We must flock together for Eared Grebes’ protection

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With World Water Day rapidly approaching, we're asking you to help secure the clean and abundant water that birds need to survive. Waterbirds like the Eared Grebe are at serious risk from disease, pollution, and extreme weather as the habitat they rely on shrinks, so we must flock together for their protection.

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Eared Grebes.

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Dear KAREN, When Eared Grebes stage at Great Basin saline lakes for three to four months during the fall, they're flightless. Instead, they invest their energy in molting their wing feathers and drastically increasing their body fat before moving onto wintering grounds, leaving them extremely vulnerable. Grebes count on the saline lakes to provide everything they need during their respite, but with water diversions, warming temperatures, and changing precipitation patterns becoming increasingly common, these beloved birds need your support. World Water Day right around the corner, so please start your annual gift today while your first gift will be matched, up to $30,000, to help birds like the Earned Grebes not just survive, but thrive.

Guided by science and informed by more than a century of experience, we identify which birds are threatened, which habitats are most in need of protection, and which birds will most benefit from our efforts—findings that drive effective action across our unrivaled network. With your support, we backed the Saline Lake Ecosystems in the Great Basin States Program Act, legislation that establishes a scientific monitoring and assessment program to help save the Great Salt Lake and other saline lakes in the West. And, through our water trust, we're working with partners at Great Salt Lake in Utah to protect and enhance more than 13,000 acres of wetlands and habitat to benefit the hydrology of the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere.

The birds you love are at risk

Human activities have significantly impacted birds that depend heavily on water.

Climate change, water fluctuations, and pollution remain serious threats to their survival.

We've already lost 3 billion birds in the span of a human lifetime.

This year, we're supporting a number of bills in Congress to reauthorize existing programs and create new ones to restore habitat, protect wildlife, and build community resilience in important places like the Connecticut River, the Everglades, the Delaware River basin, and the Mississippi River. Will you start your annual donation today and get your first gift doubled to protect birds and their habitats? Sincerely, National Audubon Society

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Photo: Wendy Crowe/Audubon Photography Awards. Illustrations: Common Loon, Eared Grebe.

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