💤 Happy National Napping Day!
Feeling the time change? “Rest” assured, you’re not alone.
Don’t sleep on this FREE webinar!
Tiny Wonders: Conserving Hummingbirds Across the Americas, hosted by ABC’s @jerutter.bsky.social.
📅 Wednesday, March 25
⏰ 4–5 PM ET
RSVP:
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‼️ Last chance, Oregon! Senate votes tomorrow ‼️
Protect What Makes Oregon, Oregon!
🚨 HB 4134 — the 1.25% for Wildlife Bill — would create a dedicated, long-term funding source for conservation.
Take action and tell your representatives to support HB 4134:
act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...
🌍 Happy World Wildlife Day!
🪶 Birds connect us across continents, cultures, and ecosystems. For more than 30 years, American Bird Conservancy has worked to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas.
🟢 Visit our Action Center:
abcbirds.org/TakeAction
Picture of a Lesser Prairie-Chicken in a grassy field. "If we don't do more to help the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, it's going to be impossible to turn its population decline around."
This week, the USFWS announced the removal of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken from the Endangered Species Act. The species has lost more than 90% of its historic numbers due to loss and fragmentation of grassland habitats across five western states. More about the Lesser Prairie-Chicken: bit.ly/403xzFX
❄️🌲Nicknamed the Winter Socialite — and for good reason!
The Mountain Chickadee, a tiny forest dweller of western North America who always seems to know what’s happening — and always has snacks on foot.
Learn how their cheerful call can double as a warning signal in our Bird Library:
bit.ly/4s1zg2C
🦅 The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been one of the most effective conservation laws to prevent extinctions.
99% of species listed under the ESA have been saved from extinction.
✒️ Urge your Members of Congress to reject all attacks on the ESA:
bit.ly/4tUDKcX
🍎🥪👀 Ever feel like you’re being watched on your lunch break? A magpie could be nearby…
🎶 Magpies are confident vocalists, known for alerting other animals (& humans!) to predators.
Learn about the magpie’s connection to mythology in our bird library:
bit.ly/4c3cbYH
🥇 We aren't saying Alysa Liu "Stole the Look" from the White-crowned Sparrow, but we aren't not saying it either. Congrats on an epic win!
Learn how to help birds on and off the ice on our blog:
bit.ly/45usF82
⚠️ Neonicotinoids may be invisible, but their damage is everywhere.
These systemic insecticides turn entire plants into poison.
Maryland has a chance to break this cycle.
🟠 Contact your legislators and urge them to vote YES on HB0091:
bit.ly/4s5qxwt
🪶 Wuthering Flights
We might be going to the movies with binoculars!
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Plain Pigeon: Daniel J. Lebbin
Turkey Vulture, Squirrel Cuckoo, & Southern Lapwing: Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions
Goldfinch: Agnieszka Bacal/Shutterstock
Wood Duck: Jane Gamble
🍫 Were you feeling like a tyrant for chocolate this Valentine's Day? Have we got the bird for you!
Meet the Chocolate-vented Tyrant — a flycatcher that marches (literally!) to the beat of their own drum.
Learn more in our bird library:
bit.ly/4cufkka
💗 This week (and always!), we’re celebrating the many ways birds form connections with each other — through bold displays, sweet songs, and lifelong bonds.
Share the wonder of birds with one of these fine feathered friends — and Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at ABC!
Women everywhere are making incredible contributions to ensure KBAs are identified, conserved and information about them available for decision-making.
Meet some of the great scientists and researchers working closely with KBAs: www.keybiodiversityareas.org/post/biodive...
#EveryVoiceInScience
Copia el Look: Puerto Rican Owl
🏈🦉 This weekend is SuperB OWL Sunday!
Line up: a classic pava, a coquito, & style inspired by Bad Bunny — because we might be here for the game, but we’ll be dancing for the halftime show!
Learn more:
bit.ly/4rvUzZL
#SuperbOWL
Hey y'all! I’m Dr. Mel Michelle Lewis, a writer and transdisciplinary artist partnering with ABC as a member of the Afrofuturism Collective.
I’m thrilled to invite you to a conversation about conservation and creativity.
🗓️ Wed, Feb 25, 2026
⏰ 4–5PM ET
📍 Zoom
RSVP here:
bit.ly/4qYwL0F
🎨🖌️ Let’s brush up on the Painted Bunting!
🌈 This bird doesn’t just show up… they show off. Known as siete colores (“seven colors”) in Mexico, & nonpareil (French for “without equal”) in Louisiana, the Painted Bunting lives up to every name.
More:
bit.ly/3LDlhRb
🟡🌱 Steal the Look: Painted Bunting
Snow might be on the ground, but seed packets are on my mind.
My lime-green thumbs might be ready to propagate, but… the rake is in timeout.
🍂🐛 Those leftover leaves are where insects overwinter so I will stick to dreaming of spring.
Learn more:
bit.ly/3LDlhRb
🤩 GOSH! What a Hawk!
The American Goshawk (Astur atricapillus) is the largest of North America’s forest hawks.
💪🏼 Goshawks are used as a management indicator species — when they disappear, it’s a warning that the forest is in trouble.
Read more:
bit.ly/3NuHzVD
🔷 This parrot didn’t just beat the odds — they “macaw”-nquered them!
For years, the Blue-throated Macaw was known only through captive specimens.
🟡 Thanks to conservation efforts, the population has slowly increased and stabilized.
🔷 Learn more about this colorful survivor:
bit.ly/45iOE1I
🎶 Start spreading the News — New York Harbor is singing again!
ABC’s Eliot Miller takes us into the waterways of NYC, where scientists are deploying autonomous recording units to listen to birds returning to places once written off as dead zones.
Read the full story:
bit.ly/45zvZ1y
For years, the Antioquia Brushfinch was only known to science through three museum specimens first described by researchers in 2007. Then, in 2018, a chance encounter changed everything.
⚫🔶🟤 Current population of ~109 individuals.
Reveal more about this rare bird in our library:
bit.ly/4bmUwdU
🔴 Steal the Look: Cherry-throated Tanager
🏡 Working from home? Time to get cozy and stay productive. Wrapped in a heated blanket and perched in an EGGonomic office chair, I've never been more ready to math.
Learn more:
bit.ly/4qN7oPa
✨ Happy #NationalBirdDay!
Birds fill our lives with color, song, and wonder — and they play a vital role in keeping ecosystems healthy.
Today is a reminder that protecting birds means protecting the habitats they depend on.
Take a moment to enjoy the birds around you today!
New York Gov. Hochul has signed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act! ABC advocated for this legislation, which will phase out harvest of horseshoe crabs over 3 years, with a full ban in 2029. The crab's eggs are a vital food source for Red Knots & other shorebirds. riverheadlocal.com/2025/12/20/h...
✨ Steal the Look: Resplendent Quetzal
🔴 Holiday party incoming, and the party doesn't start ‘til I fly in.
🎄 Happy Holidaying from the ABC team!
Learn more in our bird library:
bit.ly/44z4Yen
Help Greater Sage-Grouse!
Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the latest round of sage grouse plans. Urge Congress to restore ESA protections for the Greater Sage-Grouse, maintain critical conservation funding & uphold a strong Endangered Species Act. Act now: act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...
🔴❄️ Steal the Look: Northern Female Cardinal
It’s that time of year! The LL Beak catalogue has arrived in the mail and we are feeling warm and toasty.
🔥 Speaking of warm and toasty... Are those S'mores ingredients!?
☕ Don’t mind if I do.
Learn more:
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🎶 If you’ve ever heard “Ohhh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada…” drifting through winter trees, you’ve met the White-throated Sparrow.
This backyard favorite sports bold head stripes, a crisp white throat, & bright yellow lores for a color pop!
Learn more:
bit.ly/4pU77cU
🔴 Keep the Endangered Species Act strong!
The federal government has proposed 4 new rules that would weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — one of the most effective laws we have to prevent extinction.
⏰ The comment period closes soon.
Take Action:
bit.ly/4aRREFC
🎉 We’re so pleased to share that American Bird Conservancy has once again earned the highest honors from the nation’s leading charity evaluators.
💯 For the thirteenth year in a row, Charity Navigator awarded ABC its highest Four-Star rating.
Read more:
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