American Bittern
Latin: Botaurus lentiginosus
Birds of America
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July 19, 2021
Biden Administration Revokes Trump Rule That Allowed Sand Mining in Protected Coastal Areas
Audubon successfully defended a decades-old bipartisan law that protects important beaches and wetlands for birds and people.
Western Water News
July 16, 2021
The Entire Colorado River Basin is in Crisis
We need climate action, now.
News
July 16, 2021
Sure, He's Retired, but This Conservation Legend Isn't Slowing Down
Carrol Henderson rescued Minnesota's Peregrine Falcons and Trumpeter Swans. Can he save this heron rookery before it's too late?
Press Room
July 15, 2021
Biden Administration to Restore Protections For Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
USDA announces a new strategy to protect old-growth trees that are important to local communities, birds, and the planet.
Western Water News
July 15, 2021
The Momentary Reprieve of Rain on the Rio Grande
Rain is good, but adapting to climate change is better.
News
July 14, 2021
How One Clash With an Iceberg Threw an Emperor Penguin Colony into Disarray
Climatologists predict an increase in wayward icebergs as warming seas weaken glaciers. A new analysis shows how they threaten penguin survival.
Sentinels of the Boreal
A short film by filmmaker Tomas Koeck captures the essence of the Great Gray Owl.
From Audubon Magazine
July 14, 2021
How to Catch a Rat
In 2019 a Mexican island that harbors 95 percent of the world’s Black-vented Shearwaters received an unwanted vermin visitor. To nab the interloper, Isla Natividad’s human inhabitants had to get creative.
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