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Spectacled Eider by US Fish & Wildlife
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Birds & Science
Audubon’s Science Team welcomes you and invites
you to explore these pages. Here you will learn more about
Audubon’s bird conservation work. We focus on involving
people to find solutions to the challenges faced by birds
in the modern world. Why not take part in one of our Citizen
Science activities and help provide information to scientists
to support our conservation work-we have activities to
suit people of all levels of experience, expertise, and
available time. For quick summaries of our programs, and
how you can get involved, please click on the links on
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Learn more about our Science programs by downloading these
summaries (PDF format); Adobe
Acrobat Reader required.
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Piping Plover by Jim Fenton
The Piping Plover is a small, pale shorebird that inhabits
beaches, shorelines, and dry lakebeds. It is threatened
or endangered throughout its relatively small range.
Read more about it here.
Learn what you can do to help Waterbirds
Learn about other Waterbirds
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108th Christmas Bird Count
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WatchList/State Of the Birds
Important Bird Areas
Citizen Science
Citizen Science
Christmas Bird Count
Great Backyard Bird Count
Birds and Agriculture
Waterbirds on Working Lands
Audubon At Home
Seabird Restoration
Coastal Bird Conservation
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Photo by Hilary Wood |
The 108th Christmas Bird Count is
being conducted from December 14, 2007 through January
5, 2008. Look at the Current Year's Results here to see
what birds are being reported! |
| Puffins, Terns and Global Warming |
Tufted
Puffin
© Ryan Kingsbery |
Dr. Stephen W. Kress of the Seabird
Restoration Program reports that researchers are finding
troubled times ahead for puffins and other seabirds. |
| The 2007 Audubon WatchList released |
© Glen
Tepke
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One quarter of U.S. birds need
our help to keep them from slipping toward extinction. Read
about the list of 2007 WatchList bird |
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Avian Influenza Information
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New Global Important Bird Areas announced
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© Emperor
Goose Donna Dewhurst/USFWS |
Twenty-five new global Important Bird Areas (IBA) have
been prioritized. This brings total to 123 sites from 16
states, encompassing over 92 million acres of habitat. Represented
here are some of the highest priority sites for focusing
conservation efforts to protect globally threatened species
and others on the Audubon WatchList. See the list.
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| Essential Sites for Waterbird Conservation |
© National Audubon Society |
Learn more about the Waterbirds on Working Lands Project
and the Important
Bird Areas that are significant to waterbirds
in agricultural landscapes. |
