Birds & Science

Audubon Science�provides the scientific rigor, credibility, and guidance to Audubon�s conservation agenda and practices. Our State of the Birds� program, the Christmas Bird Count,�Important Bird Areas program,�Project Puffin�and the Great Backyard Bird Count�form the core of our efforts to work�towards bird and habitat conservation while engaging people in the stewardship of birds and the environment.

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News From the Seabird Islands

Atlantic Puffins by Steve Kress Read the latest field news from the Seabird Restoration Project, Project Puffin.

Important Bird Areas in the Gulf

Wilson�s Plover by Rebecca Field See details on Important Bird Areas in the Gulf and explore these special places and the birds depending on them. More information on the oil spill here.

Attention, Gulf Coast Birders!

credit Debbie Hurlbert Your help is needed to help document bird distribution at Gulf coast sites, and the effects of the oil spill. Learn more.

Audubon Important Bird Areas at Risk from the Gulf Oil Spill

Oil from the recent spill in the Gulf of Mexico has already reached the first Important Bird Area, Chandeleur Islands, and many other Important Bird Areas could potentially be affected. Explore the map to learn more about these special places and the birds depending on them. Click here for more information on the oil spill.

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