Osprey Breeding Crisis Demands Stronger Protections for Atlantic Menhaden, Says American Bird Conservancy
As fisheries officials from Atlantic Coast states prepare to gather in Rhode Island for their annual meeting, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is calling on them to heed warning signs in the Chesapeake Bay and saltwater habitats along the Atlantic Coast, where scientific evidence links declining avai...
New Study Identifies Key Conservation Areas That Could Prevent the Extinction of Latin America’s Most Threatened Birds
A new study from researchers at American Bird Conservancy (ABC) assessing habitat protections for Latin America’s most threatened bird species identifies an achievable opportunity to strengthen conservation measures and improve outcomes. The paper, published today in Bird Conservation Internationa...
Welcoming All to the Outdoors
For many, birding and the outdoors offer a welcome respite. But for others, just getting into nature can be surprisingly challenging, especially for the estimated one in five Americans who are neurodiverse and navigate a world rarely designed with them in mind.
Action for Ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay Can’t Wait
The recovery of the Osprey, a wide-ranging raptor of waterways and bays on every continent but Antarctica, is one of the great conservation success stories of the 20th century. Today, DDT is gone, but a new threat — the disappearance of the main food source for chicks — has led to a dramatic dec...
Seabirds Know No Boundaries
The creation of marine protected areas (MPAs) is one important tool for conserving marine ecosystems. These government-defined regions apply many of the same principles used to protect sensitive ecosystems and species on land to ocean habitats.
“A Red Alarm Bell”
In recent years, Osprey researchers and observers have noticed fewer chicks surviving as starvation sets in, due to a lack of Atlantic menhaden, the small and shiny fish the birds rely on. This year, people around the Chesapeake Bay watched chicks starve and nests fail, and the Bay’s Ospreys raise...
What's Behind the 2026 Pinyon Jay Irruption?
Pinyon Jays – an iconic bird of the American West known colloquially as piñonero or blue crow – are showing up in spots far outside of their normal range this year. Bird irruptions like this are always exciting – but also worrisome. What’s behind the birds straying so far from their regular...
