Beloved birds need your help

Help unlock $30,000 in additional resources.

Just a few years ago, the 2019 State of the Birds report found that a favorite and striking community bird, the Baltimore Oriole suffered steep population declines—upwards of 44% since 1970!—and unfortunately they weren’t alone. To add to the challenges birds are facing, our climate report from the same year found that nearly 400 North American birds are on the brink of extinction from climate change.

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You can help us make safe and sustainable communities for birds. We still need 120 new monthly donors before midnight to help birds like the Baltimore Oriole. Will you commit to protecting birds right now?

Baltimore Orioles.

Our community birds are in trouble. Together we can save them.

Dear KAREN, Looking out in your community you’re likely to encounter a variety of birds chirping, foraging for food, and flying past. You’d never guess that since 1970 birds that spend part or all of their lives alongside us in our communities have experienced losses of more than 50 million. Birds like the Baltimore Oriole, Scarlet Tanager, Allen’s Hummingbird, and Rufous Hummingbird are all birds we can find in our various communities that are experiencing population declines. That’s why we’re asking you to help create safe communities for birds, wherever they live, by starting your monthly gift today. If we receive 300 new monthly donations by tonight we’ll unlock an additional $30,000 for birds. With the help of 120 more dependable donors like you, we can keep pace and remedy the most dangerous threats facing birds like the Baltimore Oriole right away.

Over the past century, humans have introduced skyscrapers made entirely of glass, pesticides, and domestic predators that kill birds in devastating numbers. Quite frankly, our human-dominated landscape isn’t a supportive or healthy place for many of our birds right now. That’s where you come in, KAREN. Our Bird-Friendly Communities strategy works to provide birds with the things that they need to thrive—including food, shelter, safe passage, and places to raise young—in the communities that we share with them.

Community Birds Need You

Species that spend part or all of their lives alongside us in and around our communities are at risk, with over 50 million birds lost since 1970.

Building collisions are estimated to kill up to a billion birds in the United States each year.

The 2019 State of the Birds report found that the Baltimore Oriole population had declined by 44% since 1970.

We’re making a positive impact on behalf of all birds, but as humans move more and more into their habitats, we know there is still much work to do. We can unlock another $30,000 for birds, but we still need 120 new monthly donors with us before midnight. Can we count on your support to help birds in need? Sincerely, National Audubon Society

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Photo: Sandra Rothenberg/Audubon Photography Awards. Illustrations: Baltimore Oriole, Allen’s Hummingbird, Scarlet Tanager, Rufous Hummingbird.

 

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