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This video is a tool to introduce our partners, field practitioners, and the general public to the step-by-step process of preparing, deploying, and retrieving Autonomous Recording Units (ARUs) for bird and biodiversity monitoring. ARUs are an emerging technology that allows conservation teams to collect continuous, high-quality acoustic data across large landscapes while reducing costs. By walking viewers through practical field techniques, key equipment considerations, and best practices for data collection, this video aims to serve as an accessible starting point for anyone interested in using ARUs to advance biodiversity research,

_{This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.}

American Bird Conservancy is working with cacao farmers across Latin America and the Caribbean to promote bird-friendly Conservation Practices that protect migratory and resident bird species while strengthening rural livelihoods. By supporting shade-grown cacao, restoring native tree diversity, maintaining riparian corridors, and improving soil health through practices like organic fertilization, these farms become habitat for wildlife and more resilient to climate change. Our approach conserves birds and other biodiversity, while helping producers increase productivity, reduce climate risks, and access premium markets for sustainably grown cacao, creating a win-win for people

_{This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.}

The petite, quail-sized Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) has been called the “enigma of the Pacific.” So much about this stub-tailed seabird is unusual and remains poorly known. The bird’s range extends from Alaska to California; in northern treeless areas, it nests on the ground, but in the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, it flies inland as far as 55 miles to nest high in trees. Its nesting habits remained one of North America’s great bird mysteries until 1974, when a tree surgeon working 147 feet up in a 200-foot-tall Douglas