Birds & Climate Change Press Room

Ryan Hagerty, USFWS

Northern Gannet

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:

• Audubon Washington: State of the Birds Climate Change Report
• Map from AP showing movement of some species.

Following is a selection of species among the many affected by climate change. Photos may be published in connection with coverage of Birds & Climate Change and must be accompanied by the photographer's name. Click on the species name to view its Audubon profile, or click on the audio link (below the list) to download its bird call. All sounds must be credited to Lang Elliot, Nature Sound Studios.