National Audubon Society

Newsletter | May 2025

How to Make Your Outdoor Home Lighting Bird-Friendly

If you’ve ever tried to stargaze in the haze of a bright city, you know there is little to see. The shine of millions of city lights culminates in sky glow, drowning out the stars. If you’re a migratory bird who uses the night sky to navigate, that’s a real problem. The threat that light pollution poses to migratory birds is a relatively recent and alarming discovery but luckily, the solution is simple: reduce the amount of light that reaches the night sky. To help migratory birds travel safely, consider these bird-friendly lighting tips for light fixtures on and around your home. Learn more

Illustration: Isabelle Pardew

Two Burrowing Owls at a burrow entrance.

Banding Together for Burrowing Owls

Newly constructed, luxury burrows on lakefront property are now available for Burrowing Owls at Gillmor Sanctuary! Audubon’s Gillmor Sanctuary and Saline Lakes teams recently installed two new burrows at the sanctuary at Great Salt Lake to support local populations of the migratory owl. Let us walk you through the construction process and all of the bird’s must-have amenities.

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Burrowing Owl. Photo: Sandrine Biziaux-Scherson/Audubon Photography Awards

A Snowy Plover stands on dirt and gravel.

Snowy Plover Recreational Impact Survey Volunteer Training

Ready to help us study the Snowy Plovers at Great Salt Lake? Join us this evening for a virtual volunteer training session for the Snowy Plover Monitoring Program (SNPL) recreational impact surveys! This session is required for all new and returning SNPL volunteers who would like to help us assess human disturbance to nesting Snowy Plovers at Great Salt Lake. Can’t make the live training session? No problem! Continue to register and we will provide you with an event recording and instructions with next steps.

Register here

Snowy Plover. Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies

Five adults perform various activities around an outdoor table of science education materials.

Natural Science Camp for Educators

Our annual educator camp is returning, with a new location! Are you looking to incorporate the outdoors into your classroom or youth activities? Join us in Buffalo Bill State Park for a two-day environmental education camp! This fun, hands-on workshop will feature the award-winning curricula of Project Learning Tree, Project WET, and Project WILD. Registration includes five curriculum guides, instruction, materials, meals, 1 PTSB credit, and a tent site for June 17 and 18.

Sign up here

Photo: Jacelyn Downey

Tour an Audubon Certified Ranch

The plains and canyons of Southeast Colorado offer unique historical, cultural, and natural wonders. Reefs to the Rockies has partnered with two Audubon Certified ranches to offer four-day excursions of these beautiful, remote landscapes. The tour is timed to maximize opportunities to observe a diversity of Southern Great Plains icons including bison, tarantulas, Burrowing Owls, and other birds and wildlife.

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Photo: Evan Barrientos/Audubon Rockies

Five Birds that Migrate to the Rockies

Spring is ushering in a wave of migratory birds to the Rockies region and the rush of new species can be both exhilarating and daunting. Now is the time to learn and freshen up on the birds that call Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming home during the breeding season! To help, we collected identification tips for five common migratory birds in our region.

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Yellow Warbler. Photo: Jesse Gordon/Audubon Photography Awards

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Don’t see an opportunity near you? Visit our Get Involved page to find ways you can help birds in your area!

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