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Great Egret Society

The Great Egret Society is a group of Audubon’s most passionate donors who help protect and defend birds with generous contributions of $500 or more annually. We are incredibly grateful for this outstanding level of support.

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Check out our special digital content

  • Audubon’s Birds and Offshore Wind: Developing the Offshore Wind that Birds Need. You can view a recording of the webinar here.
  • The Magic of Migration at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, with Sanctuary Director Keith Laakkonen. Watch a recording of our presentation here. 
  • Audubon’s Bird Migration Explorer webinar (MidAtlantic). Watch a recording here on how to use this online tool to learn more about the heroic annual journeys made by over 450 bird species, and the challenges they face along the way.
  • What’s good for birds is also good for climate change mitigation. Learn more in our latest report on Natural Climate Solutions.
  • Explore the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards winners—now featuring Chile and Colombia. Check them out here.

Great Egret Society Impact Reports

If you’d like to view more reports showing Audubon’s impact over the years, please visit our report hub.

Featured Posts
Birds on the Move
White-crowned Sparrows
Birds on the Move

Nearly 350 Audubon members describe a favorite fall migration story.

The Joy of Being a Bird Ambassador
A woman and child birding together
The Joy of Being a Bird Ambassador

More than 300 Audubon members described a time when they introduced others to the wonderful world of birds.

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King Bird
July 23, 2014 — Neil Hayward spent most of 2013 crisscrossing the continent on a quest to see as many bird species as he could in a calendar year. When it was all over, he’d seen more than anyone–ever–and broken the Big Year record.
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Duck Dynasty
July 14, 2014 — Of canvases and Canvasbacks: a look inside the high-stakes, duck-obsessed world of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest.
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Tracking Wildlife From Space
July 09, 2014 — Meg Crofoot is taking wildlife investigations out of this world.
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EPA's Gutsy Move to Slash Power Plant Carbon Is a Win for People and Birds
June 02, 2014 — New EPA regulations would rein in carbon pollution from coal plants.
Climate Solutions
Clever Galapagos Finches Use Cotton to Thwart Bugs
May 12, 2014 — If you give a Darwin’s finch a cotton ball infused with insecticide, it will use that piece of fluff as a weapon to combat parasites.
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Walking With Penguins
May 09, 2014 — With her shepherd’s crook made of rebar, researcher “Hurricane Dee” Boersma still rules—and Argentina’s Magellanic penguins still follow.
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Why the Passenger Pigeon Went Extinct
April 17, 2014 — And whether it can, and should, be brought back to life a century after it disappeared.
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A New Day for the Nēnē
March 25, 2014 — Once lost, now found: the Hawaiian goose is rediscovered on Oahu.
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Green Energy: Can We Save the Planet and Save Birds?
March 08, 2014 — Wildlife-smart wind power may be as close as it gets to "green energy." But over vast swaths of America, the "smart" part is still more hot air than reality--especially when it comes to raptors.
Energy
An Accidental Science Project Reveals How Crucial Sea Otters Are to Kelp Forests
February 13, 2014 — Fur traders exterminated them in Washington. A hydrogen bomb helped restore them. These events have given ecologists startling insight into the power of these kelp forest carnivores.
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