Coverage of climate change, habitat loss, pesticides, and other threats to birds, as well as how birders and conservationists are responding.
Dozens of Chimney Swifts lie dead while another rests in a rehabber’s grip. Photos courtesy Carolina Waterfowl Rescue
The Audubon report includes a new zip code-based tool you can use to see how climate change will affect birds where you live. Read More “Audubon report: Climate change threatens nearly two-thirds of our birds”
Delisting is a “cause for celebration and proof that the Endangered Species Act works.” Read More “Kirtland’s Warbler removed from Endangered Species List”
It’s also the first wild-hatched condor chick to fledge in Utah’s Zion National Park. Read More “California Condor chick #1000 fledges”
Conservationists aim to create a second population of the critically endangered songbird in a restored forest on Maui. Read More “Saving the Kiwikiu, a native Hawaiian songbird”
For the second time in its history, the Federal Duck Stamp will depict the Black-bellied Whistling-Duck. An acrylic painting showing two whistling-ducks close up and … Read More “Next Duck Stamp to feature Black-bellied Whistling-Duck”
Was last week’s news about 3 billion lost birds a game-changer for conservation? Read More “Coverage of alarming bird study may ‘jar people into paying attention’”
UN secretary general urges public pressure against climate “emergency.” Read More “U.N. chief: ‘Nature is angry… nature strikes back’”
