• Audubon Supports Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement in Arizona

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    **Este artículo se puede encontrar en español** Audubon supports the Yavapai-Apache Nation’s water rights settlement and pending legislation, the Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement...

  • Offshore wind is a solvable problem for birds. Climate change status quo is not.

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Climate change is one of the greatest threats to birds everywhere. There’s no question that we must do everything we can to reverse climate change and ensure a sustainable future for birds, people...

  • Local Advocates Rally to Bring Back Declining Tree Canopy in North Carolina

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    With its vast array of tall pines, maples, and oaks, Raleigh is known for its trees, as evidenced by its long-standing moniker: the City of Oaks. But as the city has grown, its tree canopy has...

  • House Passes Three Bills to Protect Coasts and Great Salt Lake from a Changing Climate

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    WASHINGTON (September 25, 2024) – Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed several bipartisan pieces of legislation that will protect birds and people along our coasts and Great Salt...

  • Campus Chapter Students Boost Climate Literacy at San Diego Mesa College

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    This month, three students from San Diego Mesa College are beginning internships as climate ambassadors on campus. The new role was created by TerraMesa Environmental Sustainability Club, a chapter...

  • Audubon South Carolina Uses New Techniques to Understand Prothonotary Warblers

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Climate change is one of the greatest threats to birds everywhere. There’s no question that we must do everything we can to reverse climate change and ensure a sustainable future for birds, people...

  • Audubon Protects Florida State Parks from Development Proposals

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    This week, Audubon staff, members, and outdoor enthusiasts celebrated the defeat of a suite of proposals that would have built golf courses, hotels, pickleball courts, and more in nine of Florida’s...

  • A Time for Optimism

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    As we transition to fall, I am reflecting on the resilience and adaptability that define both nature and our work at Audubon. In July I found myself standing on the shoreline of Canada’s Lake...

  • Three Little Birds by Harbor Middle School and Groundswell

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Painted: June 2024 About the Mural: At Harbor Middle School in Red Hook, Brooklyn, students learn about environmental issues while experiencing them firsthand—from the extra heat created by the...

  • For These Arkansas Farmers, Bird Habitat Is a Cash Crop

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    On a bright spring day in the Arkansas Ozarks, Carolyn Tedford and Jonathan Young inspect Tedford’s crop. Bluebirds sing from a power line as Young commends her for a particularly vivacious patch...

  • Need Some Anxiety Relief? Let Birding Be Your Balm

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    A few years ago, Kelly-Sue O’Connor of Blenheim, Ontario, was trying to learn meditation under her therapist’s guidance. But she struggled with a key step: tuning in to her physical feelings...

  • Make Birds Feel at Home With a Brush Pile

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    A bruiser of a thunderstorm roared through my neighborhood recently, tearing down countless tree branches and even some hefty limbs. Along with the mushrooms that sprouted after the soaking rain, the...

  • This Hudson Valley Group Puts a Homegrown Spin on Restoring Native Forests

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Last year 32 native grass seedlings spent the summer on Francesca Calarco’s apartment balcony in Ossining, New York. Under her watchful eye, all but a few survived drought and violent storms. In...

  • How Rare Is That Rare Bird?

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Of the many stories about vagrant birds we’ve covered at Audubon, one remains stuck in my craw. In the spring of 2017, an incredible bit of happenstance occurred: A brilliant Vermilion Flycatcher...

  • Five Ways to Connect With Nature and Boost Your Mood No Matter Your Schedule

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    We can all benefit from what scientists call a “green prescription,” or time spent connecting with nature. Studies have shown that focusing on the natural world can help lower stress and improve...

  • Driving Forces

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    As we were working on this issue, my six-year-old discovered the joy of Calvin and Hobbes. I would hear him cackling gleefully as he devoured a collection of the comic strips. The cartoon...

  • Do You Speak Warblish?

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    The question Who cooks for you? doesn’t come up terribly often in natural conversation—unless you’re a birder, that is. Those familiar with the soundscapes of eastern forests or lowland swamps...

  • Capturing the Elusive White-bearded Antshrike—in Thread

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    In early 2020, ornithologist Ana Luiza Catalano defended her doctoral thesis on birdsong at the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil. A week later, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a...

  • 11 More Amazing Images of Birds and Landscapes From the 2024 Audubon Photo Awards

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    One of the many reasons we love bird photography is its ability to provide us with intimate glimpses into the lives of avians: fascinating behaviors caught mid-act; parents feeding hungry—and...

  • 10 Fun Facts About the Killdeer

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    A common sight across much of North America, the Killdeer is full of surprises. Though it’s considered a shorebird, the species is often found far from the beach. And despite its modest stature...

  • As Vital Whimbrel Habitat Erodes in South Carolina, Protection Comes Just in Time

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    From the Autumn 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. In May 2024, officials from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources announced a complete, indefinite closure of Deveaux Bank—a small sandy island just... Read more »

  • View from Sapsucker Woods: Welcome. Wow. What Next?

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    From the Autumn 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Every year the Cornell Lab of Ornithology headquarters welcomes thousands of people from around the world who have been inspired to love birds through... Read more »

  • Redpolls United! Highlights from the 2024 AOS Checklist Update

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    From the Autumn 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Ornithologists and birders across the Northern Hemi­sphere have long grappled with the question of how many species of redpolls—small, streaky finches with neat red... Read more »

  • October Big Day—12 Oct 2024

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    By Team eBird 17 Sep 2024 October is right around the corner, and that means its time to mark your calendars for October Big Day—12 Oct 2024! Like Global Big Day, October... Read more »

  • Cornell Lab Visitor Center is Reopened, and Reimagined

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    From the Autumn 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. In the middle of the newly redesigned Cornell Lab of Ornithology Visitor Center stands the Hope Wall, a massive circular display with the words... Read more »

  • Lessons from Forging the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Over a century ago—during a world war and a raging pandemic—one U.S. senator built a broad base of support to pass one of the most important bird conservation laws in American history.

  • In October 2024, Win a Place in the Cornell Lab’s Owl Identification course

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Skip to content Menu Menu Main Navigation Submit Explore My eBird Science About News Help Secondary Navigation Sign In Language Čeština Deutsch English Español Latin America Español Spain Euskara Français Italiano עִברִית 日本語 Norsk Português Portugal Português Brasil Русский Türkçe Українська 中文(繁體 中文(简体 The Cornell Lab of Ornithology builds the eBird global platform for communities and partners around the world to advance data-driven science , education , and . conservation Home News Win a free spot in the Cornell Lab’s Shorebird Identification course By Team eBird 31 Jul 2024 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis David R . Scott Macaulay Library eBird Do you enjoy shorebirds , but could use some tips and tricks for identification Do you need some sandpipering review We can help

  • October 2024 eBirder of the Month Challenge

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    Skip to content Menu Menu Main Navigation Submit Explore My eBird Science About News Help Secondary Navigation Sign In Language Čeština Deutsch English Español Latin America Español Spain Euskara Français Italiano עִברִית 日本語 Norsk Português Portugal Português Brasil Русский Türkçe Українська 中文(繁體 中文(简体 The Cornell Lab of Ornithology builds the eBird global platform for communities and partners around the world to advance data-driven science , education , and . conservation Home News October eBirder of the Month Challenge By Team eBird 30 Sep 2024 This month , we’re celebrating October Big Day with a special eBirder of the Month Challenge sponsored by ZEISS The challenge : submit five 5 or more eligible checklists on 12 October for a chance to be the eBirder of the Month and win a pair of

  • Gallery: Cinnamon Stick

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:21
    From the Autumn 2024 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. It may look like this bird is giving the camera the stare-down, but look closely … it’s actually looking down. Spanish photographer Rafael Armada... Read more »

  • Eagle Migration

    Updated: 2024-09-30 23:28:17
    Home Contact About Bird Guides Birder's Lists Birding Birds Reviews Trips From the Archives Privacy Policy Home Contact About Bird Guides Birder’s Lists Birding Birds Reviews Trips From the Archives Privacy Policy Birding Eagle Migration September 29, 2024 by Clive Finlayson 4 Comments At the moment we are witnessing the peak southward migration of Booted Hieraaetus pennatus and Short-toed Snake Circaetus gallicus Eagles over the Strait of Gibraltar . These are the two main species , with over 30 thousand of the former and around 20 thousand of the latter crossing in a matter of a few weeks . These birds are headed for south of the Sahara , spending the winter months mainly in the . Sahel Juvenile Booted Eagle light morph Juvenile Short-toed Snake Eagle Both are restricted by the nature of

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