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- Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is the Place to Be for Fall Migration 29.08.2025Get your binoculars and field guide ready! Fall migration is underway. For some birds, this annual odyssey starts as early as July. At Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, volunteers and visitors reported...Renée Wilson
- Birders and Scientists Unite for a Celebration of Saline Lakes Across the Hemisphere 26.08.2025By: Max Malmquist and Marina Castellino Nestled at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and overlooking Mono Lake sits the quaint town of Lee Vining, California, home to the annual...Max Malmquist
- Sleepy Birds Are Lousy Singers, Study Finds 22.08.2025Late at night in Auckland, New Zealand, researchers Juliane Gaviraghi Mussoi and Kristal Cain shuffled quietly around a dimly lit room with 13 caged Common Mynas. Everyone was sleepy—especially the...Riis Williams
- More Gulls, More Vireos: Latest Shakeup of North American Bird Names Splits Familiar Species 21.08.2025Ever since 1886, North America’s top organization for scientific bird study—now called the American Ornithological Society (AOS)—has maintained the official list of North American bird species...Kenn Kaufman
- Salt Marsh Steward Prepares for Pre-Law 21.08.2025Amelis Medina was 14 years old and in her freshman year of high school when she got the email – a group called the National Audubon Society was looking for paid interns to work at a local salt...Sharon Bruce
- Lesser Yellowlegs by SBU One 20.08.2025Painted: July 25, 2025 About the Mural: In the midst of a bustling park in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Montreal, next to the cooling spray of play fountains, a group of Lesser...
- Fall Migration is Underway! 20.08.2025Many long-distance migrants nest in the Arctic and have only a short window to lay eggs and raise their young before they head south again. Florida coastlines provide critical habitat and...Kara Durda
- A Creative, Behavior-Focused Approach to Bird Enrichment 20.08.2025It’s a quiet afternoon at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, but in Mortimer and Godiva’s aviary, it’s play time. The Turkey Vulture and Crested Caracara stare at a strange red box on the...Karina Jiménez
- Poop-Cam Footage Shows These Seabirds Fertilize the Ocean With Their Body Weight Per Day in Guano 18.08.2025Seabirds poop a lot. Where they gather on land, their excrement forms piles of guano, a material so rich with nutrients that access to the fertilizer ignited wars in South America in the...Marina Wang
- Wings and Other Things in the Air 18.08.2025Article by Santo Fiumano, Fort Myers (Lee County) Anchor Steward You’re enjoying some peace when you suddenly hear a loud buzzing and look up. What is that? Many people have had this moment...
- Twenty Years Later: How Hurricane Katrina Changed the Coast—And the Birds That Call It Home 18.08.2025"What's good for birds is good for people." That phrase has long guided the National Audubon Society's approach to conservation. Along the Gulf Coast—where the ecosystems, people, and birds are...Lara Harrison
- Rethinking Disaster Response for a More Resilient Future 16.08.2025If it seems like disasters are coming faster, hitting harder and costing more, you are right. The number of disasters costing a billion dollars or more has risen sharply. From 1980-2019, an average...Bethany Carl Kraft
- Building Resilience in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina 16.08.2025On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, reshaping not only the physical landscape of South Louisiana and Mississippi but also the emotional and political contours of our coastal...Lara Harrison
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak and American Tree Sparrow by Farid Hadechini 15.08.2025Listen to the birds in this mural! 1821118212 Painted: 6/18/2025 About the Mural: In this mural by artist Farid Hadechini, titled “A Flight of Colors,” a Rose-breasted Grosbeak and...
- Baltimore Oriole by Marthalicia Matarrita 15.08.2025Listen to the bird in this mural! 1813918140 Painted: 6/5/2025 About the Mural: In this mural painted by artist Marthalicia Matarrita, Baltimore Orioles perch amid a cluster of native purple...