🪶 Conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas.
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Together, we can help the world’s most threatened hummingbirds.
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Join ABC host @JeRutter for a free webinar exploring the challenges facing these remarkable birds — and the conservation actions that could help secure their future.
RSVP:
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Just in time for the Bake-Off — and these recipes are calling for the berry best ingredients.
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The smell of freshly baked desserts is intoxicating. We should probably save some for later, but we can’t help ourselves.
Doing some planting this fall?
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Ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay are struggling.
Nesting success is at its lowest level ever recorded due to a shortage of menhaden.
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is considering changes to how menhaden are harvested.
Take Action:
abcbirds.info/4ycVGBy
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Global Bird Rescue Week (September 21–28) is here!
We’re highlighting one of the most significant threats birds face during migration: collisions with windows & buildings.
🪟 There are several ways to reduce collisions around your home.
Learn more:
abcbirds.info/4gTw2LV
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This miniature marvel from Mexico is barely the size of a butterfly!
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The Short-crested Coquette moves between elevations seasonally — something called altitudinal migration. This microendemic species is critically endangered.
🎶 “TSIP!” into more:
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This International Coastal Cleanup Day, grab your binoculars, a bag, & a pair of gloves, and give birds a helping hand while you’re out birding.
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“Plirding” was created and championed by Ray Brown’s Talkin’ Birds Radio show:
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Protecting the right habitat makes a difference.
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Across Latin America, 55 threatened bird species face a gap between the habitat they need and the habitat already protected.
Join ABC host @JeRutter for a free webinar exploring these challenges.
RSVP:
abcbirds.info/4rj02o7
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America's grassland birds need new conservation solutions — and a new Senate bill could help!
The bipartisan RANCH Act (S. 5277) would restore 20 million acres of marginal croplands to thriving grasslands.
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Urge your Senators to support:
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One bird started a conservation network across Ecuador.
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The discovery of the Jocotoco Antpitta in 1997 led to the creation of an organization protecting 19 reserves across Ecuador.
ABC is proud to partner with @jocotoco_org.
More from the @Guardian:
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It’s Plover Appreciation Day and we are downright Plover-whelmed by their round fluff, smol squeaks & fast feets.
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Want to be a shorebird ploverachiever? Keep their habitats healthy by picking up trash, keeping pets leashed, & observing them from a distance.
Plover and out!
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We were so thrilled to flock together with more than 120 other BirdLife Partners for the recent Global Partnership Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya!
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At the @BirdLife_News Global Flyways Summit, we shared challenges and looked ahead to the future of conservation.
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Speak up for Osprey in the Chesapeake Bay!
The 2026 Osprey breeding season in the Chesapeake Bay has ended, and nesting success there is at its lowest level ever recorded.
Tell the ASMFC to adopt conservation-minded reforms that protect menhaden:
abcbirds.info/4xQLU83
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The Critically Endangered Blue-throated Hillstar shines brightly on a few mountains in southwestern Ecuador.
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ABC and partners are working with local communities to protect and expand reserves to safeguard their páramo habitat.
Learn more:
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Some of the most spectacular hummingbirds are among the most threatened.
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Join host @Jerutter for a free webinar to learn how habitat protection can secure a future for species like the Endangered Glow-throated Hummingbird & others on the brink.
RSVP:
abcbirds.info/4xQcxdd
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Finders keepers!
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There's just something about all-black, a hint of mystery, & a thrifted collection of shiny treasures… it's practically magic, isn't it?
Crow-ious for more?
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Got to go… there's a murder on the dance floor.
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The Roadless Rule has helped safeguard some of America’s last remaining unfragmented national forests & the wildlife that depend on them.
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But now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has moved to rescind this conservation measure.
Take action:
abcbirds.info/4gzwtcR
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🌌🎶 Hello darkness my old friend… The birds are migrating again….
As fall migration begins, we’re helping to shine a light (Wait, no, turn that off!) on the fact that BILLIONS of birds are currently en route to their nonbreeding grounds.
🌙 More:
abcbirds.info/4i6iDRG
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This National Hummingbird Day, we’re celebrating the Gray-bellied Comet, a celestial burst of color orbiting Peru’s Chonta Valley.
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Zipping through arid mountain slopes, sipping nectar, & pollinating cacti.
Follow this Comet’s tail in our Bird Library:
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Happy National Wildlife Day!
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Birds connect us — to nature, and to each other. Since 1994, American Bird Conservancy has stayed true to our mission: to conserve wild birds & their habitats throughout the Americas.
Join us by visiting our Action Center:
abcbirds.org/TakeAction
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Colorado has the opportunity to become a national leader in protecting birds, pollinators, waterways, and ecosystems, but lawmakers need to hear from YOU!
Take Bold Action and urge Colorado leaders to curb unnecessary neonic pesticide use:
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ALT A vibrant blue bird perches on a post in front of a mountainous landscape. The background includes tall peaks under a clear sky. Text on the image states, "Help Protect Colorado's Birds and Ecosystems. Take Action Now." The American Bird Conservancy logo is at the bottom.
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