Portrait of an egret preening against a dark background.

Celebrating 120 Years of Bird Conservation with Audubon

And a glimpse at what we are going to accomplish for the future.
Great Egret. Photo: Melissa Rowell/Audubon Photography Awards

Audubon has been the leader of bird conservation for 120 years. Our name has defined care for nature for generations.

And in 2025, we're just getting started.

Our people embody the spirit of our past and propel our work into the future...

The Other Coast Guard
The Other Coast Guard

For more than 80 years Audubon Texas’s coastal wardens have been safeguarding the magnificent birds that live, breed, and nest on 80 islands on the Texas Gulf Coast.

...our groundbreaking science leads us to work across the hemisphere...

...our actions drive landmark conservation and environmental legislation.

Bending the Bird Curve for More than a Century
Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink
Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink

Read Audubon's new climate report, which finds that two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction from global temperature rise. Find out how species in your state will be affected, and which birds we can help by acting now.

And it all started with the revolutionary vision of a few determined women.

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Our Work
The History of Audubon and Bird Conservation
Bald Eagle. Photo: John Marquis/Audubon Photography Awards

Since its founding in 1905, Audubon has been on the front lines of the conservation movement, influencing policymakers to pass key legislation. Notable conservation laws in which Audubon helped pass include the Audubon Plumage Law in 1910 that protected wading birds from the depredations of the plume industry, the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act—still one of the strongest bird-protection laws in the world today—that made it illegal to kill any non-game bird in the U.S., the Endangered Species Act in 1973, and the mammoth climate-change-focused Inflation Reduction Act in 2022.

More highlights from Audubon's history
Help us bend the bird curve.
Together we can help protect the places birds needs.
We're here because of birds.
! Priority Bird
American Woodcock
Sandpipers
Mountain Quail
New World Quail
Limpkin
Limpkins
Turkey Vulture
New World Vultures
Five-striped Sparrow
New World Sparrows
Painted Redstart
Wood Warblers
Yellow-billed Magpie
Crows, Magpies, Jays
! Priority Bird
Roseate Spoonbill
Ibises and Spoonbills
Least Grebe
Grebes
! Priority Bird
Least Tern
Gulls and Terns
Willow Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers
Black Rosy-Finch
Finches
Pinyon Jay
Crows, Magpies, Jays