Red-billed Starling

Q&A with Erik Johnson on the Lasting Impact of the BP Oil Spill
April 24, 2025 — From disaster to recovery, how the Deepwater Horizon explosion has affected the Gulf Coast for the last 15 years.
DELTA Coastal Stewardship
Ms. Packer, a federally endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover at the Cat Island Restoration Chain in Lower Green Bay, WI. Credit: Jacob Woulf
“Ms. Packer” is Back Just in Time for the NFL Draft: Great Lakes Piping Plover Breeding Season Kicks Off in Green Bay
April 24, 2025 — A unified effort of dedicated conservationists, volunteers and community members are hopeful for another record-breaking season
GREAT LAKES
yellow-headed blackbird
The Return of the Yellow-headed Blackbird
April 23, 2025 — Learn all about this spectacularly colored songbird
GREAT PLAINS
Clear liquid trickles out of a hummingbird hovering in midair.
Do Birds Pee? Hummingbirds Do—a Lot
April 23, 2025 — Unlike most other avians, hummers urinate in a stream much like mammals, releasing liquid waste often and out of necessity.
Bird Questions and Facts
A Red-billed Tropicbird flies over a boat
Red-billed Tropicbird Returns to the Florida Panhandle for its Ninth Consecutive Year
April 22, 2025 — A rare seabird amazes Panhandle birders.
FLORIDA Coastal Stewardship
People standing on shoreline with binculars
Introducing the Utqiaġvik Birding Trail
April 22, 2025 — A birding trail was born out of a festival to further celebrate birds, community, bird tourism, and conservation in Arctic Alaska.
ALASKA Trails
Banding Together for Burrowing Owls 
April 18, 2025 — Audubon staff digs deep, literally, to install new artificial burrows.
Western Water News
This Earth Day is a Pivotal Moment to Reverse Bird Population Declines
April 18, 2025 — Audubon remains committed to protecting birds across the hemisphere.
Conservation
Audubon members standing outside the Legislative Building on Advocacy Day. Photo: Caitlin O'Hara
2025 Advocacy Day Schedule
April 18, 2025 — Everything you need to know for Advocacy Day on April 29
NORTH CAROLINA
The Ballad of U10: How One Mischievous Bird Taught Me to Love Gulls Even More
April 17, 2025 — After a chance beach encounter with a banded Herring Gull, cartoonist Rosemary Mosco dug deep into the surprisingly popular bird's life and adventures.
Essays