One Bird’s Biography
One early May, I watched a pair of Baltimore Orioles courting in my backyard. Before long, the female was weaving an intricate nest in the sugar maple outside my bedroom window.
After a Century With Only One Sighting, Indonesia's Blue-fronted Lorikeet Found in Unexplored Forest
Hidden in the remote highlands of Mount Kapalatmada in Buru, Indonesia, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet has reemerged after going missing for more than a decade. Only documented once in the past hundred years, the elusive parrot species was spotted in April during a 14-day trek, carefully tucked away in t...
One Million Trees to Revive Forests and Support Communities in Northern Peru
The needs of birds and those of the people around them may seem to be at odds. In northern Peru’s Amazonas and San Martin regions in the Colán-Alto Mayo BirdScape, Asociación Ecosistemas Andinos and American Bird Conservancy are finding ways to support residents while also breathing new life int...
ABC Looks to the Senate for a Better Farm Bill for Birds
American Bird Conservancy urges the Senate to pass a Farm Bill that funds critically important conservation programs and advances policies and practices that address the conservation needs of birds and the habitats and ecosystems they rely on.
A Tale of Two Marsh Birds
The fates of the Saltmarsh Sparrow and Eastern Black Rail birds depend on saving remaining salt marshes before they disappear beneath the waves. The ACJV has since mobilized federal, state, nonprofit, and private landowner partners to ensure that these usually “invisible” birds don't vanish for ...
Plastics Pose a Threat to Birds
Once trash makes its way from land to sea, it can travel all the way around the world before washing up on land again. The same characteristics that make it easy for plastics to travel to the ocean also make it easy for coastal and marine species to ingest them — plastics are buoyant and light.
Announcing the Winners of the Kirtland’s Warbler 2026 Young Artists Contest
Eight hundred thirty-seven kindergarten–eighth grade students submitted their artwork to the 24th annual Kirtland’s Warbler Young Artists’ Contest. Their art will appear in a calendar.
