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The Sonoran Joint Venture, Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office, and the Arizona Game and Fish Department funded and developed the new Species Accounts tool, an easy-to-use resource for agency biologists, land managers, and others who deal with everyday decisions that affect birds and their habitats. The Species Accounts can save time and energy while encouraging land managers to consider and promote bird conservation in harmony with other management goals and decisions.

Recent additions include “Conservation on a Grand Scale,” “Decision Support Tool: Science and Adaptive Management in a National Monument,” and “Partners in Flight Action Brief – September 2020.”

It’s October and birds are on the move, and none more so than the Blackpoll Warbler. Thousands of these medium-sized warblers are streaming across North America towards the Atlantic coast in preparation for an epic journey to South America. Remarkably, where Blackpoll Warblers touch down in South America and what they do on arrival was largely unknown until recently…

San Quintín is a place where bird migration is celebrated, women support management actions, and young people are part of a nature photographers club. The San Quintín Bay Bird Festival provides many people with their first experience birding and learning about their environment. It is an opportunity to share a collaborative and memorable community experience by seeing the conservation work of Terra Peninsular firsthand.

Sonoran Joint Venture partner Terra Peninsular is the recipient of the 2019 PIF Group Stewardship Award. Based in Ensenada, Baja California, Terra Penninsular is dedicated to protecting the ecosystems and landscapes of the Baja California Peninsula, as well as in Sonora and Sinaloa states. Through direct land protection, adaptive management, bird monitoring and conservation planning, sustainable tourism, and community engagement, Terra Peninsular has worked to protect the unique birds and habitats of the region by working directly with local communities.

Many species of migratory birds travel thousands of kilometers between their breeding grounds in Canada and the United States and their wintering grounds across Latin America. During these movements they will experience different geographies, land cover types and threats. Among all migrants, those going as far as South America are declining most steeply. While the exact cause of declines for these species is not always clear, considerable evidence suggests that extensive loss of mid-elevation forest in their Andean wintering grounds is a primary contributor.

The IMBCR program is the second largest breeding bird monitoring program in North America, spanning 16 western states. The strength of the IMBCR program lies in its partnership with multiple state and federal agencies and nonprofit organizations. Monitoring resources are pooled among the partners in a spatially balanced, probabilistic framework, which promotes a more efficient use of resources and allows us to monitor larger spatial and temporal extents compared to individual monitoring efforts.

Through the Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards, PIF has been recognizing outstanding individuals and groups for their exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation since 1996. We are pleased to announce the seven 2019 PIF Award winners, who were recognized at the seventh North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC VII) on August 14, 2020, during PIF’s 30th anniversary.

Now available in the Conservation Resource Library:

In this article, Chuck Hunter offers his perspectives on the beginnings and evolution of the species vulnerability assessment developed by Partners in Flight.

This week, the 2020 North American Ornithological Conference (NAOC) was held virtually — the NAOC organizers and all of the presenters have done such a great job. Now it is time to celebrate. The Bird Band Jam has become a well-enjoyed tradition at ornithological conferences including NAOC. It is always so fun to see our […]