Audubon Magazine

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High and Mighty

INBOX

If You Care About Birds, Protect This Law • Legislation that has saved billions of birds is at risk.

By Design • After nearly two decades, one creative era at Audubon draws to a close, and another begins.

The Price of Folly • The energy industry has 99 problems with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act—and now accidental kills may no longer be one of them.

National Parks, Reinvented • Designed to preserve the past, the 83-million-acre system will play an increasingly important role in conserving birds in the future, even as the species it hosts continue to evolve.

Reading These Maps

It’s a Snake-Eat-Snake (Eat-Bird) World • Scientists hope that bringing back the country’s largest snake will cause songbirds to rebound too.

The Buzz About Bemidji • In the North Woods of Minnesota, a city becomes a haven for birds and other pollinators.

Spring Resolution: Dig In

SPRING FORWARD • Four decades ago conservationists brought the Kirtland’s Warbler back from the brink of extinction. Now the species may provide the key to understanding how a migratory bird’s winter habitat can make or break its chances later in life.

A Road Map for Resilience

SURVEIL +   PROTECT • BIRDS AND WIND ENERGY HAVE A FRAUGHT HISTORY. COULD NEW TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW THEM TO CO-EXIST?

WIND DONE RIGHT

FLIGHT PLAN • Multiple high-tech strategies under development and in the field aim to keep birds safe from wind turbines.

After the Storm • Power outages and widespread damage didn’t stop birders in Puerto Rico from conducting their annual Christmas Bird Count.

CODE BLUE • A team of seabird specialists aims to save the African Penguin—one bird at a time.

Hybrid or Not?

3 Npn-Hybrid Tricksters

BIRDING • These twofer birds are one of a kind.

Blended • To fully appreciate a hybrid_ it always helps to know what its roots are. Here are the parents and resulting field marks for four common U.S. medleys.

Masters of Mixology

The Contact Zone

TRAVEL • Turn a routine layover into a mini birding adventure.

5 Hotspots Near Hubs

GEAR

HIGH ADVENTURE

4 Tips for First-time Layover Birders

Grail Shot

Cliff Notes

PHOTOGRAPHY • Catch these ocean rovers while you can—they won’t be on land for long.

Special Delivery

3 Tips for Shooting Alcids From the Water • If you want to photograph alcids on the sea or on perches close to the water, approaching them by a low boat like a Zodiac is the best—and often only—way. Here’s how.

Staying Dry

Burrow Basics

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