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Headed to the Beach? 5 Tips to Keep Shorebirds Safe

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

Millions of people and birds share U.S. beaches throughout the year, especially in summer. During hot weather, humans flock to the shore to celebrate holidays with fireworks and barbecues, while birds like American Oystercatcher, Black Skimmer, Least Tern, Snowy Plovers, and Wilson’s Plovers gather to forage and raise their young. In the winter, there’s lots of overlap between folks enjoying the beach and nonbreeding shorebirds. With so many individuals of various kinds wanting their own place on the beach, things can get crowded.

The competition for space with people can

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Bold for Birds: Coming Together to Conserve the Cundinamarca Antpitta

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

The Reserva Natural Refugio del Tororoi is a 499-acre (202 hectares) expanse of misty, highland cloud forest situated on the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains, southeast of Bogotá, Colombia. The reserve protects critical habitat for the Endangered Cundinamarca Antpitta, which numbers only in the hundreds and faces pressure from deforestation that could decimate the habitat of this range-restricted species.

The creation of Refugio del Tororoi was part of the Conserva Aves initiative (https://conserva-aves.org), led by American Bird Conservancy, Audubon, BirdLife International, Birds Canada, and RedLAC and supported by Bezos

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Meet the Authors: Birds of the Tropical Andes | ABC Webinar

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This YouTube video was produced by the American Bird Conservancy.

Spanning virtually the entire western coast of South America, the Andes mountain range is home to some of the world’s most magnificent birds, from exquisite hummingbirds to fabulous flamingos.

ABC President Michael J. Parr and bird photographer Owen Deutsch set out to capture and share the splendor and extraordinary diversity of Andean birds and their habitats. Over a period of seven years, they traveled to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, with Owen photographing more than 200 species.

Now you, too, can marvel at the beauty of Andean birdlife and immerse

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