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The Great Brood

Audubon Magazine

New Member of the Flock • An introduction to Elizabeth Gray, the first woman to hold the title president or CEO at Audubon

INBOX

More Than a Pretty Picture • The best images draw us into a scene. But photos that can’t be captured tell a story, too.

Beyond Bees • Pesticides linked to pollinator declines could do sweeping damage to birds and other wildlife, unless U.S. regulators act.

Make Hay for Bobolinks • Grassland birds in the Northeast face growing pressures. Programs that pay farmers to help them offer both a boost.

In Search of Lost Birds • A campaign seeks to ensure species gone missing aren’t forgotten.

MISSING IN ACTION • A sampling of the 150 to 200 birds lost for at least a decade—and 10 that demonstrate why people keep looking.

Forward Marsh • A massive engineering project promises to rebuild Louisiana’s vanishing coastal wetlands.

2021 AUDUBON PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

The Violent Cost of Conservation • Each year more people die while attempting to protect the world’s most biodiverse places. It’s a trend poised to devastate the planet itself. How can we stem the rising tide of attacks to ensure a safer future for us all?

AT LEAST 225 PEOPLE WERE KILLED FOR PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT IN 2020. THESE ARE THEIR NAMES.

HOW TO CATCH A RAT • In 2019 a Mexican island that harbors 95 percent of the world’s Black-vented Shearwaters received an unwanted vermin visitor. To nab the interloper, Isla Natividad’s human inhabitants had to get creative.

INTRUDER ALERT

The Kids Are All Right • When the pandemic completely upended college life, these resilient student leaders—part of a new network of Audubon campus chapters across the country—didn’t let canceled plans and remote learning derail their mission.

Growth and Resilience

Connection and Comfort

Community Service

PHOTOGRAPHY • Improve your craft with tips from past winners of the Audubon Photography Awards.

Words of Wisdom • We asked: What would you tell a person newly interested in bird photography?

When to Upgrade

HOT ITEM

Game Changers

3 Ethical Flashpoints

OUTDOORS • Wherever you are in the United States, you’re on Native land. Here’s how to acknowledge that.

What Is It?

Anatomy of a Land Acknowledgment

Putting Words into Practice • Three Auduboners reflect on how land acknowledgment has renewed their approach to conservation.

The Wilderness Myth

4 Research Routes

CAMP • Engage children’s senses, creativity, and curiosity with the wonders of birds—no screen time required.

Build a Nest • All birds need a cradle in which to lay eggs and raise chicks. That’s why they build nests. But there’s no one way to do it. Birds adapt their nests to where they live and what materials they have on hand.

Take Flight

Look and Listen

Eat Like a Bird

15 Birds to Find

SUCCESS RATES OF ISLAND ERADICATION EFFORTS

Birds tell us, it’s time to act on climate

THE ILLUSTRATED AVIARY • Reimagining John James Audubon’s “Birds of America”

All-New National Audubon Society Guides