Coverage of climate change, habitat loss, pesticides, and other threats to birds, as well as how birders and conservationists are responding.
Blue Jay in Nova Scotia is first known feeder bird to have bird flu strain. Read More “Avian flu outbreak prompts call to take down bird feeders on Prince Edward Island”
In new budget bill, Congress falls short in providing funding for wildlife agencies and keeps policies that harm sage-grouse and eagles. Read More “Earth to Congress: Birds need help!”
The move is a huge victory for bird and human health. Read More “EPA bans chlorpyrifos insecticide”
France committed to expanding marine protections by about 1 million square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean. Read More “New ocean protections will benefit penguins, albatrosses, whales, and more marine life”
They want it listed as endangered, not threatened, under Endangered Species Act. Read More “Conservation groups to sue over Eastern Black Rail protection”
Documentary about the rarest stork on Earth introduces us to a conservation hero and her efforts to rally a community to save the bird. Read More “New film celebrates rare stork species”
No fewer than seven raptor species in Kenya have declined by 88% or more since the 1970s. Read More “Report finds widespread declines among raptors in Kenya”
Comment period reopened until February 10. Read More “Feds to host public hearing on Ivory-billed Woodpecker”
Meet Tino Aucca Chutas, who leads a forest conservation organization in the high Andes. Read More “In Peru’s highlands, a one-man wonder for birds”
