American Snout Butterflies Have you been seeing a lot of these lately? These are American Snout butterflies! Enjoy this rare Sonoran Desert spectacle! Arizona is currently experiencing it’s largest influx…
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Education Corner – 10/9/26
Bird-Friendly Lighting Tips for Your Home It’s migration time! These simple home lighting choices can help keep migratory birds safer. Please click the button below to read up on lighting…
Education Corner – 10/2/26
‘They look into your soul’: K-12 teachers and researchers study small owls in southern Arizona Teachers from across the country spend a week with Hawkwatch International surveying the Chiricahua Mountains…
Education Corner – 9/25/26
You Can Help Protect Migrating Birds! The Threat Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate through North America. In fact, over 80% of migratory species in North America migrate…
Education Corner – 9/18/26
Building a Bird Haven, One Habitat at a Time One young steward’s patchwork of meadow, shrubs, and forest is bringing back birds to his family’s land. https://www.audubon.org/new-york/news/building-bird-haven-one-habitat-time
Education Corner – 9/11/26
Citizen scientist uncovers secrets of black skimmer migration Five years of dedicated work led one high school teacher to a new discovery It’s interesting how sometimes with wildlife and astronomy,…
Education Corner – 8/28/26
New Transmission Line Improves Grid Resiliency and Supports Bird Habitat in New Mexico Audubon helped ensure protections for the state’s Lesser Prairie-Chicken population. A shout out to Audubon! https://www.audubon.org/southwest/news/new-transmission-line-improves-grid-resiliency-and-supports-bird-habitat-new-mexico
Education Corner – 8/14/26
Great Salt Lake Conservation Gains Momentum with $1 Billion Federal Push and Renewed State Commitment This is so important! https://www.audubon.org/news/great-salt-lake-conservation-gains-momentum-1-billion-federal-push-and-renewed-state
Education Corner – 8/7/26
Why are porcupines disappearing? Even though state bounties ceased more than four decades ago, numbers have failed to rebound And yes, we do have porcupines in Arizona!
Education Corner – 7/31/26
Vital Bird Habitat in the Colorado River Delta at Risk If the Colorado River issues haven’t made it to the top of your radar, it will soon. As officials from…
Education Corner – 7/24/26
Help birds beat the heat… here are some ways.
Education Corner – 7/17/26
JWM: Florida bears thrive with space and protection A population of bears on the state’s panhandle have bounced back in the last decade
Education Corner – 7/10/26
Wildlife investments boost economy, jobs Investing in conservation isn’t just good for wildlife, it’s good for the economy. Something to cheer! See the article below.
Education Corner – 6/26/26
Turner’s legacy on wildlife will stretch far into the future Ted Turner could be seen as controversial, but we would like to honor his legacy of the good he did…
Education Corner – 6/19/26
How human footsteps reshape animal tracks Most people carry a miniature device in their pocket capable of pinpointing their location anywhere in the world. By pairing mobile location data with…
Education Corner – 6/12/26
25 Years of Jay Watch: People, Partnerships, and Florida Scrub-Jays Looking back at a quarter-century of scrub-jay conservation in the Sunshine State. Please see the article below. https://www.audubon.org/florida/news/25-years-of-jay-watch-people-partnerships-and-florida-scrub-jays
Education Corner – 6/5/26
Audubon to Expand Rancher-Powered Conservation for Birds Across 500,000 Grassland Acres NFWF investment will scale regenerative grazing practices to the benefit of grassland birds Please see the article below. https://www.audubon.org/press-room/audubon-expand-rancher-powered-conservation-birds-across-500000-grassland-acres
Education Corner – 5/29/26
Swamp eels are wiping out Everglades amphibians Invasive swamp eels that escaped from breeding ponds or were released by fisherman as bait in South Florida are systematically wiping out native…
Education Corner – 5/22/26
Create a garden that thrives at night Across the Northern Hemisphere, gardening season is underway. As everyone starts to refresh beds, plant containers, and dream up backyard projects, it is…
Education Corner – 5/15/26
A count worth waiting for Western snowy plover population exceeds 3,000, a recovery milestone And now for some good news! A well deserved shout out! Please see the article below….
Education Corner – 5/8/26
Climate change makes it harder to be a monarch New studies looking at the impacts of climate change on monarch butterflies have painted a not-so-hopeful picture of their future: climate…