Birds
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‘Tis the Season for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count
December 14, 2011 - From Ketchikan to Prudhoe Bay to Shemya Island, every year Alaskans bundle up and gather together to celebrate the holiday season…by braving the elements for
Road Scholars assist Audubon biologists to improve habitat for Maine seabirds
On September 11-16, 22 participants in the Road Scholar session titled ‘Maine Seabird Biology and Conservation’ arrived on Hog Island for a very successful service-learning program.
- Brad Storey Journeys Across America to support the Important Bird Areas Program!
- Two Leading Conservation Innovators join Audubon’s Management Team
- Alarming Declines Among Many Common Birds
- Audubon's Chapter Network Sends Unified Message to Capitol Hill
- Audubon, Dominion Resources Launch Great Blue Heron Rookery Project in Richmond, VA
Citizen Science
Important Bird Areas
The Important Bird Areas Program (IBA) is a global effort to identify and conserve areas that are vital to birds and other biodiversity.
Great Backyard Bird Count
The GBBC is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent and in Hawaii.
Christmas Bird Count
From December 14 through January 5 each year tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the Americas take part in an adventure that has become a family tradition among generations.
State of the Birds
Birds & Climate Change
Nearly 60% of the 305 relatively widely distributed bird species found in North America in winter are on the move, shifting their ranges northward by an average of 35 miles.
Common Birds in Decline
Audubon's unprecedented analysis of forty years of citizen-science bird population data from our own Christmas Bird Count plus the Breeding Bird Survey reveals the alarming decline of many of our most common and beloved birds.











