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American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is focused on addressing the continuing challenges for birds and their habitats. Our planet and our climate — and all of the communities that depend upon them — need bold action now more than ever.

In this webinar, you’ll learn directly from ABC’s government relations and policy experts about ongoing efforts to advance bird conservation in the United States. After a year under the new administration, we’ll discuss the current status of bird conservation, challenges we anticipate, and opportunities to enact laws and regulations that support

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

The formidable American Goshawk (Astur atricapillus) is the largest of North America’s “forest hawks,” a subset of raptors which includes the closely related, but smaller, Cooper’s and Sharp-shinned Hawks. It was split from the Northern Goshawk in 2024, along with its counterpart, the Eurasian Goshawk. Long-tailed with short, broad wings, this hawk is built for agile maneuvering while flying through dense undergrowth. As with other birds of prey, the female American Goshawk is larger than the male. An adult female “Gos” is almost as large and heavy as a Red-tailed

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

For many years, the beautiful Blue-throated Macaw (Ara glaucogularis) was known to those outside the Beni savanna only through captive specimens, and was thought by some to be extinct in the wild, a victim of the illegal wild bird trade and habitat loss. Local people in the area knew the bird persisted, however, and in 1992, a population of approximately 50 macaws was documented in northeastern Bolivia. The macaws had held out in the “islands” of palm trees that rise above the Beni savanna’s vast, seasonally flooded plains.

The species’