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Oak Creek, Arizona. Photo: Off Madison Ave. **Este artículo se puede encontrar en español** The entire Colorado River Basin is in crisis, and Arizona is at critical juncture. The state needs to update its water policies in order to adapt to the climate and water reality we face. And Audubon—along with our partners in the Water

Dead fish are seen floating in Lake Merritt in the San Francisco Bay Area. Photo: Li Jianguo Xinhua/eyevine/Re​dux On August 2, as Damon Tighe was taking off from Oakland airport, he saw a dark channel in the water below forming near Alameda, an island on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay. At first, the

Lili Taylor. Photo: Courtesy of Lili Taylor Critically acclaimed actor Lili Taylor loves birds. She’s not only a passionate conservationist, she’s also an Audubon board member who supports our work to protect birds and the places they need. Taylor is also featured on an upcoming volume of “For the Birds: The Birdsong Project”—an unprecedented outpouring

The Bird Migration Explorer Lets You Interact With Nature’s Most Amazing Feat | Audubon Map: Bird Migration Explorer News With this revolutionary new tool, anyone can follow hundreds of species on their epic journeys and discover challenges they face along the way. Humans have long been captivated by migratory birds, awed by the animals’ biannual

Painted: 11/10/21 Read the story of this mural’s installation.  About the Bird: One of North America’s most familiar birds, it seems unthinkable that the American Robin may one day fail to be ubiquitous across the landscape. Its habitat ranges from lawns and suburban parks to forests and farmland across the continent. The robin’s rich, caroling call, blue

Most people experience the New Jersey Pine Barrens from the window of a car, hurtling toward the Jersey Shore through endless acres of pitch pine, scrub oak, and blueberry. One morning in March, Emile Devito, an ecologist with the nonprofit New Jersey Conservation Foundation, navigated off the arterial route and onto a sand road in Brendan

Our 100th Webinar! Dr. Lamb Joins Us Live from Macaw Recovery Network in Costa Rica Date: Friday, October 21, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine.

Just off a splinter of land sitting midstream in Brazil’s Rio Negro, a crew of scientists in two boats intently scan the sky. Silhouetted against twilit lavender and golden clouds, the crown of a Macacarecuia tree droops with fist-size seedpods. Like other trees nearby, Macacarecuia tolerate the river’s seasonal flooding. The island, known locally as

Alex sees a tray of three different sets of colored blocks, and is asked “What color 7?” By answering correctly, he shows that he understands the exact quantity. Note that we would normally use objects of different sizes so that he could not respond based on mass or contour…but this is my only pic (and

The Lewis’s Woodpecker is one of the West’s avian gems. It has a ruby-red face and emerald feathers draped across its back like a cape with a silver cowl. In summer it swoops and circles over woodlands west of the Great Plains, performing aerial acrobatics as it hunts insects on the wing. While wintering in

Webinar: The Grey Way: Food Can Be Fun! Date: Friday, October 14, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our special guest, Lisa Bono, CPBC, owner

Webinar: University Vet Insider: Experiences of an Exotics Pet Vet with Dr. Joerg Mayer Date: Friday, October 7, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm PDT (double-check your local time with this time zone converter) Join us for a FREE, live, interactive webinar hosted by Laura Doering, former editor of Bird Talk magazine and Birds USA magazine. Our

Purple Martins. Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon Purple Martins. Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon Birds are always on the move. For many species, annual migration means crossing entire continents to survive. To protect them from human disturbance, unwise development, and our changing climate, we must know why, how, and where they migrate. Purple Martins (Progne subis) are long-distance migrants,

Mutillid wasps, also known as velvet ants or cow killers, are awesome creatures that are found all over the world. They have a notoriously terrifying sting, but does that mean that they are not good pets? Is the velvet ant the best pet insect for you? Russ from Aquarimax Pets is back to help us

La aguilila de ala ancha puede verse en Colombia entre octubre y abril. Si bien todavía se pueden contar por miles, su número está declinando debido a la fragmentación de los bosques. Foto: Gustavo Ramón Lara. Las rapaces migratorias enfrentan año tras año un desafiante viaje. La mayoría de estas aves anidan en el norte

Illustration: Fabio Consoli With renewable energy on the rise, many electric utilities dependent on fossil fuels are facing a crisis. Some are embracing the challenges necessary to implement clean energy, but others are resisting change. A new stories series from Audubon investigates the industry at this crucial time. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. *** Public utility commissions (PUCs)

The Broad-winged Hawk can be seen in Colombia from October to April each year. They still can be counted by the thousands, but their number is declining because of forest fragmentation. Photo: Gustavo Ramón Lara Migratory raptors face a challenging journey year after year. Most of these birds nest in the continent’s north and begin

In our attempt to create more and better reptile-related content for you, we are trying a lot of new things. Of course, sometimes our little experiments don’t go according to plan… ==== Clint is a professional biologist and educator, but above all, Clint LOVES reptiles and he loves to share that love with everyone he

Melanie Smith and Sitka on a fall hike up Curry Ridge, overlooking the Alaska Range. Photo: Sarah Venator Imagine it: an inexorable pull that you must heed, a call that draws you to the wild unknown. That pull—called “zugunruhe” by migration specialists—grips birds, caribou, butterflies, fish, and countless other animals into their yearly peregrinations from

Among the intended targets at nectar feeders: Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. Unintended targets: bears, bees, and bigger birds. Photo: Bill Gordon/Great Backyard Bird Count Nectar feeders are an excellent way to attract hungry hummingbirds to your yard. After all, these perky flitters eat constantly, and their dietary needs are pretty basic. With a bit of white sugar

American Coot on an oil-covered evaporation pond at a commercial oilfield wastewater disposal facility in Wyoming. An estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 migratory birds die each year in oilfield production skim pits and oil-covered evaporation ponds. Photo: Pedro Ramirez Jr./USFWS In the past century, since America’s premier bird-protection law—the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)—was passed by

Gray-cheeked Thrush. Photo: Mick Thompson Since 1960, Birds Canada has been working to conserve wild birds through sound science, on-the-ground actions, innovative partnerships, public engagement and science-based advocacy. With their Ontario-based headquarters located on the north shore of Lake Erie in Port Rowan, the non-profit organization currently has about 50 employees working across Canada.   Birds

Broad-winged Hawk equipped with a tracking device. Photo: Chad Witko Located in the quiet southwestern corner of New Hampshire is the Monadnock Region, whose namesake, Mount Monadnock, commands the landscape at a locally impressive 3,165 feet. For the people that call this area home, the Broad-winged Hawk might be the Monadnock Region’s unofficial avian mascot.

Long ago there were some very creative ideas about where birds disappeared to during the winter months. Did birds migrate to the moon? Morph into other species? Hibernate underwater? To answer these questions, people began marking birds to see if an individual specimen returned the next year. This technique eventually led to a highly effective

A captive Guam Kingfisher in the Guam Department of Agriculture’s Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources breeding facility. Photo: John Ewen Once extinct in the wild, the California Condor now soars across the western United States thanks to successful breeding in captivity that allowed their later reintroduction to the wild. Now, a dedicated team is poised to

Timneh greys (Psittacus timneh) are found in parts of west Africa such as Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire. Exact numbers are unknown (estimated 100,000-500,000), but they are decidedly decreasing due to trapping and habitat loss, the usual challenges for parrot conservation. It was only 10 years ago (2012) that Timneh greys were

[embedded content] To hear America’s “greatest migration,” you have to beat the sunrise. It starts with a single kar-r-r-roo in the dark, before swelling into a crescendo of 80,000 Sandhill Cranes that fills the Platte River by dawn. It’s an impressive spectacle, says Bill Taddicken, the director of Audubon Nebraska’s Rowe Sanctuary. “This is real. I

From left: Chad Witko during his tenure as a raptor biologist for the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory in Peterborough, New Hampshire in 2018. Photo: Kat Lauer; Mikko Jimenez during a birding trip in Krabi, Thailand. Photo: Sarah Jacobson The Migratory Bird Initiative (MBI) was created with one mission: to secure the future of migratory birds in the Western