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- Audubon Florida Needs Your Eyes and Ears: Look for Sea and Shorebirds on Local Rooftops 06.03.2026It’s the most wonderful time of the year— shorebird nesting season! Did you know that not all shorebirds nest on the seashore? Some shorebirds use gravel rooftops as an alternative nesting...
- The 125th Christmas Bird Count in Minnesota 06.03.2026The 125th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count was successfully run in 90 circles across Minnesota in the winter of 2024/2025, down one from last year’s record of 91 circles. While the count two...Steve Weston
- Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Aids with Merlin Bird Sound Recognition 05.03.2026Teaching a computer to identify bird sounds is a lot like teaching a human a new language: it takes a lot of listening. Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Merlin Bird ID app is a free mobile app that...Renée Wilson
- Member-Only Lecture: Raptor Conservation 04.03.2026Corkscrew Members are invited to attend a virtual lecture on March 13: Celebrating Raptor Conservation in Florida, featuring Katie Warner, Center Director, and Daisy Fiore, PhD, Senior Education...
- Platte River Safari Camps at Rowe Sanctuary 04.03.2026This summer, the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary welcomed young explorers back to the vibrant ecosystems of the Platte River Valley. With most of...Amanda Hefner
- Western Meadowlark: The Bird of Many States 04.03.2026Western Meadowlarks are grassland residents at Audubon’s Rowe Sanctuary. Their scientific name is Sturnella neglecta, which was assigned by John James Audubon. Audubon gave this name to the...
- Audubon Conservation Ranching Expands in Minnesota 03.03.2026Audubon Conservation Ranching is expanding its technical support into central and southwest Minnesota. Annie Bahe, new Audubon Range Ecologist joining Audubon Upper Mississippi River’s team, is a...Annie Bahe
- UCF Knighthawk Audubon Campus Chapter Brings Nature Journaling to Campus 03.03.2026When planning their upcoming semester of activities, the officers of Knighthawk Audubon — the campus chapter located at the University of Central Florida — threw around different ideas. Birding...Erika Zambello
- Jay Watch: 2025 Season by the Numbers 03.03.2026This infographic originally appeared in the 2025 Jay Watch report. Read the full report here.
- Lyonia Preserve Volunteer Celebration, November 8, 2025 03.03.2026Field TripDuring an early morning jay walk led by West Volusia Audubon Vice President Stephen Kintner, volunteers hit the trails and were delighted to see some of Lyonia Preserve’s most charismatic...
- Conservation Lands Highlight: Water Management Districts 03.03.2026What Are Water Management Districts? In 1972, with advocacy from Audubon and other conservation organizations, the Florida Legislature passed the Water Resources Act, considered by many scholars of...Erika Zambello
- 25 Years of Jay Watch: People, Partnerships, and Florida Scrub-Jays 03.03.2026From the Lake Wales Ridge to a Statewide Program Jay Watch began as a collaborative effort of the Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Working Group, created to ensure land managers had the data to...Audrey DeRose-Wilson
- What’s a Northern Cardinal Doing at a Pile of Deer Guts? Chowing Down. 03.03.2026Northern Cardinals are not picky eaters. They forage everything from insects to flower petals, and they’ll happily visit feeders with a variety of seeds, especially black oil sunflower. Also...Zoe Grueskin
- A Critical Stronghold for Atlantic Seabirds 27.02.2026The Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument protects unique deep-water canyons and corals, and is a critical foraging habitat for seabirds, particularly Atlantic Puffins during the...Bethany Carl Kraft
- What Happens in the Arctic, Doesn’t Stay in the Arctic 25.02.2026I recently spent some time on the Bird Migration Explorer website, and it got me thinking about some of the interesting connections between bird breeding habitat in the Arctic and the far-off...Jeff Wells