Every Spring, thousands of Red Knots travel 9,000 miles from South America’s Tierra del Fuego to the Canadian Arctic for their breeding season. With such a long migration, this shorebird must make stops along the way to eat and rest. The Delaware Bay is the perfect pitstop, where the horseshoe crab eggs provide nourishment for the exhausted Red Knots and other migratory shorebirds.
But this essential food source is under threat. Unsustainable … Continue
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With the support of Conserva Aves and other partners and donors, the Mashpi Amagusa Reserve was able to expand its area through the purchase of 39 hectares of land, allowing for greater connectivity and protection of biodiversity in the Andean Chocó.
Conserva Aves is a regional Initiative to create and expand subnational protected areas in Latin America. It is led by the American Bird Conservancy, the National Audubon Society, BirdLife International, and the … Continue
Spring has arrived in North America, and with it, billions of migratory birds that will breed and nest in the region. Unfortunately, these birds face a gauntlet of threats as they make their journey north, and many perish along the way. Their chicks are also at risk — less than half will make it to the end of summer.
Many of the dangers that migratory birds face are human-caused, such as glass … Continue
More than 70 species of migratory birds travel from North America to the Caldas region in the Colombian Andes to spend the winter. Upon arrival, these birds often encounter habitats that have been fragmented and degraded by tree felling for wood production, agriculture, and urbanization.
The Paisajes Sostenibles (PaSos) project is a multi-partner sustainability that aims to restore degraded working lands, increase habitat connectivity, and reduce the environmental impact of coffee production, … Continue
There are about 600 million acres of grasslands left in the U.S. They occur throughout the country and are among our most threatened landscapes. We have been losing acres at an alarming rate for a long time. One disastrous result of those sustained losses is that we now have about half as many birds in our grasslands that we did in 1970. And the decline continues.
More needs to be done … Continue
