BirdWatchingMagazine

A bimonthly US magazine about wild birds & birding. Our May/June issue features Painted Bunting, Whiskered Screech-Owl, Gull-billed Tern, seabirds & more!

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This December, experience a once-in-a-lifetime birding adventure in Panama, featuring some of the most famous birding hotspots and mouth-watering avian highlights! Learn more: https://t.co/enThAcXVmr #Sponsored - @RockjumperTours

[CNN @CNN]

The global loss of wildlife is “significantly more alarming” than previously thought, according to a new study that found almost half the planet’s species are experiencing rapid population declines https://t.co/I7bPvGsXFF

[National Wildlife Federation @NWF]

It's #EndangeredSpeciesDay 🦅🦊🐟

Today is the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act! @NWF helped spearhead the establishment of this day, and we take this opportunity each year to share the importance of #wildlife conservation efforts for all imperiled species. 🌍

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

Bird enthusiasts, the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act is closer than ever to the finish line and you can help get it there!
Join us for the Birders’ Rally for Recovering America’s Wildlife Act in the 118th Congress on Tues, May 23rd at 12 PM ET. RSVP: https://t.co/I2v2aJqhFx

[Long Point Bird Obs. @LongPointBirdOb]

Our #longpoint version of #globalbigday resulted in 144 species! - NE winds 🛑 stifled the effort, but we persevered. Highlights: Golden-winged and Brewster’s Warbler and of course our first Canada!
Summary https://t.co/4jsjSsi87v
#Birdsthon Support https://t.co/U2J1qdv5f7

[Jocelyn Anderson Photography @JocAPhotography]

Happy Mother's Day! 🌸

📷: Wood Ducks

[USFWS Alaska @USFWSAlaska]

Happy Mothers Day to the Short-tailed Albatross! These endangered mamas and their partners will take turns incubating their egg. It takes around 65 days to hatch, and then there is still a hungry chick to feed! https://t.co/DY9XyHbauV

#ESA50 #Endangered
📸 Pete Leary, USFWS

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Pete Dunne on the unsung benefits of being a birder. https://t.co/TIrQ7hC0Uk

[BoCo Open Space @BoulderCountyOS]

The female osprey at the Fairgrounds was relentless in protecting her eggs through last night's hail storm. She was pounded by pea-sized hail and never left the nest. The eggs remain intact and we hope to see chicks in a few weeks. Watch live at https://t.co/r54Hf36V0J

[Cornell Lab @CornellBirds]

How's your #GlobalBigDay going? It's 8:30 on the East Coast but we're closing in on 5,000 species already—amazing! India, Kenya & Australia are leading but Colombia is making a move early in their day. Where are you birding today? More stats: https://t.co/BDGHMG7urG

[Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center @SMBC]

Tomorrow is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! From reducing the use of single-use plastics to choosing to #DrinkBirdFriendly, there are 7 simple actions you can take on #WMBD and everyday to celebrate birds and #LiveBirdFriendly. Choose an action to help birds at https://t.co/rqTqXIRnrg

[Environment for the Americas @enviroamericas]

This year’s #WorldMigratoryBirdDay focuses on the importance of #WaterForBirds. Let’s spread the word!

Fly over to our resource library to find free, downloadable materials in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

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Two days til World Migratory Bird Day! Read all about this year's theme, poster art, how to take part, and more: https://t.co/Wwb99IDAed @WMBD

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The collection includes books about bird families and species, memoirs — you name it. If you’re in Milwaukee on May 19, stop at the park from 1-4 pm, & you’re sure to come away with some treasures. Also: learn about the UEC and its birding festival: https://t.co/7LbwigzeLU 3/3

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On Friday, May 19, our friends at @urbanecology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will be giving away thousands of bird and nature books to make room for renovation work at their Washington Park site. The books came from the libraries of the late Wisconsin ornithologist 1/3

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Noel Cutright and from us, BirdWatching Magazine. We had accumulated the books over a few decades, and when the magazine changed to a new publisher in 2012, we donated the books to the Urban Ecology Center. 2/3

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Our friend Jeffrey Paulson, maker of the Spiral Bird feeder, shared this video with us: a leucistic female Baltimore Oriole spotted in Dubuque, Iowa. He saw the bird off and on yesterday as it came to eat oranges on one of his feeders.

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David Sibley writes: “What time of day is best for birding? Ask anyone, even a non-birder, and the answer will almost always be ‘at dawn.’ I used to repeat this myself, but over the years, I’ve come to realize that it is simply not true.” He explains here: https://t.co/ETYB1KXthd

[Wilderness Watch @WildernessWatch]

The proposal to build a road through the Izembek Wilderness in Alaska is not going away, nor are Wilderness Watch and our allies who have been fighting this road for decades. #SaveIzembek #KeepItWild

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In the Gulf of Maine, seabirds and whales depend on schools of sand lance, and teams of researchers keep watch — on the wildlife and their changing ecosystem. https://t.co/8DDsiwxknq