Here are many more reasons to love birds and more ways to help them! Check out the best in birding news this month from Audubon.
National Audubon Society
Newsletter | January 2018
White-tailed Ptarmigan.
White-tailed Ptarmigan.
A Beginner's Guide to Reading Bird Tracks in Snow
After a fresh snowfall, the birds that come out leave behind something undeniably magical. Their tracks and markings are left perfectly intact for us to become forensic birders. With these tips, you can follow the clues and discover what the birds have been up to post-snowstorm. Read more
Jordi Salguero Roig, 10, searches for birds amid debris from Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Ricans Band Together to Survey Birds in Hurricane Maria's Aftermath
September’s Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico, causing massive and ongoing power outages and devastating landscapes and towns. But even a disaster could not stop local birders from their long-standing Christmas Bird Count tradition. Hear their story and learn their assessment of the storm's avian toll.
Jordi Salguero Roig, 10, searches for birds amid debris from Hurricane Maria.
American Dipper.
Birds Are Helping to Plant an Entire Lost Landscape in Olympic National Park
After the largest dam removal in U.S. history, scientists, Native Americans, and wild animals are working together to restore the Elwha River watershed. As volunteers and partners have begun replanting indigenous species, they have found a partner in the birds that have begun to return. 
American Dipper.
Audubon in Action
A birder in Sonoma Valley.
Birding the Burn
Puerto Rico isn’t the only landscape damaged by natural disaster, nor is it the only one assessed in this year’s Christmas Bird Count. After thirteen years of Sonoma Valley counts, one CBC group took this year as a unique opportunity—to offer observations on the recent California wildfires and the impacts they may have had on birds.  Read more
Rodney Jackson leading a CBC in Sonoma Valley.
American Kestrel.
Stop Industries from Getting a Free Pass to Kill Birds
This year, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), our most important bird protection law is under attack. New attacks from Congress and the administration could mean we are no longer able to hold industries accountable for bird deaths. Speak up for the MBTA today.  Act Now
American Kestrel.
Year of the Bird
Painted Bunting.
Pledge to Make the World a Better Place for Birds in 2018
Audubon has teamed up with National Geographic, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, BirdLife International, and over 100 other organizations to celebrate the Year of the Bird! You can celebrate too with our monthly calls to action. This year, it will be fun and easy to help birds so sign the pledge today!
Painted Bunting.
Photos from top: Autumn Sky Photography/Alamy; Erika P. Rodriguez; Frank D. Lospalluto/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0); Ryan Young (left); Kristen Mauzy/Audubon Photography Awards (right); David Morgan/Audubon Photography Awards
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