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The San Pancho Bird Observatory (OASP) is an organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats in the San Pancho region of Nayarit, Mexico. This initiative originated from the San Pancho Birding Club (2007-2010), which organized educational birdwatching tours for school students. This club played a crucial role in introducing local communities to sustainable birdwatching, later encouraging the participation of both national and international visitors.

Amazilias is a network of women dedicated to nature and empowerment through birdwatching, bringing together over 160 participants across the country. The network is designed to promote and highlight the efforts and strengths of women and girls through various forms of expression, including art, politics, social integrity in communities, teaching, and, most prominently, science. Read more about this impactful community of women.

Artículo escrito en español e inglés. The Center for Ornithology and Biodiversity (CORBIDI), through its project “Urban Birds of Lima,” has joined forces to pave an inclusive path in birdwatching, and promote access to this activity for visually impaired people in Peru. In collaboration with the Rehabilitation Center for the Blind in Lima (CERCIL) and the Pantanos de Villa wetlands municipal administration, CORBIDI demonstrates that a love for nature and conservation can unite people of all abilities, fostering an inclusive vision of biodiversity.

The XXI Congreso para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves en México (XXI CECAM), held in late September 2024 in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México, provided an opportunity to present the family of Miguel Angel Cruz-Nieto, from Monterrey, México, with a posthumous Individual 2023 Partners in Flight David N. Pashley Lifetime Achievement Award. The award ceremony followed a keynote address about PIF, and was preceded by a PIF symposium and roundtable discussion.

We are pleased to announce a new subcommittee within Partners in Flight Science focused on Migration Ecology! The Migration Ecology subcommittee will work to provide a forum and community for those studying migration using various tracking methods on a wide variety of birds to inform conservation action. The group hopes to provide a consistent meeting space for education, idea-sharing, collaboration, and networking. First meeting is on November 14, 12-2 pm, central time. This meeting will be in Spanish and English.

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 in the categories of Leadership, Investigations, Public Awareness, Stewardship, and the David N. Pashley Lifetime Achievement Award. Leadership Honors an individual or group that demonstrates outstanding guidance and direction that contributes, or has contributed to, advancing PIF conservation […]

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. Leadership Honors an individual or group that demonstrates outstanding guidance and direction that contributes, or has contributed to, advancing PIF conservation […]

  Partners in Flight invites you to a joint meeting of its Eastern Working Group and International Science Committee July 9 – 11, 2024 Morton Arboretum Lisle, IL (Optional morning field trip – July 12)   Meeting Purpose Anyone interested in the Partners in Flight mission of “keeping common birds common and helping species at […]

Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation in the categories of investigations, lifetime achievement, leadership, public awareness, and stewardship. 2015 AWARDEES The following recipients of the 2015 PIF Awards were presented with their awards at the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in Pittsburgh, PA in March […]

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. Leadership Honors an individual or group that demonstrates outstanding guidance and direction that contributes, or has contributed to, advancing PIF conservation […]

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.