Red-billed Starling

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Audubon Great Plains Announces Bird of the Year Contest

January 13, 2026 — Follow us on social media and vote for your favorite species!

GREAT PLAINS About Birds

Listening for the Unheard

January 13, 2026 — Puget Sound Bird Observatory’s Regional Effort to Monitor Wetland Secretive Birds

WASHINGTON

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Orange Audubon Society Brings the Christmas Bird Count to Elementary and Middle School Students

January 12, 2026 — Kids from pre-k through eight grade counted 40 bird species. This project earned Orange Audubon the 2025 Large Chapter Education Award.

FLORIDA Community Science at Audubon

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Sharing the Secrets of Seabird Restoration

January 12, 2026 — Meet the 2025 Herz Fellows who came to the Seabird Institute to learn seabird restoration techniques.

Coasts and Oceans

Trading Screens for Oak Woodlands and Grasslands

January 12, 2026 — A field day with legislative staff, deepening appreciation for oak woodlands and grasslands—and learning how Capitol decisions shape working lands.

CALIFORNIA

Audubon Florida is Down for This Count – the Christmas Bird Count!

January 08, 2026 — Summary of the 126th annual bird survey.

FLORIDA Community Science at Audubon

A Contested Road Through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Wilderness

January 08, 2026 — At the remote edge between the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands, a proposed 19-mile road threatens migratory flyways, subsistence livelihoods, and the framework for nature conservation in Alaska.

ALASKA

This Roaming Raptor Has Been Surprising U.S. Birders—and More Could Be on the Way

January 07, 2026 — Limited to Central and South America until a few short years ago, Yellow-headed Caracaras are turning heads from California to Delaware as their range expands northward.

Bird News