Stories in Flight —
Connecting people through the global paths of migration and meaning.
Many people have moments with birds that feel quietly significant —
a pause on a familiar walk, a flash of attention outside the window,
a sense that something meaningful just passed through.
Without a place for those moments to land, they often remain just that:
moments — meaningful, but unable to change how birding lives in your day.
Follow the Birds exists to offer that place — because these moments are not isolated.
They are part of something larger.
A larger story you're already part of
Follow the Birds is rooted in the understanding that birding is never only local.
Every bird you notice is part of a wider movement — across landscapes, cultures, and seasons — whether you’re aware of it yet or not.
Migration connects places you may never visit and people you may never meet —
yet the birds you share make you part of the same story.
This understanding shapes the kind of community Follow the Birds is becoming.
A Global Birding Community Shaped by Migration
Follow the Birds is a global birding community that brings people together through stories of migration, place, and meaning.
This is not birding organized around lists, rankings, or expertise alone.
It is birding as a way to understand how birds — and people — move through the world.
Across continents and cultures, birds follow ancient paths.
So do the human stories connected to them.
Follow the Birds gathers those stories — from everyday encounters to long-distance journeys — and offers a shared place to explore how migration connects:
landscapes and seasons
cultures and communities
attention, care, and belonging
Within Follow the Birds, you’ll find:
Global voices grounded in lived experience.
Stories that bridge science, culture, art, and place.
A community shaped by care rather than competition.
This is a place to expand your birding life — not by adding more, but by seeing more clearly how it already connects you to the world.
Here, birding becomes a shared global language — one that invites curiosity, listening, and connection across flyways.
That shared language comes to life most fully when voices gather.
Global online event coming soon
Next in Flight: Bird Migration Gathering 2026
March 13-15, 2026
Three days of global stories, live connections, and meaningful exploration.
You’ll hear from voices across continents — migration researchers, community leaders, artists, storytellers, conservationists — all united by the desire to understand how birds connect our world.
Speakers and experiences are currently coming together to shape a distinctive global gathering.
Click here to receive updates as the next Gathering takes form.
For Sponsors, Partners, and Speakers
Connect your work with a global audience of bird lovers seeking depth, curiosity, and meaning.
Follow the Birds brings together:
Highly engaged bird enthusiasts
Voices from all over the world
A values-driven community centered on connection, care, and global belonging
Whether you’re a speaker, sponsor, or community partner, your offering can meet an audience ready to receive it.
Three ways to contribute to the 2026 Bird Migration Gathering:
Partners: Share the Gathering with your community
Sponsors: Support and shape signature experiences
Speakers: Share your voice, research, or artistry
Partners:
Share the Gathering
Invite your community into a thoughtfully curated bird gathering rooted in story, migration, and global connection.
Sponsors:
Support Signature Experiences
Become a founding partner, shaping global bird gatherings and year-long community connection.
Speakers:
Share Your Voice
Share your research, perspective, or artistry with a global audience grounded in curiosity and care.
Follow the Birds begins with individual moments of attention —
and grows into global gatherings that connect people, cultures, and care across flyways.
Not every path into this community needs to begin with a gathering.
Limited time, one-on-one opportunity
Birding That Brightens Your Day
A private conversation that offers a quieter way to step into the larger Follow the Birds Story
Together, we explore what your birding is already giving you —and how that meaning can feel more connected, more grounded, and more present in everyday life.
A private, one-on-one conversation that helps everyday birding feel richer, more connected, and more worth showing up for.
45 minutes · Zoom · $200 · Come as you are
This is one gentle way to step into the Follow the Birds experience.
Follow the Birds offers both intimate one-on-one conversations, such as Birding That Brightens Your Day, and large-scale global gatherings, such as the Bird Migration Gathering — each designed to connect people through birds.
About Follow the Birds
Follow the Birds exists to help you step into a deeper, more connected birding life.
We do this by gathering global stories — migration, culture, art, science, and human experience — and offering them in ways that invite reflection, belonging, and meaning.
Founded by Kelly Miller, Follow the Birds is a place where:
Your curiosity becomes care
Your stories meet other stories
Your birding life expands into a global community
Birds move through the world by rhythm, instinct, and connection.
Here, you’re invited to follow that path — and find your place along the flyways.
Together, we’ll create a space where voices, like flyways, cross hemispheres.
Turn Birding Into a Shared Global Experience
Here, you’ll join stories of migration from scientists, artists, storytellers, and bird lovers worldwide.
What you'll experience at the Bird Migration Gathering:
Stories that inspire — culture, place, and meaning in every flight path.
Global voices sharing migration journeys across continents.
Guidance from artists + scientists to expand how you see birds (and yourself).
A movement of belonging — birding as shared joy, not just a solo pursuit.
This Is Where Birding Becomes Community
Your joy in birding becomes a shared celebration — every story expanding your world, every voice reminding you that you belong.
Meet the guides who will inspire and connect you with a worldwide circle of bird lovers.
“Scott Weidensaul ranks among an elite group of writer-naturalists.”
Los Angeles Times
Scott Weidensaul
New Hampshire, USA
Following Migration Across Hemispheres
Craig Foster
Cape Town, South Africa
Intimacy With the Wild
Dan Puplett
Scotland, UK
Reading Nature’s Hidden Stories
Julie Zickefoose
Ohio, USA
Personal Habitats, Avian Individuals
VIP Live Q&A on Thursday, 10/23 @ 2 pm MDT
Jon Young
California, USA
Bird Language and Ancient Wisdom
VIP Live Q&A on Friday, 10/24 @ 10 am MDT
George Bumann
Montana, USA
Sculpting Stories of the Wild
Lynn Wickersham
Colorado, USA
Mindful Science in the Field
VIP Live Q&A on Friday, 10/24 @ 2 pm MDT
John Muir Laws
California, USA
Drawing Birds for Nature Journaling
Richard Fuller
Queensland, Australia
Migration Without Borders
Elizabeth Mills
England, UK
Connecting Seas and Skies
Want more? Go VIP: Extended Access with keynote Q&As + Game Night Sessions live October 23-25.
Explore the Daily Lineup – See Where Your Journey Can Lead
Your place in the Gathering awaits
Join live kickoffs, intimate gatherings, and presentations you can revisit anytime.
Imagine hearing a migration story from halfway across the world — and realizing it echoes your own.
This is how you join the Gathering:
Claim your spot today
Connect early — Get instant access to The Gathering Place community forum.
Belong everywhere — Join live sessions and on-demand presentations during the 3-day event, October 23-25.
“Jon Young is one of the heroes of the new nature movement.”
Richard Louv, author of The Nature Principle
Left to right: Kelly Miller (Host), Jon Young (Bird Language & Ancient Wisdom), and
Craig Foster (Intimacy With the Wild)
Choose Your Ticket
Event Access – $50
7 days of connection and discovery — access to each session (through November 1, 2025)
Daily live gatherings — kickoffs and interactive sessions
Flexible pace — stream new talks each day when it fits your schedule
VIP Extended Access – $100
365 days of inspiration — revisit every presentation all year long (through Oct 26, 2026)
Exclusive live Q&As — connect directly with select keynote speakers
Community fun — Thursday & Friday Game Night Sessions included
Return anytime — rekindle your sense of wonder and belonging whenever you need it
Don’t Bird Alone. Join the Flock.
Birds don’t see borders. Why should we?
From mountains to mangroves, deserts to deltas — their migrations remind us of our shared humanity.
Imagine swapping bird stories with someone from halfway across the world — and realizing you’re part of something bigger. Join bird lovers across continents in one shared Gathering.
A Gift For You
7 Practices for a More Meaningful Birding Life
A free guide drawn from seven keynote speakers.
A quiet way to begin deepening your birding life today.
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United States
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Follow the Birds is based in the southernmost part of the Rocky Mountains in Durango, Colorado, USA. My favorite migrating bird is the Black Swift, which travels from sheer cliffs in Colorado to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. What's yours? ~ Founder, Kelly Miller
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