Media Contact: Jordan Rutter, ABC Director of Public Relations| jerutter@abcbirds.org | @JERutter (Washington, D.C., July 9, 2021) Oregon joined Washington and California to protect Marbled Murrelets as Endangered under the state's Endangered Species Act. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4 to 3 to reclassify the murrelet from Threatened to Endangered. These protections come at … Read More>>

Media Contact: Jordan Rutter, ABC Director of Public Relations| jerutter@abcbirds.org | @JERutter The Swallow-tailed Kite is one of North America's most beautiful birds of prey, dazzling anyone lucky enough to see this fork-tailed, white-and-black bird sail overhead on 4-foot-wide wings. Swallow-tailed Kites are long-distance migrants that spend their spring and summer months in the southeastern … Read More>>

Media Contact: Jordan Rutter, ABC Director of Public Relations| jerutter@abcbirds.org | @JERutter (Washington, D.C., June 29, 2021) American Bird Conservancy (ABC) today filed suit (Case 905502-21), along with other bird conservation groups and other stakeholders, against the New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) for failure to comply with the State Environmental Quality Review Act … Read More>>

Media Contact: Jordan Rutter, Director of Public Relations| jerutter@abcbirds.org | @JERutter American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has announced a new program this summer to support the increased identification of Maine's pet cats. Cat owners residing in the state and interested in participating can submit a simple form by August 31, 2021, to receive assistance in helping … Read More>>

Media Contact: John C. Mittermeier, American Bird Conservancy | jmittermeier@abcbirds.org | +1 202-888-7469 | Eliana Fierro-Calderon, American Bird Conservancy | efierro-calderon@abcbirds.org | +1 330 -317-5551 (June 3, 2021) An expedition team in Venezuela, led by ornithologist David Ascanio and supported by American Bird Conservancy (ABC), rediscovered the Urich's Tyrannulet last month. There have only been … Read More>>