July-August 2014 Issue

How to Keep Birds Off Poisonous Ponds

July 28, 2014 — Laser technology might succeed where noise-making air cannons have not. 

Collateral Damage

August 11, 2014 — Night-migrating songbirds fall from the sky when they collide with urban buildings. Some cities are switching off the lights to boost the birds’ chances of safe passage. 

A Bird Flies Into a Bar

July 30, 2014 — In Norway’s latest melodrama, there are fewer tears, more tweets.

From Audubon Magazine

Editor's Note: Case Sensitive

May 09, 2014 — It was time to determine a single Audubon style.

New Trade Agreements Gut Environmental Protections

July 18, 2014 — Deals affecting U.S. neighbors to the east and west make the case that corporations are countries, too.

Gathering Waters

August 08, 2014 — To steward the Mississippi River, Jaime Thibodeaux brings together a community.

How to Green Your Pets

January 01, 2015 — We love our dogs and cats, but they do have an impact on the planet. Here’s what you need to know.

Activities

Drones Take Off as Wildlife Conservation Tool

June 13, 2014 — UAVs are poised to revolutionize ecology and even save scientists’ lives.

D-Con Be Gone

August 14, 2014 — California bans rat poisons that are killing the state’s birds, but the fight isn’t over.

Peter Matthiessen

June 25, 2014 — The literary giant and naturalist wrote more than 30 books as well as numerous magazine articles, including for Audubon. A friend and writer shares his memories of the author's later years.

Going Deep

July 10, 2014 — Gannets are the bird world’s Olympians, capable of plunging a hundred feet through the air, then slicing through the ocean to chase down fish. 

Reimagining the Roseate Spoonbill

June 04, 2014 — Hanoch Piven relies on serendipity to piece together his interpretation of this vibrant wader.

Illustrated Aviary

Duck Dynasty

July 14, 2014 — Of canvases and Canvasbacks: a look inside the high-stakes, duck-obsessed world of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest.

Dispatch

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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