Tag: american bird conservancy

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All across the Americas, communities, scientists, and advocates are saving places for birds, for biodiversity, and for people.

In Pennsylvania forests, scientists are bringing back complexity and diversity to meet specific habitat needs. In the Peruvian Andes, Indigenous and rural communities are protecting and restoring habitats that are crucial for Endangered and migratory birds. And across the U.S. and Latin America, cities and towns are banding together to conserve and restore urban habitats.

These habitats may be vastly different, but they all have something in common: birds in need, and

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

The Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) is an attractive member of the auk family, a group of marine birds that also includes the puffins, murres, and auklets. The auks are largely known to forage on the open ocean, with some species diving to extraordinary depths for their food. The Pigeon Guillemot, however, forages in shallow waters near the shore and doesn’t usually dive deeper than about 100 feet. Nonetheless, they are graceful divers, “flying” underwater, their partially opened wings helping them maneuver and propelling them along. Like other auks, they use

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

The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is one of North America’s most widespread, familiar, and well-loved songbirds. Although homesick settlers named it after the European Robin because of its reddish-orange breast, the two species are not closely related. The American Robin is a thrush, related to the Wood Thrush, Swainson’s Thrush, and Hermit Thrush, while the European Robin is a flycatcher.

Despite being a classic sign of spring, not all American Robin populations migrate, and some may actually stay near their breeding grounds year-round. However, this large, stately-looking thrush is a