“Humanity is on thin ice—and that ice is melting fast.”

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Rufous Hummingbird.

It's almost Earth Day—and your last chance to get your first gift matched

MATCH CHALLENGE Your First Annual Gift Matched, Up To $5,000 Match Challenge Deadline: Midnight Tonight Donate Now Dear KAREN, "Humanity is on thin ice—and that ice is melting fast." That's how UN Secretary General António Guterres summarized the final warning from the body's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Immediate action is needed to protect birds and the places they need—the places we all need—while there's still time to do so. Audubon acts on behalf of birds—and we've shown that where there's action, there's hope. You become a part of it when you join in our Earth Day challenge today: Will you join us with an annual donation while your first gift will be matched, up to $5,000, to protect climate-vulnerable birds like the Golden-winged Warbler and Rufous Hummingbird? Your gift will renew automatically each year, giving birds dependable protection they can rely on.

This Earth Day, birds are at a tipping point

More than half of U.S. bird species are in decline.

389 North American bird species are at increasing risk of climate extinction.

3 billion birds have vanished in less than a human lifetime.

As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day tomorrow, 70 species including the Golden-winged Warbler and Rufous Hummingbird, have lost 50% or more of their populations in the past 50 years—and are on track to lose another half or more over the next decades. But because birds have been telling us for quite some time that we must take climate action—and because we have listened—we're already protecting vulnerable birds in every landscape where we work. With the support of generous people like you, we're restoring and improving the resilience of important landscapes; successfully advocating for climate legislation at the state and federal levels; transforming communities into places where birds flourish; and securing space, clean air, and clean water that birds and people need to live and thrive. But we can—and must—do more while there's still time. Please, join us with an annual recurring donation this Earth Day while, thanks to a group of generous donors, your first gift will be matched for birds and their habitats. Sincerely, National Audubon Society

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