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Black Terns, the "Bald Eagle Success Story" of Central NY
Montezuma Audubon Center

Black Terns, the "Bald Eagle Success Story" of Central NY

State-endangered birds are nesting again thanks to successful marsh restoration experiment

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Audubon Honors Bahamas National Trust, Mass Audubon, and NYC Plover Project for Protecting Threatened Piping Plovers Across Essential Habitats
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Audubon Honors Bahamas National Trust, Mass Audubon, and NYC Plover Project for Protecting Threatened Piping Plovers Across Essential Habitats

David Sibley accepts Audubon New York Award for Environmental Writing for influencing change through the written word.

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AUDUBON ON THE GROUND

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Birding as a Gateway to Environmental Education
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Birding as a Gateway to Environmental Education

Audubon New York’s For The Birds! program uses local birds to connect New York elementary school students to their neighborhood ecosystems.

Let’s watch the birds
Centers, Sanctuaries, & Chapters

Let’s watch the birds

Birdwatching could be your new favorite hobby.

Volunteers Remove About 5,000 Pounds of Invasive Plants to Help Protect Onondaga Lake and its Waterways
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Volunteers Remove About 5,000 Pounds of Invasive Plants to Help Protect Onondaga Lake and its Waterways

Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps Volunteers Continue Mission to Improve Watershed with Annual Water Chestnut Pull

Community Values Grow with For The Birds!
Birds

Community Values Grow with For The Birds!

This educational program is now present in over 20 elementary schools and offers a variety of workshops for families in Brooklyn. But they want to keep growing.

6 Fun Facts About Hummingbirds
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6 Fun Facts About Hummingbirds

You’ll never look at these little birds the same way again.

Governor Cuomo’s Decisive Action to Protect Globally Significant Long Island Sound Ecosystem Commended by Audubon New York
Advocacy

Governor Cuomo’s Decisive Move to Protect LIS

— Habitat critical to survival of Atlantic Flyway birds being protected from dumping.
Student Scientists Conduct Hands-On Experiments and Investigate Onondaga Lake Watershed During Honeywell Summer Science Week
Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps

Student Scientists Conduct Hands-On Experiments and Investigate Onondaga Lake Watershed During Honeywell Summer Science Week

Eighth-Grade Field Scientists Sample Local Creeks and Become Environmental Stewards; Program Instills Confidence in Science and Math

5 Tips for Urban Birding
Bird-Friendly Communities

5 Tips for Urban Birding

Birdwatcher and book author Deborah Rivel, shares tips that will make your birding excursion a hit.

Book Review: Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island
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Book Review: Birdwatching in New York City and on Long Island

Author Deborah Rivel, shares with us how to birdwatch in the most urban of environments.

Clearing invasive species from waterways, one handful at a time
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Clearing invasive species from waterways, one handful at a time

In honor of Invasive Species Awareness Week volunteers remove invasive water chesnut at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge.