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Our friend Ellen Paul returns, this time with practical advice on what birders can do in the face of an upcoming attempt to weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Why is legislation pending that would weaken the protection of migratory birds? A provision of the SECURE American Energy Act (H.R. 4239), now pending in [read more…] ABA President Jeff Gordon joins hands with other refuge supporters representing a broad coalition of interests along the proposed site of the border wall at the Save Santa Ana protest march last month. Photo ©Stan Sterba If you want to help preserve and preserve access to some of the greatest birding in the [read more…] ABA President Jeffrey Gordon was on the ground this past weekend as part of a diverse coalition of local groups and environmental organizations protesting the proposed border wall at Santa Ana NWR, culminating with a march at the refuge on Sunday, August 13. Being the social media savvy individual that he is, Jeff shared a [read more…] Following our concerns about the construction of a wall on Santa Ana NWR, we asked our friend Ellen Paul, who has a great deal of experience in these matters, for practical advice on what birders can do in this situation. By Ellen Paul It’s a very long shot but we must take it. Call [read more…] Photo: j.p.c.raleigh via flickr We at the ABA, along with many in the birding community, have been made aware thanks to an article in the Texas Observer, of a plan to construct part of a proposed border wall through Santa Ana NWR in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. This wall would be about [read more…] For the last few years, we at the ABA made the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, known far and wide as the Duck Stamp, available through our own store. We hoped this would give birders an opportunity to vote, as it were, for how they want their voices to be heard as consumers of [read more…] Dickcissel is a summertime staple of America’s Heartland. However, it has also garnered a reputation for being nomadic and unpredictable, and in some years will wander in large numbers well beyond the prairie. It appears that 2017 is shaping up to be a prime example of such a movement. Here at the NAB news desk [read more…] The 2017 issue of Birder’s Guide to Conservation & Community is at the printers. American Birding Association members should find it in their mailboxes in the next couple weeks. But you don’t have to wait until then to see what’s inside. You can see the entirety of this issue of Birder’s Guide right now. Simply [read more…] The 2017 issue of Birder’s Guide to Travel has just hit the printers. American Birding Association members should find it in their mailboxes in the next couple weeks. But you don’t have to wait until then to see what’s inside. You can see the entirety of this issue of Birder’s Guide right now. Simply click [read more…] Window collisions are a serious and often fatal problem for many of our migrant songbirds. But as Heidi Trudell explains in the most recent issue of Birder’s Guide to Gear, not every collision is a fait accompli. Heidi’s article contains a wealth of information on what are currently understood to be the best methods (and [read more…] |
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