Bird and Conservation News

Better Know a Bird: the Remarkable Migration of the Secretive Sora
May 25, 2022 — You wouldn’t know it by their football-shaped bodies and awkward flight, but Soras cover more ground than any other North American rail.
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Monty the Piping Plover in April 2022.
A Farewell to 'Small but Mighty' Monty, the Plover Dad of Montrose Beach
May 19, 2022 — Even though he's gone, Monty's success shows the lasting effects of advocacy and conservation in the Great Lakes region.
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How the World’s Largest Wildlife Overpass Could Brighten a Low-Flying Bird’s Future
May 19, 2022 — Wrentits don’t exactly soar, and a 10-lane highway has cut off populations from each other—a growing threat as the climate heats up.
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Water flows in the Colorado River Delta.
Water for the Colorado River Delta in a Dry Year
May 18, 2022 — Binational agreement a model for river management in a climate change world.
Western Water News
Red-winged Blackbird are early spring arrivals in Maine.
Flying North
May 12, 2022 — Migratory birds are on the move and many are bound for the Boreal.
Boreal Forests
Crucial Coastal Bill Gains Momentum in Congress
May 11, 2022 — The SHORRE Act will make coastal communities and birds more resilient to climate change.
Coasts and Oceans
Audubon Spotlight: Kay Garlick-Ott Wants Everyone to Love Ecology
May 09, 2022 — How one ecologist found inspiration while working with seabirds off the coast of Maine.
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The Illegal Trade in These Love Charms Is a Growing Threat to Hummingbirds
May 05, 2022 — Believed to imbue romantic powers, ‘chuparosas’ are widely sold in Mexico and, now, the United States, writes forensic ornithologist Pepper Trail.
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Blackburnian Warbler on a branch.
From the Boreal Forest to the Tropical Forest
May 02, 2022 — Protecting the Blackburnian Warbler requires a hemispheric approach.
Boreal Forests
Of Habitat and Hoof Prints
April 27, 2022 — Quail Forever & Audubon Conservation Ranching partnering to increase conservation grazing on the Great Plains
Working Lands