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The Best New Gear for Birding this Fall
November 28, 2016 — Birds are on the move. These products will help you keep up.
Gear
Birdist Rule #80: Decide How You Feel About Eating Birds
November 23, 2016 — It’s a topic that’s kind of hard to avoid on Thanksgiving.
The Birdist’s Rules of Birding
Hundreds of Tufted Puffin Deaths Suggest Dangers of Warming Seas
November 23, 2016 — The recent die-off is the latest in a string of mysterious seabird mortalities in the Pacific Ocean.
Landslide Triggered by New Zealand Earthquake Crushes Rare Seabird Colony
November 23, 2016 — The 7.8-magnitude earthquake last week might have killed up to a quarter of the world's Hutton's Shearwaters.
Learn to Tell a Northern Shrike From a Loggerhead Shrike
November 23, 2016 — These are the best clues to help you know which ‘butcherbird’ is which.
ID Tips
Remote and Vast, Our New Marine Monuments Are Difficult to Protect
November 23, 2016 — Unable to constantly patrol the waters, fishery enforcement agencies need new methods and technologies for monitoring these areas.
I Think My First Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Was Tipsy
November 22, 2016 — Their specialized diets make these woodpeckers the botanists of the bird world, but it can also cause them to get boozy on occasion.
Kenn Kaufman's Notebook
A Shared Path Forward
November 21, 2016 — After a contentious election, Audubon remains dedicated to protecting birds and the places they—and we—need to thrive.
Audubon View
Why Frigatebirds Can't Float
November 21, 2016 — The seabirds can stay aloft over the open ocean for months, but they don't really have a choice.
Podcast
U.S. Offshore Drilling Banned Along Arctic and Atlantic Coasts for Next Five Years
November 18, 2016 — A new federal leasing plan released today outlines where energy companies can look for oil while protecting vital bird habitat.
Climate