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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.

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 […]

Scott Anderson The Midwest Migration Network (MMN) welcomes you to join our first ever virtual public conference “Connecting Birds & People in the Midwest” on July 21-23, 2020, featuring special keynote speakers Pete Marra, Director of the Georgetown Environment Initiative, and Fabiola Rodríguez, Ph.D. candidate at Tulane and research collaborator with the Mesoamerican Development Institute. […]

In less than a single lifetime, North America has lost more than one in four of its birds. While these numbers can seem overwhelming, there are many things we can do to make a difference, such as the 7 Simple Actions to Help Birds. Partners in Flight Western Working Group (PIF WWG) recently thought about what we can do to help, and we hatched the PIF WWG 7 Simple Actions Challenge!

Our plans might be paused, but birds are not. During May, celebrate birds from home with webinars, online courses, giveaways and online resources.

by Carol Beidleman Partners in Flight (PIF) Awards recognize exceptional contributions to the field of landbird conservation, in the categories of Leadership, Investigations, Public Awareness, Stewardship, and Lifetime Achievement.  We are pleased to announce the final 2018 PIF Award winners, who were recognized at the 22nd BirdsCaribbean International Conference in Guadeloupe, on July 29, 2019, […]

by Brian Landever, Director at CONAPAC (Conservación de la Naturaleza Amazonica del Peru, A.C.) www.conapac.org Iquitos, Loreto, Perú The 2018 Conservación de la Naturaleza Amazonica del Peru (CONAPAC) environmental science and conservation workshop for 100 Peruvian teachers in the rural Amazon has been a powerful continuation to collaborative rainforest care in the state of Loreto. […]