelers, and nature creatives
Expanding global visibility through our recurring rhythm of online gatherings and encore releases
Global Visibility, Local Impact
Your brand reaches an engaged worldwide audience of birders, conservation allies, travelers, and creatives—people who care deeply about the natural world and invest in experiences that make a difference.
Story-Driven Connection
Rather than traditional advertising, sponsorship with Follow the Birds weaves your organization directly into a movement.
You’ll be featured through storytelling—showing how your work supports connection, conservation, or culture.
Authentic Alignment
Our sponsorships are purpose-first. We collaborate only with brands and organizations that share our values of curiosity, compassion, and community.
Two ways to stand with the Gathering:
Seasonal Sponsorship and Global Partnership offer different ways of standing in relation to the Gathering.
Seasonal Sponsor — 2026
This offering continues the Annual Sponsorship invitations shared earlier this season.
Designed for values-aligned organizations offering meaningful presence — without promotional overload.
Investment: $2,500
This sponsorship invites a small number of organizations to make their existing commitment to care, attention, and responsibility toward the living world visible alongside a global gathering of birders, artists, researchers, and conservation-minded travelers during the March 13–15 Bird Migration Gathering.
Follow the Birds exists to deepen how people observe, understand, and care for the living world — through birds, migration, and shared stories across cultures and continents. The Gathering is the moment when that global community comes together.
As a sponsor, your organization is recognized at this gathering for supporting a space where curiosity, care, and attention are actively practiced, not just discussed.
What this sponsorship includes (details)
As a Seasonal Sponsor, your partnership includes:
Verbal acknowledgment during live opening or closing sessions, with inclusion in replay recordings
Logo and link placement on Gathering registration and sponsor pages
Inclusion in sponsor acknowledgments across key Gathering communications
Brand Presence within the Follow the Birds community in connection with the Gathering
This level is ideal for organizations who want to stand with the mission, support meaningful global connection, and be recognized as helping this work take flight.
Global Partner — Expanded Collaboration
Global Partners are recognized throughout the year. Global Partners step into co-creation — with a featured presentation and encore re-air that extends reach across the community.
Building on sponsorship, Global Partners actively shape year-long experiences through featured storytelling, education, and meaningful engagement across our global birding community.
Investment: $10,000 (12-month cycle)
Coverage: February 2026 → November 2026
Events Included: Two main gatherings (March & October) + Two Encore events (May & November)
Our Global Partner tier offers year-round visibility through storytelling, education, and meaningful community engagement.
As a Global Partner, your collaboration includes:
One Featured Presentation within either the March or October Bird Migration Gathering, with the option to co-create a storytelling or educational segment aligned with your values
Encore Integration, with your featured session re-shared during a subsequent Encore event to extend its reach across the community
Featured Recognition during live sessions and on replay pages, distinguishing Global Partners from other sponsors
Prominent Placement with logo and link across event webpages and registration flows for all included activations
Shared Distribution, including inclusion in curated social graphics distributed to speakers and partners
Content Access, with permission to share your recorded presentation through your own channels with co-brand credit
Global Partners work alongside the Follow the Birds team to shape content and experiences that carry meaning across flyways, cultures, and seasons.
Why it works
Features & Benefits
Live + Encore integration — Extend reach from one presentation across the global community
Story-driven experiences — Builds authentic trust with photo and nature audiences
International reach — Participants from 15 countries across six continents (inaugural 2025 event)
Ethical alignment — Practice and field ethics before promotion
Timeline
February 2026 — March Gathering – Promotion period
March 2026 — March 13-15 Gathering – Featured Presentation window
May 2026 — Encore re-air of the March presentation
September 2026 — October Gathering – Promotion period
October 2026 — October Gathering – Featured Presentation window
November 2026 — Encore re-air of the October presentation
Frequently Asked Questions
This gathering is made possible through the support of our sponsors — organizations who believe that birds can help us see the world, and one another, more clearly. We’re grateful to partner with those helping make space for curiosity, care, and global connection through migration.
Founding Sponsor Acknowledgment
We’d like to thank our Annual Founding Sponsors — early partners whose support helps sustain these global gatherings and the ongoing community around them. Their commitment makes it possible for stories, cultures, and flyways to meet here.
Global Partner Acknowledgment (Featured)
This session is presented in collaboration with a Global Partner — an organization working alongside Follow the Birds to shape meaningful storytelling and learning across cultures and flyways. We’re grateful for their role in helping this work take flight.
Partnership conversations begin with a short exploratory call.
Each request is reviewed personally to ensure alignment before moving forward.
Align your brand with the global, migration-shaped gathering that turns scattered sightings into one shared story.
We review each request personally to ensure alignment before sharing materials.
PO Box 3152
Durango, Colorado, 81303
United States
Contact Us
kelly@followthebirds.com
+1 (602) 291-7319
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Follow the Birds is based in the southern Rocky Mountains of Durango, Colorado, USA.
We follow migration as a guide—across landscapes, cultures, and seasons.
~ Founder, Kelly Miller
