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For our 30th anniversary, the Partners in Flight Steering Committee launched a long and short-term visioning exercise to consider obstacles and opportunities for bird conservation. Our target was to identify how the steering committee can ensure that Partners in Flight continues as a driving force in bird conservation into the future.

Calling all bird lovers! We need everyone who cares about birds to rally together for the passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. With historic levels of funding and support from both sides of the aisle, this once-in-a-generation legislation is a rare bird. Join us as we flock together in support of this critical bill, which will help protect birds long into the future and make the enjoyment of birds more accessible for all!

Thank you to everyone that attended the Forest for the Birds webinar series. This 12-part lecture series addresses the 50-year decline of 3 billion birds through partnerships, conservation science, and forest management. The series told a compelling story about forest bird population declines, partnership opportunities, and forest management actions that can support bird population recovery and sustainability. 

Did you miss the last Forest for the Birds Webinar by Dr. John Alexander from the Klamath Bird Observatory? No worries you can find the recording of John’s webinar “Effectiveness monitoring – evaluating the effects of forest management on bird populations,” here. All of the recorded webinars from the Forest of the Birds Series can be […]

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) honored Klamath Bird Observatory (KBO) with their National Conservation Partner Award on March 10, 2021. KBO has been collaborating with the BLM’s Medford and Lakeview districts and Oregon State and National offices for more than 20 years. The award recognized KBO’s instrumental role in applying avian science to inform […]

UPDATE: The Spring 2020 meeting has been moved to a virtual meeting!  Day 1 (April 21) and Day 2 (April 23) connection info are below: ZOOM INFO for PIF WWG April 21 session on MOTUS Topic: PIF WWG MOTUS Session Time: Apr 21, 2020 11:50 AM Vancouver Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88957372330?pwd=ejcrL3V6eERhelExT2VUUUt6QXBkZz09 Meeting ID: 889 5737 […]

The Spring 2019 PIF WWG meeting will be held April 16-18 in Ft. Collins, CO. Most folks will fly into Denver and drive or get a shuttle to Ft. Collins, it is an hour or so drive. We will be staying at the Elizabeth Hotel at the gvt. rate of $116.00/night. Online registration: Registration cost […]

We’re looking forward to a productive, engaging meeting! Register for the meeting online HERE. Registration is $30/day, or $80 for the entire meeting (2 ½ days). Please register in advance to help with logistical planning. Most folks will fly into Portland and drive an hour or so to Hood River. We will be staying at […]

PIF VI will be in San Jose Costa Rica 30 October to 3 November 2017. The conference now has a web site for details and registion: http://pifconference.com/  

Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation in the Americas.

Agendas We are meeting virtually starting at 8:30 am (Pacific Time) for every meeting, but with variable end times, none later than 1:00 pm.  Check agendas for more information — links below.     March 28th   –   New approaches and collaborations for Western Forest Conservation (agenda) April 6th   –   Conservation Without Borders: Sharing knowledge and collaborative […]

Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation in the Americas.

english | français | español   THINKING OUTSIDE OUR BIRD BOXES: The Urban Bird Conservation Landscape November 17th, 1pm – 4pm Eastern Time November 18th, 9am – 12pm Eastern Time Meeting Registration Detailed Agenda Over 80 percent of the population in Central, South, and North America live in urban areas. This 2021 Partners in Flight […]

english | français | español THINKING OUTSIDE OUR BIRD BOXES: Addressing Critical Threats to Priority Landbirds in Eastern North America November 1st, 9am-12pm Eastern Time November 8th, 9am-12pm Eastern Time Meeting Registration The next Partners in Flight Eastern Working Group (EWG) meeting will focus in part on identifying specific actions and ideas for facilitating broad-scale […]

For our 30th anniversary, the Partners in Flight Steering Committee launched a long and short-term visioning exercise to consider obstacles and opportunities for bird conservation.  Our target was to identify how the steering committee can ensure that Partners in Flight continues as a driving force in bird conservation into the future.

Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation in the Americas in the categories of Leadership, Investigations, Public Awareness, Stewardship, and the David N. Pashley Lifetime Achievement Award. This slideshow was presented by PIF Coordinator Bob Ford during the 2020 North American Ornithological Conference.

Forests for the Birds Webinar Series conclusion – Building on the previous 11 webinars in this series, Bill Uihlein explored the continued rapid evolution of conservation that is shaping the emergence of new Ways of Working influenced by the past, current, and futureset of living relationships and the collective pattern of behaviors working towards shared goals.

John Alexander with the Klamath Bird Observatory discusses partnerships for monitoring the success of bird conservation efforts and using birds as indicators of habitat suitability and conservation success. John will show how managing for a suite of bird species provides results that can be measured using the response of focal species to habitat management.

Tony D’Amato describes ecological forestry and how it mimics large and small scale natural disturbance and how it is a powerful tool that can be used to benefit bird species associated with all seral stages. Tony discusses silvicultural considerations for early successional habitat/disturbance dependent species like Swainson’s, Kirtland’s, golden-winged warblers, and Bachman’s sparrow, etc.

Conserving birds in Eastern North America through coordinated, collaborative partnerships delivering bird habitat and population management.

Accomplishing bird conservation, with international partners, across the west.

Advancing scientific concepts and approaches for landbird conservation.

Conserving landbirds in Northeastern North America through coordinated, collaborative partnerships delivering bird habitat and population management.

Sustaining networks to facilitate bird conservation delivery in the Midwest.