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Stylish and Social, Winter Waxwings Provide a Wonderful ID Challenge
Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings look very similar and are more likely to intermingle in the colder months. Here’s how to tell them apart.

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Birding As a Blind Person Is Now Easier in Colombia, Thanks to a Tourism Project
The unique effort, consisting of six trails and trained guides, is a showcase for ideas that make birds and nature more accessible.

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‘Like Finding a Unicorn’: Researchers Rediscover the Black-Naped Pheasant-Pigeon, a Bird Lost to Science for 140 Years
A successful expedition in Papua New Guinea captured photos and video of the chicken-size pigeon, highlighting the value of local ecological knowledge as scientists seek out other long-missing species.
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Wilson’s Phalaropes and their Journey from Canada to Argentina
September 25, 2023 — Key stopovers at Great Salt Lake and Mono Lake allow for 10000 mile migrations.

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Horseshoe Reservoir: An Opportunity to Restore
September 25, 2023 — Audubon StoryMap explores riverside habitat rehabilitation options within footprint of reservoir on the Verde River

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Living on a Smaller Colorado River Water Supply
September 25, 2023 — Arizona, California, and Nevada are proving they can live with less.

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Meet the 88-Year-Old ‘Unlikely Birder’ On a Quest to Link Two Famed National Parks
September 18, 2023 — A youthful spirit has powered Lowell Young’s decades of advocacy on behalf of birds and habitats, including his contributions to a campaign to create the proposed Range of Light National Monument.

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Five Ways Bison Benefit Birds
September 15, 2023 — A new initiative to bring back the gargantuan grazers could have major benefits for grassland species.

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New BIG WIRES Act Would Help Achieve a Clean Energy Future for Birds and People
September 15, 2023 — “We have an urgent need to equitably and responsibly build out our nation's clean energy transmission infrastructure.”
Audubon Mural Project
Eastern Black Rail by Yulia Avgustinovich
September 12, 2023 — Location: 307 Elm Street NW, Washington D.C. 20001

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National Audubon Society Announces New Chief Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer
September 11, 2023 — Lisette Martinez Will Lead Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging For Conservation Organization.

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A Spectacle of Life on Seal Island
September 11, 2023 — Seabirds were once extirpated from the Gulf of Maine's Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge. Today, thanks in part to Audubon’s Seabird Institute, it's the site of several breeding seabird colonies.

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Proposed Rule Change Would Bring BLM Oil and Gas Leasing into the Modern Era
September 08, 2023 — Change would prioritize habitat, sacred lands and other considerations when granting oil and gas leases.