Birds Connect Seattle

Seattle Audubon advocates and organizes for cities where people and birds thrive.

We envision cities that integrate and value nature, minimize threats to birds, and protect habitat.

Seattle Audubon will truly be for everyone when it is led, staffed, and supported by people of many different backgrounds and perspectives. We celebrate and value people of every age, race, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, sex, gender identity and expression, class, ability or disability, sexual orientation, and political or religious belief.  We also acknowledge that these categories, and especially their intersections, play a significant role in how power and resources have been inequitably distributed historically and today. We are committed to using our position and influence to challenge the systems of oppression that have created and uphold these inequities.

We understand that the fight for equity and justice never rests, and we believe that ongoing investments in this work will lead to systemic change, a healthier environment, and community solidarity over the long run.

Founded in 1916, Seattle Audubon is the oldest natural history organization and one of the most active & effective in Washington State. Completely volunteer-run for its first 63 years, the organization now has a professional staff and a strong volunteer corps. Seattle Audubon's volunteers actively promote birds and nature through environmental education, community science, conservation, and The Nature Shop. Seattle Audubon is affiliated with the National Audubon Society as the sixth largest of over 500 chapters, yet we are directed by our own board and raise our own operating funds. Seattle Audubon's membership includes over 4000 people and the Volunteer Program supports hundreds of volunteers annually.