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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

❤️ KAREN, share a Northern Cardinal with someone you love

Protect birds year-round this Valentines Day

Northern Cardinal.

KAREN, Valentine's Day has long been linked to birds—some scholars even suggest the holiday's February timing connects to birds' mating season. So this month, we're celebrating a feathered classic that feels like a love note in flight: the Northern Cardinal.

With its brilliant color, bold crest, and clear whistled song, the Northern Cardinal can brighten the coldest winter day—and it's beloved enough to be the official state bird of no fewer than seven eastern states. When you start an annual donation today, you'll power year-round work to protect cardinals and other birds—and we'll send a Northern Cardinal plush as a symbolic gift to you or a special someone in your life.

Birds urgently need the protection of people who care about them and are ready to help—people like you, KAREN. Last year's State of the Birds report warns that one-third of U.S. birds need conservation action, and that birds are telling us that the habitats people depend on are vanishing, with declines happening across habitats.

But thanks to support from generous people like you, there are real solutions to the crisis birds are facing. For 120 years and counting, we have preserved habitats, conducted scientific research, influenced policymakers to enact commonsense conservation laws, and engaged communities across the hemisphere to protect the natural resources upon which birds—and we—depend.

Please, KAREN, adopt a Northern Cardinal today and help protect the birds we love—this season and all year long.

With gratitude,

National Audubon Society

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Photo: Michele Black/Audubon Photography Awards

National Audubon Society
225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA
(844) 428-3826 audubon.org

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Monday, February 2, 2026

Reminder: Great Backyard Bird Count Webinar

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A Tufted Titmouse perches on a pine tree branch.

Reminder: How to Participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count

We're only three days away! Get inspired by this beginner-friendly, one-hour webinar on Thursday, February 5 at 3 p.m. ET to deepen your connection with birds while joining a worldwide count. Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) team members will share how to participate with confidence, while special guest and author, Julia Zarankin, will explore beginner birding and the love and joy of backyard birds.

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Taking place February 13–16, the GBBC is an inter-organizational effort between Audubon, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Birds Canada. Anyone can take part in the GBBC, from beginning bird watchers to experts, and you can participate from your backyard, a public park, or anywhere in the world.