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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
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Birds on the Move

Nearly 350 Audubon members describe a favorite fall migration story.

The Joy of Being a Bird Ambassador
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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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A Miraculous Discovery Near Medellín Yields Insight on a Mysterious Songbird
May 20, 2019 — Conservationists recently discovered a Colombian brush-finch only known by museum specimens. Now they’re racing to save it from habitat loss.
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A Swollen Mississippi River Has Resurrected Calls for a Wetland-Destroying Flood-Control Project
May 17, 2019 — The EPA blocked the Yazoo Pumps proposal in 2008, saying it would devastate bird-rich habitat. Now the agency is reconsidering.
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Thanks To Climate Change, Canada Jays May Eat Freezer-Burned Food All Winter
May 15, 2019 — The birds' critical food stores, saved up each autumn for lean times later, risk going bad as global temperatures warm.
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This Sandhill Crane Couple Adopted a Baby Goose
May 14, 2019 — The elegant birds are raising a gosling as well their own colt this year in a Michigan park.
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Give Nesting Birds a Calcium Boost By Saving Your Leftover Eggshells
May 13, 2019 — Your breakfast discards can serve as vital nutrition for females as they make their own eggs.
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Government Agencies Skirmish Over Inaccurate Environmental Impact Report on Arctic Refuge Drilling
May 10, 2019 — The Trump administration paints a too-rosy picture of how oil and gas development will impact Alaska’s coastal plain ecology, its own experts say.
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Seeing Endangered Whooping Cranes Step Through the Fog of Extinction
May 10, 2019 — I traveled to southern Texas to see a wintering population of the birds now 500-strong—a major comeback from just 15 cranes in 75 years.
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Inland Lakes Keep California’s Grebes Afloat—Until Waters Get Too Low
May 10, 2019 — Last summer ended in calamity for a nesting colony at PG&E's Lake Almanor. Now an Audubon chapter is fighting back to ensure that birds and locals get all the hydration they need.
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Do You Know the Other Way Birds Migrate?
May 09, 2019 — Some species change locales by merely moving between higher and lower elevations. Here are four examples of altitudinal migrants in the U.S.
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How ‘Game of Thrones’ Gets Packed With Birds (and Not Just Ravens)
May 09, 2019 — Come to meet the man who puts Prothonotary Warbler calls in Kings Landing. Stay for a bonus field guide to the birdlife of Westeros.
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