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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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Bird Casualties Remain a Mystery After Largest-ever Oil Spill Off Canada's East Coast
December 07, 2018 — In November, an offshore platform spilled 66,000 gallons of oil into the Atlantic, where millions of seabirds overwinter. But determining a death toll is proving a challenge for biologists.
News
Trump Administration Moves to Open Sage-Grouse Strongholds to Oil and Gas
December 06, 2018 — New management plans would roll back protections in seven states, lifting restrictions on more than 80 percent of the bird's most vital habitat
Conservation
This Bird Breeding Haven Could Be Next in Line for Arctic Oil Drilling
December 06, 2018 — Current rules protect Alaska’s Teshekpuk Lake and its throngs of waterbirds. The Trump Administration is rewriting them.
Conservation
Can't Take a Birding Vacation? Try Google Street View Instead
December 04, 2018 — A flourishing Facebook group is using the mapping tool to find birds all over the world—and they've already checked off hundreds of species.
News
People Once Believed Bohemian Waxwings Had an Amazing Superpower
December 03, 2018 — Until the 16th century, it was thought that the birds could glow in the dark.
Podcast
Everything You Need to Know to Do a Free (and Fun) Christmas Bird Count
November 30, 2018 — You don’t need experience or even binoculars to be part of this age-old holiday tradition.
News
Meet the 96-Year-Old Man Who Turned Southern Idaho Into a Bluebird Haven
November 29, 2018 — Al Larson has spent four decades building hundreds of nest boxes for Western and Mountain Bluebirds. Now these homes and their inhabitants are facing the test of climate change.
News
Camera Trap Captures Strange, Long-legged, Pointy-beaked Panther
November 27, 2018 — Photographer Carlton Ward got a lot less cat and a lot more Great Blue Heron than he expected during a recent project in Florida.
Behind the Shot
Juncos Are the Original Snowbirds
November 26, 2018 — As winter arrives, flocks of these lively little birds suddenly appear across much of the U.S.
Podcast