barrier islands

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Traveling Birds, Traveling Bird Exhibit
October 25, 2025 — Knowing Nature: Stories of the Boreal Forest lands at the Peabody-Essex Museum
Canada
A Barn Owl stands with its eyes closed on a snowy branch with other branches framing the scene and a snowy white background.
10 Fun Facts About the American Barn Owl
October 24, 2025 — What’s not to love about birds that have heart-shaped faces, hunt in silence, and scream like Banshees?
Bird Questions and Facts
students looking at insects under glass
Collier Community Foundation Celebrates Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary’s Leadership in Conservation and Education with Two Gifts
October 24, 2025 — Major grants a step forward for the Sanctuary's conservation mission.
FL Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Aerial view of green land and blue water
Protecting Lands and Waters for a Brighter Future
October 24, 2025 — How the Miawpukek First Nation is leading the way in Indigenous-led Conservation in Newfoundland
Canada
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Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival and WHSRN Site Turns 35
October 24, 2025 — The celebration marked 35 years since the Copper River Delta was designated a Site of Hemispheric Importance in the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN)—the first such site in Alaska and among the earliest in the network’s history.
Festivals and Events
Upland Sandpiper
Wisconsin’s Badger Hollow Wind Project Approved with Birds in Mind
October 24, 2025 — Working with developers and the community, Audubon identified opportunities to promote conservation strategies to secure the best outcomes for birds
GL
Chestnut-collard Longspur
Audubon Southwest Launches Wings Over Working Lands Initiative
October 23, 2025 — Improving Wildlife Habitat
SOUTHWEST
Lesser Prairie-Chicken
From Conflict to Collaboration:
October 23, 2025 — How a New Mexico Transmission Line Will Protect Power Delivery and Prairie Chickens
SOUTHWEST
Container ship passing a bird nesting island on the Cape Fear River. Photo: Lindsay Addison/Audubon
Proposed Wilmington Port Expansion is Bad News for Birds and People
October 23, 2025 — The proposal would exacerbate erosion at nesting sanctuaries while providing no economic benefit.
NC
An individual on a boom lift installs Motus radio antennas.
Solving Migration Mysteries, One Motus Station at a Time
October 23, 2025 — The very first Motus tower to be installed on an Audubon Certified Bird-Friendly ranch is advancing bird science in eastern Wyoming.
ROCKIES Conservation Ranching