We protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, in the Golden State and throughout the hemisphere.

Just like people, songbirds are groggy and quiet after a rough night’s sleep—a sign that urban noise and light may leave them ...

Vulnerable Birds in Central Flyway Rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns affect birds' ability to find food and reproduce, which over time impacts local populations, and ultimately ...

Audubon field editor Kenn Kaufman breaks down this year’s checklist changes from the American Ornithological Society.

Montreal sits near the top of the Lesser Yellowlegs’ far-flung range, which stretches from North America's boreal forest all ...

Recording Streaked Shearwaters gave scientists a new window into the role seabirds play in fueling marine food webs—and possibly spreading avian flu—far from land.

Welcome to the Montezuma Audubon Center, a state-owned facility operated through a cooperative agreement between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the National Audubon ...

From their unusual anatomy to their nesting behavior, Chimney Swifts are among the strangest of our common avian species. The ...

Washington, D.C. (August 5, 2025) – The director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plays a vital role in safeguarding the biodiversity of our nation’s wildlife and the health of ecosystems across ...

Almost all of our sandpipers migrate in flocks and nest on the ground, but the Solitary Sandpiper breaks both rules. In migration, as its name implies, it is usually encountered alone, along the bank ...

Many of America’s most beloved and biologically rich landscapes are in grave danger. From the Arctic Slope in Alaska to the Mississippi Delta, and from the Northeast’s Long Island Sound to the ...

The only gull nesting along most of the Pacific Coast from Washington to Baja, this large species is common at all seasons. An opportunist, it often nests around colonies of other seabirds, where it ...