News

How Well Do You Know Your Birder Lingo?
June 03, 2019 — Quiz yourself with some of these common nicknames and phrases.
Podcast
13 Fun Bird Events to Fill Your Summer Calendars
May 31, 2019 — From birding festivals to exhibits, the coming months offer an array of activities for avian aficionados.
A Treasure Trove of 40,000 Bird Specimens Brought to Light
May 31, 2019 — Alongside experts, students are working at the American Museum of Natural History to sort and organize data from the longest ornithological voyage in history.
Hunting Imagery May Soon Be Mandatory for Federal Duck Stamp Contest
May 30, 2019 — Conservationists worry the proposed change will undermine efforts to expand sales of the stamps, a key funding source for habitat protection.
Conservation
Exhausted Birds Become Lunch Meat for Tiger Sharks in the Gulf of Mexico
May 24, 2019 — New research shows that these apex predators wait for food to fall out of the sky during migration.
Rapidly Declining Songbird Won’t See Federal Protections Anytime Soon
May 24, 2019 — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has delayed its decision on the Saltmarsh Sparrow’s endangered status to 2023. Scientists say that might be too late.
Oakland Has Its First Official Bird Thanks to These Dedicated Kids
May 24, 2019 — After two years and a lot of hard work, a student-run campaign to make the Black-crowned Night-Heron the city's mascot sees success.
Audubon in Action
How Plover Chicks Born in a Parking Lot Spurred a City to Make Its Beach Safer
May 23, 2019 — The dramatic ups and downs of a Piping Plover family in Gloucester, Massachusetts, show what it takes to protect a threatened species.
Last Year’s Everglades Breeding Bonanza Was the Biggest in More Than 80 Years
May 22, 2019 — An official report says that South Florida's wading birds had an even better 2018 than we thought.
Listen to a Young Bewick's Wren Trying to Find Its Voice
May 20, 2019 — Male wrens grow up mimicking their fathers' songs—until it's time to claim their own territories.
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