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In celebration of the August #BigYearAtHome challenge, #BirdingFromHome, we feature a fun article by Mike Green about his 2021 Green Big Year.

Our August #BigYearAtHome challenge is to bird watch from home (#BirdingFromHome). This challenge is inspired by the relatively new green birding movement. You can participate by simply stepping outside to see what you can see (or hear) from your home. Or, if you want, take the next step into the #GreenBirding movement and go bird from home by walking or biking.

Ready to learn more about our June Challenge to help birds with the Seven Simple Actions? Action #1 is “Turn out lights and treat windows to keep birds safe.” Joelle Gehring of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has some great suggestions for how you can treat your windows at home. Click through to find low-cost, attractive options for treating windows, and to learn how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking Action #1 of the Seven Simple Actions.

This new study from New South Wales estimates that “there are roughly 50 billion individual birds in the world… about six birds for every human on the planet.” Read more at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/05/210517194658.htm. (By the way! Enjoying birds from home is a great first step to help that number stay at 50 billion!)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Houston Community Partnership and Engagement program presents, “Wild Birds.” Your host, Felice, takes you on an adventure to the W.G. Jones State Forest, west Galveston Bay, and the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge. Join her to learn more about the red-cockaded woodpecker, American oystercatcher, and the dancing, booming Attwater’s prairie chicken!

Jerome Ford introduces the #BigYearAtHome campaign