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Willard Spur Waterfowl Management Area, Utah's Serengeti of Waterbirds
May 28, 2019 — A special place for birds and people.
Western Water News
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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American Black Duck by Peter Daverington
May 21, 2019 — Location: Halletts Point, Queens, NY 11102
The Audubon Mural Project
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.
Podcast
Audubon Members Focus on Their Favorite Bird Photos
May 20, 2019 — Over 100 shutterbugs took us behind the viewfinder of their best photos.
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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