All Bird and Conservation News

Piping Plovers Nest in Toronto's Shadow for First Time in 84 Years
July 31, 2018 — Three fledged chicks, raised near Canada's largest city, are the latest sign that the endangered Great Lakes population is recovering.
How Desert Birds Can Survive With Very Little Water
July 30, 2018 — No liquid? No problem for these hardy species.
American White Pelican and Yellow-billed Magpie by Kristin Doeblin (ANJL)
July 25, 2018 — Location: 500 W. 135 Street, New York, NY 10031
Rufous Hummingbird by Yumi Rodriguez
July 25, 2018 — Location: 3860 Broadway, New York, NY 10032
American Three-toed Woodpecker, Bullock's Oriole, Red-breasted Sapsucker by Jacinta Stewart
July 25, 2018 — Location: 3612-18 Broadway, New York, NY 10031
Audubon Alaska Receives a Coast Guard Public Service Commendation
July 24, 2018 — Using its mapping and ecological expertise, Audubon developed environmentally safe ship-routing measures through vital bird habitat.
Mobbing: When Smaller Birds Join Forces to Fend Off Larger Birds
July 23, 2018 — There’s strength in numbers, and many species have learned to work together to protect themselves.
New Diving-Petrel Species Lives on One Island and Is Already Critically Endangered
July 20, 2018 — A single colony of 150 birds somehow survived introduced rats, the scourge of New Zealand's birds. Now the race is on to save them from sea level rise.
A Nature Summer Camp Aims to Make Young Refugees and Immigrants Feel at Home in Idaho
July 19, 2018 — The two-week New Roots program introduces teens to the flora and fauna of the Rockies, and answers a question oft-asked by new arrivals: Are there lions in the Boise foothills?
[UPDATED] Veterans, Department of Defense Oppose Sage-Grouse Rider on National Defense Authorization Act
July 18, 2018 — The NDAA provision claims that for the good of our military three species should be excluded from being designated as endangered.