Jordania E. Rutter

Director de Comunicaciones

Jordan is a lifelong birder with a passion for connecting others to the natural world through birds. As Director of Communications, Jordan works to highlight ABC’s incredible staff and the meaningful work taking place each day to advance bird conservation efforts across the Americas, and loves balancing her passion as a birder with her knowledge as an ornithologist and expertise in Communications strategy in order to connect people who care about birds with ABC’s mission to conserve them.

Jordan holds a Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College where she studied Gray Catbirds and their uropygial (or preen) oil for her honors’ thesis. She received a conservation biology Master’s degree from University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, with a concentration in ornithology and science communication. Her graduate work focused on the Great Lakes Piping Plover and the human dimensions aspect of its recovery efforts, including the impact of dogs on beaches.

Jordan’s husband, Gabriel, is also a lifelong birder, both personally and professionally. Their home is decorated with endless bird decor, and together they enjoy cultivating a bird-friendly habitat in their yard, including native plants, bird feeders, water features, and more!

You can see it all in action for yourself each month by attending one of ABC’s free webinars. Keep an eye out for the pair of binoculars that are a fixture on her desk and the mug of bird-friendly coffee helping fuel her each day.

Celebrate birds with her on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, y Bluesky!

As always, she wishes you good birding!

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) swimming in the ocean in Victoria, BC, Canada.

American Bird Conservancy goes where the Marbled Murrelets go, partnering with state and federal agencies, conservation organizations, and researchers to conserve the species across its life cycle, on land and at sea, from forest stands to the hallways of Congress.

Abr 15, 2026

Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinción

Brown-headed Nuthatch perches outside a nest cavity, which may be tended to not only by the parents but also by other male offspring who arrive as “helpers.” Photo by P.T. Hamilton/Shutterstock.

Male bird parents run the gamut, too, and sometimes defy expectations. In the bird world, some male parents contribute only genetics to the next generation, as is the case with male hummingbirds.

Abr 14, 2026

Familias de aves

A female Green-breasted Mango, one of the larger hummingbird species, sits on a perfectly camouflaged nest. Photo by Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock.

Some female birds do it all: building the nest, incubating the eggs, and raising the young to fledging. Others split the work with a male partner.

Abr 14, 2026

Familias de aves

Marbled Murrelet. Photo by Tim Zurowski, Shutterstock.

House Bill 4134, dubbed 1.25% for Wildlife Bill, passed the Oregon State Senate in February and has now been signed into law by Governor Tina Kotek. American Bird Conservancy (ABC) strongly supported the 1.25% for Wildlife Bill, a proactive measure expected to raise up to $30 million annually for wi...

Abr 10, 2026

Northwest