How We Protect Florida’s Only Endemic Bird

In this issue: Jay Watch, 2026 Crane Season Recap, Protect the Seal River Watershed

Trouble viewing this e-mail? Try our web version. |  Wingspan Newsletter  May 2026 Florida Scrub-Jay at Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway Triangle during a Jay Watch survey in June 2025. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon Jay Watch Helps Protect Florida’s Only Endemic Bird Florida Scrub-Jays have declined by 90% in the last century due to habitat destruction and fragmentation. A key to saving this threatened species is managing their remaining habitat, but the land managers don’t always have the capacity to monitor scrub-jays. Enter Jay Watch, our community science program that helps protect Florida’s only endemic bird. Learn how our dedicated volunteers are helping guide the Florida Scrub-Jay’s habitat management. Sandhill Cranes at Audubon's Rowe Sanctuary, Nebraska. Photo: Sydney Walsh/Audubon Recap of Sandhill Crane Season 2026 Every spring migration, over one million cranes pass through our Rowe Sanctuary, which sits at the heart of the Platte River in Nebraska. While Sandhill Crane season only lasts for a few, fleeting weeks, there’s still much to celebrate. Read on for Rowe Sanctuary Center Director Marcos Stoltzfus’ reflections of this year’s crane season. American White Pelican and Double-crested Cormorants at Bill Williams Wildlife Refuge along the Colorado River, Arizona. Photo: Gary Moore/Audubon Photography Awards What Comes Next After This Colorado River Crisis? The Colorado River Basin is at a defining moment. Exacerbating the already unfolding water supply crisis, this past winter was especially woeful to the Colorado River and its depleting reservoirs. What can we do next? Our joint comment letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation advocates for the agency to manage risks for people and nature rather than deferring hard decisions until emergency conditions force action. Keep reading for our basinwide perspective on the Colorado River crisis. Anna's Hummingbird. Photo: Matthew Olson/Audubon Photography Awards KAREN, Help Us Help Birds Our work is only possible because of the steadfast support of caring bird lovers like you. Please consider a gift to help give birds a brighter future. Donate now. Blackpoll Warbler. Photo: Michael Riccio/Audubon Photography Awards Protect the Seal River Watershed In Canada, the Seal River Watershed encompasses a vast 12-million-acre landscape of pristine forests, wetlands, lakes, streams, and rivers that millions of migratory birds rely on—including the birds you see in your own neighborhood. The Seal River Watershed Alliance, an Indigenous collaboration of four First Nations; the Manitoba Government; and the Government of Canada have proposed to conserve the Seal River Watershed through multiple layers of protection and stewardship. The deadline to submit your comment is June 2. Learn how to take action today to help protect the watershed. Did you receive this message from a friend? Get regular email updates from us by clicking here. → CONNECT WITH US National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street New York, NY (844) 428-3826 | www.audubon.org © National Audubon Society Update your email preferences or unsubscribe

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Your "Plants for Birds" yard sign is waiting. Start your annual gift today and help protect the birds in your backyard and beyond » Brown Thrasher. KAREN, spring migration brings a flurry of new birds to our neighborhoods—and what they find when they get there makes all the difference. Over the past century, urbanization has taken, fragmented, and transformed ecologically productive land with sterile lawns and exotic ornamental plants. We’ve introduced walls of glass, toxic pesticides, and domestic predators. The human-dominated landscape no longer supports functioning ecosystems or provides healthy places for birds. But through habitat restoration, native plant education, and community engagement, we can help transform our communities into places where birds can thrive and people can prosper. Your steadfast support is critical to this work, so please start your annual gift today. When you do, we'll send you a "Plants for Birds" yard sign to help you spread the word in your own community and inspire others to take action for birds.  In the midst of a global biodiversity crisis, with 3 billion birds lost in the last 50 years, your involvement in bird conservation—including right in your own backyard—has never been more critical. Together, we’re pushing for the large-scale change needed to ease habitat loss and help reverse the climate crisis through our proven combination of research, advocacy, and hands-on conservation action: With 120 years of expertise under our wing, we’re giving species a better chance at survival by: Restoring and improving the resilience of important landscapes Successfully advocating for climate legislation at the state and federal level Transforming communities into places where birds flourish Fighting for the bold action birds need now … and more. But our best work on behalf of birds depends on the support of people like you. Start an annual gift now and claim your very own “Plants for Birds” yard sign as our thanks. As an annual donor, you’ll also automatically receive four editions of our award-winning, awe-inspiring Audubon magazine each year! Sincerely, National Audubon Society Donate Photo: Will Stuart National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 USA (844) 428-3826 | www.audubon.org © 2026 National Audubon Society Pause fundraising emails for two weeks Update your email preferences or unsubscribe

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Brown Thrasher. KAREN, spring migration brings a flurry of new birds to our neighborhoods—and what they find when they get there makes all the difference. Over the past century, urbanization has taken, fragmented, and transformed ecologically productive land with sterile lawns and exotic ornamental plants. We’ve introduced walls of glass, toxic pesticides, and domestic predators. The human-dominated landscape no longer supports functioning ecosystems or provides healthy places for birds. But through habitat restoration, native plant education, and community engagement, we can help transform our communities into places where birds can thrive and people can prosper. Your steadfast support is critical to this work, so please start your annual gift today. When you do, we'll send you a "Plants for Birds" yard sign to help you spread the word in your own community and inspire others to take action for birds.  In the midst of a global biodiversity crisis, with 3 billion birds lost in the last 50 years, your involvement in bird conservation—including right in your own backyard—has never been more critical. Together, we’re pushing for the large-scale change needed to ease habitat loss and help reverse the climate crisis through our proven combination of research, advocacy, and hands-on conservation action: With 120 years of expertise under our wing, we’re giving species a better chance at survival by: Restoring and improving the resilience of important landscapes Successfully advocating for climate legislation at the state and federal level Transforming communities into places where birds flourish Fighting for the bold action birds need now … and more. But our best work on behalf of birds depends on the support of people like you. Start an annual gift now and claim your very own “Plants for Birds” yard sign as our thanks. As an annual donor, you’ll also automatically receive four editions of our award-winning, awe-inspiring Audubon magazine each year! Sincerely, National Audubon Society Donate Photo: Will Stuart National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street New York, NY 10014 USA (844) 428-3826 | www.audubon.org © 2026 National Audubon Society Pause fundraising emails for two weeks Update your email preferences or unsubscribe