10 Years of Piping Plover Nesting Success 🐣

In this issue: Saving Black Terns, Clean Energy for Birds, and Act Now for Our Forests

Trouble viewing this e-mail? Try our web version. |  Wingspan Newsletter  September 2026 Obie, a Great Lakes Piping Plover known as the “King of Cat Island.” Photo: Steve Jessmore 10 Years of Successful Piping Plover Nesting in the Great Lakes After a decade of successful nesting efforts, Piping Plover populations in the Great Lakes have climbed to the highest number recorded since the species was listed under the Endangered Species Act. Celebrate another record-breaking season for Great Lakes Piping Plovers and learn more about how you can help. Black Terns. Photo: Sabrina Dao/Audubon Photography Awards Saving Black Terns, One Chestnut at a Time Water chestnut, an extremely invasive aquatic species, quickly damages the wetland habitat endangered Black Terns need to rest and nest. This summer, we continued restoring habitat for Black Terns by removing water chestnuts in New York’s Montezuma Wetlands Complex. Can you guess how many pounds of water chestnut we pulled? Learn more about our restoration work for Black Terns. Sandhill Crane. Photo: Chuck Wood/Audubon Photography Awards Making Clean Energy Better for Birds Clean energy planning can prioritize bird conservation, and the SunZia Wind and Transmission project is a strong example of what that looks like. Learn how we helped make the largest renewable energy infrastructure project in U.S. history work for birds. Peregrine Falcon. Photo: Jared Manninen/iNaturalist CC-BY-NC Take Action for America’s National Forests For more than two decades, the Roadless Rule has protected much of our last remaining wild national forests. But the U.S. Forest Service has proposed opening 44 million acres of the nation’s most intact forests to industrial logging and most road building. Peregrine Falcons, Bald Eagles, and Cerulean Warblers are a few of the many species that benefit from protected roadless areas. Join us to urge the U.S. Forest Service to continue protecting our national forests. Add your name by October 6. Yellow-rumped Warbler. Photo: Hayden Young/Audubon Photography Awards Thanks to You, Birds Are Better Off Thanks for reading this month’s newsletter! The work in this newsletter is only possible because of the support of caring bird lovers like you. Please consider giving a gift to help give birds a brighter future. Donate now. 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 © 2026 National Audubon Society Update your email preferences or unsubscribe

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