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The Piping Plover is a small, pale shorebird that inhabits beaches, shorelines, and dry lakebeds. It is threatened or endangered throughout its relatively small range. Read more about it here.

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Birds & Science

Audubon’s Science Team welcomes you and invites you to explore these pages. Here you will learn more about Audubon’s bird conservation work. We focus on involving people to find solutions to the challenges faced by birds in the modern world. Why not take part in one of our Citizen Science activities and help provide information to scientists to support our conservation work-we have activities to suit people of all levels of experience, expertise, and available time. For quick summaries of our programs, and how you can get involved, please click on the links on the right hand side of this page.

108th CBC breaks record for number of counts
Jim Winner, David Gill on Sequoyah NWR CBC (c) Jeri McMahon	Despite much inclement weather during the 108th Count period, an all-time record number of Christmas Bird Counts (2104 and still climbing) were included in the 2007-2008 CBC season. Read more and explore the counts!

Major Victory for Birds
	Efforts to develop a Navy landing field near Pocosin Lakes NWR, a Global Important Bird Area, have been dropped, thanks to the efforts of Audubon North Carolina staff and volunteers. Click here for more details on the decision.

Puffins, Terns and Global Warming
Tufted Puffin, © Ryan Kingsbery	Dr. Stephen W. Kress of the Seabird Restoration Program reports that researchers are finding troubled times ahead for puffins and other seabirds.

The 2007 Audubon WatchList released
© Glen Tepke	One quarter of U.S. birds need our help to keep them from slipping toward extinction. Read about the list of 2007 WatchList birds.

New Global Important Bird Areas announced
© Emperor Goose, Donna Dewhurst/USFWS	Twenty-five new global Important Bird Areas (IBA) have been prioritized. This brings total to 123 sites from 16 states, encompassing over 92 million acres of habitat. Represented here are some of the highest priority sites for focusing conservation efforts to protect globally threatened species and others on the Audubon WatchList. See the list.

Essential Sites for Waterbird Conservation
© National Audubon Society	Learn more about the Waterbirds on Working Lands Project and the Important Bird Areas that are significant to waterbirds in agricultural landscapes.