The Long, Wondrous Life of Wisdom the Albatross
As the oldest known bird on the planet, she is an international icon—and still hatching eggs. This year marked her 39th chick.
As the oldest known bird on the planet, she is an international icon—and still hatching eggs. This year marked her 39th chick.
As the oldest known bird on the planet, she is an international icon—and still hatching eggs. This year marked her 39th chick.
Thanks to their eggs, avians are tremendously difficult to clone. But new technologies may provide a workaround for saving at-risk species.
President and Chief Conservation Officer Dr. Elizabeth Gray to Serve as Interim CEO
The Growing Climate Solutions Act recognizes the role played by farmers, ranchers, and foresters in the fight against climate change.
The Leaders Summit on Climate is the perfect opportunity to recommit to birds and people and the places we all need.
Also answered in this month's column: Why are some birds such better mimics than others?
The pandemic prodded me to fulfill a lifelong dream of living on a boat. I’m learning the ropes surrounded by the birds of my North Carolina childhood.
Billions of cicadas will emerge in the eastern United States this spring, presenting a once-in-a-17-year opportunity for scientists to understand how they shape populations of birds and other species.
For a GIS and data analyst for Audubon’s Migratory Bird Initiative and Science team, placing yourself in context with your surroundings is what makes mapping so powerful.
Artists have painted murals of birds all over Harlem, the Manhattan neighborhood where John James Audubon once lived.
To power perilous journeys, birds undergo extreme feats like doubling their body weight and rearranging or even consuming their internal organs.
Each year more than a billion birds migrate along the Pacific Flyway, which stretches from the North Slope of Alaska to Central and South America.
Audubon follows the birds to our work, organizing our conservation strategies along the four flyways of the Americas.
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The Pacific Flyway includes Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, and California
The Mississippi Flyway is named for the great river underpinning the migration route followed by 60 percent of North America's birds, including the American White Pelicans, Least Terns, and Prothonotary Warblers. By restoring habitat from the headwaters of the Mississippi to the Louisiana Delta, Audubon is protecting birds year-round.
Audubon follows the birds to our work, organizing our conservation strategies along the four flyways of the Americas.
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From the forests of New England, where birds like the Wood Thrush nest and breed, to the beaches and marshlands that stretch down the coast and provide habitat for Piping Plovers and Saltmarsh Sparrows, Audubon is employing tactics as diverse as this flyway's ecosystems to protect the millions of birds that depend on this flyway.
Audubon follows the birds to our work, organizing our conservation strategies along the four flyways of the Americas.
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The Atlantic Flyway includes Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Las Bahamas
Long Island Sound, NY. Photo: John Huba
Stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains to the desert Southwest and the western Gulf Coast, the Central Flyway comprises more than half of the continental U.S.'s land mass and includes 509 Important Bird Areas. Across this expansive flyway, such iconic bird species as the Greater Sage Grouse, Sandhill Crane, and Yellow-billed Cuckoo drive Audubon's work to protect threatened ecosystems.
Audubon follows the birds to our work, organizing our conservation strategies along the four flyways of the Americas.
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The Central Flyway includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming