Audubon Magazine

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Catching a Ghost

Context Matters • If images show only birds, they’re leaving out the big picture.

Become a Super Advocate • Turn your love of birds into a powerful force for good. Audubon can show you how.

Audubon Magazine

INBOX

Toxic Tailwind • Scientists have long warned of the dangers widely used “forever chemicals” pose for both birds and humans. Now officials are finally taking action—though maybe not enough.

Moving the Needle • One master knitter’s quirky ode to birds now inspires others to protect them.

Game Birds • With realistic details and a fun premise, Wingspan brings birds to the great indoors.

Hooked on the High Seas • A new system for tracking fishing vessels could steer albatrosses out of harm’s way.

How to Save Our Seabirds

We Love Lucy’s Warblers • Arizonians are leveling up their woodshop skills to build nests for a unique desert guest.

Ending on a High Note • After five years and thousands of observations, Audubon Washington looks to preserve pivotal songbird territory.

2019 AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR A MOUNTAIN BIRD • In Wyoming’s high Rockies, the Black Rosy-Finch—one of the continent’s least-known, least-accessible birds—may prove a bellwether for a melting alpine ecosystem.

GRASSROOTS REVIVAL • To survive the next century, grassland birds will need the help of ranchers—and more than a few strategically managed cows.

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

A GLOBAL CRISIS

Treasure Hunters • The rediscovery of a long-lost duck spurred the creation of two new protected areas in Madagascar. Now scientists are racing to discover what other secrets those pristine tracts hold.

BIRDING • Immerse yourself in the summer nightlife.

3 After-hours Hangouts

TRAVEL • The sea beckons. Heed its call.

3 Tips for IDs at Sea

PHOTOGRAPHY • Go further than a pretty picture—aim to inspire action.

3 Ways to Snap for Science • Even photos in a reject pile can help support conservation.

THE ILLUSTRATED AVIARY • Reimagining John James Audubon’s “Birds of America”