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An Atlantic Puffin flies against a pale blue sky carrying a stack of translucent, small fish inside its curved black and orange beak.
Scientists Just Discovered a Seabird Hotspot. It's Already at Climate Risk.
September 22, 2021 — Winter cyclones, responsible for killing seabirds every year, are projected to intensify right where millions of birds overwinter in the North Atlantic.
Climate
Audubon Spotlight: Erika Knight Charted Her Path One Precise Step at a Time
September 22, 2021 — How the GIS expert and data analyst turned a passion for maps and the outdoors into a career in conservation.
News
The 2021 Audubon Photography Awards: Top 10 Videos
September 20, 2021 — Settle in and watch spectacular footage of birds in the wild, and find out the backstory behind each video.
Audubon Photography Awards
Birds Are One Line of Defense Against Dreaded Spotted Lanternflies
September 17, 2021 — But to harness their full bug-eating potential, it’ll likely help to remove the invasive tree-of-heaven.
News
New Funding to Help Gulf Coast Beachgoers Share the Shore with Birds
September 17, 2021 — Audubon leads a new collaborative effort to design more effective coastal stewardship and management plans for the Gulf of Mexico.
Coasts and Oceans
A Video Captures the Dreadful Toll Window Strikes Take on Migrating Birds
September 16, 2021 — Grisly visuals from New York City show mass bird death, but they're just a glimpse of what happens in cities nationwide.
Conservation Challenges
You Could Use Some Good Bird News
September 10, 2021 — Stop doomscrolling and check out these hopeful stories.
Bird News
Three shorebirds walk on the beach towards the shore. The air is thick with smoke and gives the image a dark, orange hue.
How a Photographer Captured This Eerie Shot of Godwits in the Haze
September 09, 2021 — Sebastian Velasquez ventured onto a smoky California beach to photograph birds foraging in a landscape choked by wildfire.
Behind the Shot
Why Switzerland Is Growing A Native Plant Oasis in the Heart of Washington
September 08, 2021 — The Swiss ambassador, an avid birder and bird photographer, is on a mission to remake a former farm into a biodiversity haven.
Native Plants
Chicago's Rose the Piping Plover Hits the Beach in Florida Just in Time for World Shorebird Day
September 03, 2021 — Staff with Audubon Great Lakes and Audubon Florida work collectively year-round to keep the plovers safe no matter where they are.
News