Welcome to Audubon's Birds and Climate Change press room!

Many of North America's birds are on the move, shifting their winter ranges northward and inland. A new analysis conducted by Audubon scientists using 40 years of data provides new and powerful confirmation that global warming is having a serious impact on natural systems.

This new avian evidence will attract attention and spark action among more than 40 million self-proclaimed U.S. bird-watchers, ten of thousands of whom contributed to the Christmas Bird Count data on which the studies are based.

The following information is available to help you share this important story with your readers, viewers and listeners:

• Contacts, including local representatives who can provide more in-depth information on what the analysis means for birds in your state - and the conservation challenges and opportunities it highlights (also includes a contact for Canada).
• Photos of 46 species of birds, including many highlighted in our national teleconference and release, or likely to be species noted by our local contacts.
• Bird sounds for 20 species.
• Audio from the national press teleconference on February 10, 2009 is also available for downloading.
• Audubon's legislative priorities for curbing Climate Change
• Technical report