Topics Where We Work Coasts and Oceans

Coastal Stewardship

Birds in flight over a beach colony
Wings and Other Things in the Air
August 18, 2025 — The effects of paramotors and other ultralight aircraft on nesting birds.
FL
A bird flying with green grass in the foreground and blue water in the background
Twenty Years Later: How Hurricane Katrina Changed the Coast—And the Birds That Call It Home
August 18, 2025 — Meet some of the leaders driving Gulf restoration in Louisiana and Mississippi.
DELTA
Black skimmers in flight over a beach
Communication and Connections: Building Trust and Customizing our Conservation Message
August 15, 2025 — By Ana Sosa, Collier County Anchor Steward
FL
The head and partial neck of a sauropod skeleton in a museum.
Coastal Birds Share Nesting Habits of Some Dinosaurs
August 13, 2025 — There are many traits linking birds with dinosaurs. On our coasts, bird nesting habits look a lot like those of their prehistoric ancestors.
FL
Keeping an Eye on the Coast: Audubon Texas’s Waterbird & Nesting Stewardship Efforts Soar.
August 07, 2025
TX Coastal Resilience
Two seabirds eating something on the sand
Year of the Oystercatcher
August 04, 2025 — Following a stormy season in 2024, these beach-nesting birds had a better-than-average year in Florida.
FL
Black seabirds in sand at a construction site
New Seabird Nesting Sites Protected Thanks to Eagle-eyed Panhandle Community Members
July 30, 2025
FL
three least terns on a gravel rooftop
Life of a Florida Rooftop Nesting Tern
June 08, 2025 — by Lyndsey Christopher, Rooftop Seabird Field Technician
FL
A child smiles as she holds up her shorebird sign, featuring a colorful illustration of a Piping Plover and hand-written text that reads: Protect us, don't neglect us! Proteja los pajaritos!
Students from Long Island Elementary Schools Awarded for Shorebird Signs
May 27, 2025 — Audubon educators work with students throughout the year in a suite of lessons that culminate in a project designing signage reminding beachgoers to share the shore with nesting shorebirds.
NY
Share the Shore to Protect Sensitive Nesting Birds this Memorial Day Weekend
May 23, 2025 — Whether you’re sunbathing, swimming, fishing, walking your dog, or boating, follow these tips to help protect birds and their babies on the beach.
TX