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In this Issue: Flamingo Comeback | NYC Mural Highlights Bird Migration

                                                                                                                                                            

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Wingspan Newsletter | October 2024

3 Ways to Make Sure Your Flock Shows Up to the Ballot Box Election Day is just 17 days away! Do you know if your birding buddies are planning to vote? Your vote shapes the future, yet as many as 1 in 4 eligible Americans are not registered to vote. If you have bird lovers in your life who don't have a plan to vote, keep reading for tips on how you can inspire them to get election ready.

Linking the values and identity of being a birder with the act of voting can be a powerful way to drive turnout in your community. Illustration: Bianca Bagnarelli

New Tech Works to Reveal Prothonotary Warblers' Secrets Prothonotary Warblers are colorful, yet mysterious birds who keep many secrets about their lives during the winter, before making the long journey to sunnier swamps and mangroves. Learn more about our community science program in South Carolina, Project Protho, and how this initiative deepens our understanding of the beloved Swamp Canary and enhances our ability to protect them.

A Prothonotary Warbler is being processed deep in the heart of Four Hole Swamp in South Carolina. Photo: Jennifer Tyrell/Audubon South Carolina

Art Meets Conservation at Brooklyn's Red Hook Park Artist George Boorujy's colorful new addition to the Audubon Mural Project swoops along a wall around Red Hook Park in Brooklyn, highlighting eight birds that travel through New York on their migrations—and the local native plants that fuel their journeys. Keep reading to learn more about the mural and its call to action.

Photo: Mike Fernandez/Audubon

Are Flamingos Back in the Everglades for Good? Last year, Hurricane Idalia's winds carried unprecedented hundreds of American Flamingos into the rejuvenated Everglades. But unlike in the past, some flamingos never left. Learn more about Florida's new flamingo frenzy and why their return is a sign of progress in a decades-long effort to restore the Everglades.

American Flamingos. Photo: Jeff Liechty/Audubon Florida

I Bird, I Vote: Sign the Pledge to Vote Did you know that simply telling someone you will vote makes it more likely you'll follow through? To spread the power of a promise made, share our "I Bird, I Vote" pledge with friends and family—and sign it, too.

Illustration: Emily Renaud/Audubon

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