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The protection of waterbird populations has long been a key goal for Audubon, dating back even before the National Audubon Society was formally created. The alarming killing of millions of waterbirds, especially egrets and wading birds, for the hat-making industry sparked the founding of the Massachusetts Audubon Society by Harriet Hemenway and Mina Hall in 1896. By 1898, several state-based Audubon Societies were formed in places like Pennsylvania, New York, New Hampshire, Illinois, Maine, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Minnesota, Texas, and California. In 1900, Frank M. Chapman, an Audubon member, initiated the first Christmas Bird Count, a volunteer-based survey of winter bird populations, as a more humane alternative to the traditional Christmas “Side Hunt,” where hunters competed to kill as many birds and mammals as possible.

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Power of Place

1 week ago | audubon.org | Elizabeth Gray

Audubon MagazineSummer 2025Audubon View From placid lakes to craggy coasts, the habitats we protect shape the lives of birds—and our own. By Elizabeth Gray Chief Executive Officer and Ex Officio Board Director Every summer, I return with my family and my siblings’ families to Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. It is a place we know by heart—where we spend a week living simply, in nature, surrounded by forests and water.
Smart Bird Feeders Connect Us to Wildlife -and Each Other-Like Never Before

1 week ago | audubon.org | Elena Passarello

Though I moved away from my home state 30 years ago, I still miss the noise of a Georgia backyard. We’ve got plenty of bird sounds to enjoy here in Oregon, but come spring, I find myself dialing up my Atlanta kin and hoping they answer from the porch or while walking the neighborhood. Those chords of southern birdsong—the freepereee of Eastern Towhees and the peterpeter of Tufted Titmice—ring a bell in my heart, even when the sound is compressed and sent through a cell phone.
Strength to Endure

1 week ago | audubon.org | Jennifer Bogo

In a 1940 issue of Audubon magazine, Ira N. Gabrielson—the first director of the newly formed U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service—marveled for 10 long pages at the great concentrations of birdlife in Alaska. Three years and several trips later, his byline appeared again, this time pondering a question: What effect would new roads, airstrips, and encroaching development have on Alaska’s wildlife, and on the people who depend upon the land for their existence?
Help Protect Beaches-and the Birds That Need Them-With a Smartphone and a Coin

2 weeks ago | audubon.org | Jennifer Weeks

The most constant thing about beaches is that they are always in flux. Wind, waves, and currents move sand around, building up shorelines in some places and eroding them elsewhere, with consequences for coastal wildlife, including birds. Analyzing how beaches change, and may change in the future, is no easy task.
Looming Federal Cuts Threaten the Bird Banding Lab, a Cornerstone of Avian Science

2 weeks ago | audubon.org | Sarah Trent

For 105 years, a small team of biologists near Washington, D.C., has honed and supported the single most foundational tool of avian science: crimping metal ID bands around birds’ legs to track where they turn up. Simple as it sounds,banding and the data collection that comes with it have revealed vital insights into how birds behave, which habitats they most depend on, and how their populations are faring.
How to Help Others Quickly Locate a Bird in a Tree

2 weeks ago | audubon.org | Andrew Del-Colle

Follow these simple steps to avoid a miscommunication meltdown and ensure everyone gets a look. By Andrew Del-Colle Digital Editorial Director, Audubon magazine We’ve all been there. The conversation goes something like this: Person 1: “Oh, oh, oh! Tanager!” Person 2: “Where!?” Person 1: “Up there in that tree!”Person 2: “Which one?”Person 1: “The really green one!”Person 2: “They’re all really green!” Person 1: “No, the tall one! Right where I’m pointing.
A First-of-Its-Kind Event Helps Blind Birders Build Community

3 weeks ago | audubon.org | H Conley

__________Tracy Carcione knows there’s a Fish Crow across the street—she heard it earlier today—but for now it’s keeping its beak shut. So, she demonstrates the difference between the rough, drawn-out caw of the American Crow, and then the more staccato squawk of the Fish Crow, which to me, a birding novice, sounds like a crow making fun of a gull. “They’re like snarky crows,” she says. I’m walking with Carcione along the narrow, tree-lined sidewalks of her neighborhood in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Hummingbirds Rapidly Evolved Longer Beaks to Slurp More Nectar from Yard Feeders, New Study Suggests

3 weeks ago | audubon.org | Maddie Burakoff

It’s a common sight up and down the Pacific Coast: a shimmering, pink-throated Anna’s Hummingbird, slurping up sweet fuel from a nectar feeder. Now, research suggests that feeding hummingbirds—a beloved backyard pastime—is also a powerful evolutionary force that has reshaped the birds themselves.
On Public Lands, Federal Staffing Chaos Threatens Fragile Ecosystems

3 weeks ago | audubon.org | Maddie Burakoff

When the U.S. government started setting aside public land more than 150 years ago, its goal was twofold: to protect the scenery and wildlife of these special places and to allow people to enjoy them, long into the future. For decades, though, land management agencies have struggled to fulfill that original mission as Congress has trimmed their funding, leaving them understaffed.
Hummingbirds Have Evolved Longer Beaks to Slurp More Nectar from Yard Feeders, New Study Suggests

4 weeks ago | audubon.org | Maddie Burakoff

It’s a common sight up and down the Pacific Coast: a shimmering, pink-throated Anna’s Hummingbird, slurping up sweet fuel from a nectar feeder. Now, research suggests that feeding hummingbirds—a beloved backyard pastime—is also a powerful evolutionary force that has reshaped the birds themselves.