Growing up on the rolling pastures of River Valley Farm in New Jersey, Bryce Cotton remembers hearing birdsong across the cattle ranch—the cries of kestrels and the trills of Killdeers. That...
Human inventions often create threats for wildlife: Plastics and pesticides harm birds’ health, artificial lights throw off their navigation, and suburbs and freeways eat into essential...
Human inventions often create threats for wildlife: Plastics and pesticides harm birds’ health, artificial lights throw off their navigation, and suburbs and freeways eat into essential...
It was early summer when Kate Edwards had nest boxes installed in her yard in San Antonio, Texas. A pair of House Sparrows immediately moved in. Soon enough, the plastics followed. When Edwards...
When Franna Lusson embarks on one of her wildlife portraits, she doesn’t bother with practice sketches. She dives right in on the final sheet of paper—drawing and redrawing in bold, expressive...
Confession: I don’t make checklists while birding. I admit this with some guilt, because I know that birders’ observations fuel community science and conservation action. But I’ve worried that...
In 2023, I entered the US Forest Service with my cohort of 130 recent college graduates, many from underrepresented populations. Growing up in California, I saw both beautiful natural areas and the devastating impacts of drought, extreme heat, and wildfire. I’ve always seen climate change as a terrifying but compelling subject, and I chose a
It was a breezy day in late March 2025 when Kathleen Moreo carried a male juvenile Bald Eagle into the middle of a field in Osceola County and released it, a light GPS backpack in tow. As donors to a...
The depths of winter might find some hardy outdoor folk slogging through knee-deep snow for a glimpse of an owl or enduring icy winds to seek out weird ducks. Not that brand of birder? Not a...
STOP Texas House Bill 2239 - support the Golden-cheeked Warbler and the ONLY place in the world where this species can reproduce. HB 2239, if passed, would remove local protections currently...
It’s a busy day for students at Inverness Middle School in West Central Florida. They have the usual drop-offs and lunch periods, math and science, but on very special days, they have a novel class...
by Sara Beesley, Mitchell Lake Audubon Center My childhood summers were spent in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Back then, I had no idea of the ecological importance of the area to birds. I...