Bonnie Lewkowicz and Judith Smith will share their experiences as wheelchair using birders. Hear what they need from the birding community and birding locations for them to feel welcome, included, and able to access birding activities.

About the Speakers: Bonnie Lewkowicz (she/her) has been able to combine her love of the outdoors with her work where for more than 35 years she has been educating about and advocating for greater access to outdoor recreation for people with disabilities. She is the author of an accessible trail guidebook and 2 trail websites. 

Judith Smith (she/her) is an environmentalist, avid hiker, birder and advocate for accessibility in the outdoors. Judith received her CA Naturalist Certification at Sonoma Ecology Center in 2021.  She assists with a Birding for All program at Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program.

Susan Glass: Blind since birth, Susan Glass began birding by ear at age 4. Now at age 66, she leads bird walks, teaches poetry writing workshops that focus on nature, and gives talks on identifying birds by sound, studying bird behavior, and cultivating bird habitats at home. She is a retired English professor turned free lance writer.