Red-billed Starling

A flock of Black-necked Stilts flies over a wetland.
Land Donation Secures a Future for Wildlife at Audubon’s Gillmor Sanctuary
December 17, 2020 — Audubon receives a 413-acre donation critical to shorebird habitat from Epperson Associates, LLC.
ROCKIES
An American Avocet forages in a saline wetland.
Securing Gillmor Sanctuary’s Future
December 17, 2020 — A land donation to Audubon’s Gillmor Sanctuary protects the future of shorebird habitat restoration.
ROCKIES
Birds Help Bind Us to Our Roots, and to One Another
December 17, 2020 — Our winter issue illustrates how, in today’s topsy-turvy world, we would all benefit from stronger connections.
Letter From the Editor
Scientists Braved the High Arctic to Chase Clouds on History’s Largest Polar Trip
December 17, 2020 — The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere on Earth, and clouds may be key. Photographs by Esther Horvath capture an extreme scientific mission.
News
A Struggling California Marsh Gets an Overhaul to Prepare for Rising Seas
December 17, 2020 — The restoration of the Sonoma Creek in the San Francisco Bay Area not only corrects problems of the past, but also looks to the future.
Climate
A Bestselling but Nearly Forgotten Writer's Life Offers Lessons for the Winter Ahead
December 17, 2020 — Homebound by illness and grief, Ada Clapham Govan found healing and a new direction by observing her backyard birds.
News
How Researchers Hope to Save the Florida Scrub-Jay From an Inbreeding Crisis
December 17, 2020 — Human development has caused the bird's gene pool to shrink. An ambitious experiment to relocate scrub-jay families could bring reprieve, while also pointing the way to preserving other threatened species.
News
An Innovative Effort to Return Loons to Massachusetts Hits a Major Milestone
December 17, 2020 — New recovery techniques have helped the iconic waterbirds nest in the state's glacial lakes for the first time in more than a century.
News
Brown-Headed Nuthatches Are Back in the Ozarks for the First Time in a Century
December 17, 2020 — An effort to restore the region's historic woodlands is showing signs of success. Now conservationists hope to reestablish the long-gone songbirds.
Conservation
Atlantic Fishery Commission Misses the Mark on Menhaden
December 16, 2020 — A new decision by an Atlantic Coast fishing regulator may put coastal birds like Ospreys at risk of not having enough to eat.
Coasts and Oceans