Campers huddle up during a team-building activity near the end of a week-long outdoor Conservation Trek hosted by Trinity River Audubon Center at Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool, TX the week of August 5, 2019.
Aerials of Hog Island Audubon Camp in Bremen, Maine.
Sandhill Cranes, as the sun begins to set, settle in along the Platte River at Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon, Nebraska, March 14, 2022. Every March, over a million Sandhill Cranes converge on the Platte River Valley in central Nebraska to fuel up before continuing north to their nesting grounds.
Cacey Wilken, Conservation GIS Senior Coordinator, at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center outside of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Audubon volunteers walk along Capitol Hill during the D.C. Grassroots Fly In Thursday, April 11, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Specimens donated to The Ornithology Collection at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University by famed Ornithologist and researcher Charles J. Pennock in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For a story in Audubon Magazine.
A Gray Catbird is banded during a demonstration in Patterson Park during Baltimore Birding Weekend in Baltimore, Maryland.
Sunny Kellner, Wildlife Rehabilitation and Outreach Specialist, with Oban the Red-tailed Hawk, at Sharon Audubon Center Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022 in Sharon, Conn.
Interns with Audubon Great Lakes, covered in protective gear, spray for invasive species, in partnership with Forest Preserves of Cook County, at Dan Ryan Woods Wednesday, August 18th in Chicago, Illinois.
Ed Hubbs, Habitat and Private Lands Manager, far right, speaks with local ranchers after helping to relocate a herd of cattle on the property of Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center in Denton, Nebraska, July 7, 2022. The herd is part of Audubon’s Working Lands program. Audubon is partnering with ranchers who own remaining grasslands to develop market-based management that benefits prairie birds while sustaining the livelihoods of the ranchers.
American Robin on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
A Motus tower is assembled at Sharon Audubon Center in Sharon, Connecticut, August 24, 2022. The Motus Wildlife Tracking System is an international network that tracks migratory animals to better understand their ecology and conservation needs.
Campers with the Puffin Islands and Coastal Birding workshops begin their week-long camp at Hog Island Audubon Camp with an icebreaker activity Sunday, June 9, 2019 off the coast of Bremen, Maine.
Thousands of nesting terns of various species at Great Gull Island Saturday, June 8, 2019 off the coast of Orient, New York in the Long Island Sound. Volunteers visit the island, a protected refuge, to deliver tern shelters, conduct GPS tracking of Common Tern nests, and count new eggs.
Mayuko Fujino, a Hudson Valley-based artist, uses found rocks, egg yolks, and other biodegradable materials to create the pigments she uses in her sustainable, stenciled artwork.
Volunteers meet with their constituents during the 2022 Advocacy Day at the North Carolina state capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina, June 8, 2022. Audubon chapter members and other volunteers from across the state joined Audubon staff to advocate for the Native Plants Bill and Heirs Property Bill.
Shelby Casas, Coastal Program Associate for Audubon Connecticut and Audubon New York, second from left, works with seasonal Shorebird Field Technicians to enclose a Piping Plover nest along a private beach property in Sands Point, New York, May 10, 2022. The enclosure, which was rejected by the nesting pair and had to be removed, is meant to protect the eggs from predators, human interaction, and other detrimental hazards to the eggs.
Marketing campaign for the grand opening of the new building at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove Friday, May 10, 2019 in Audubon, Pennsylvania.
A Junior Forest Technician works to identify a plant species while mapping out forest plots at Bent of the River Audubon Center in Southbury, Connecticut, August 9, 2021. The Junior Forest Technician program allows high school students to learn about forest management practices, conservation, and other skills related to the environmental field.
American Coots at Seward Park Audubon Center Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2019 in Seattle, Washington.
Volunteers with Audubon New York photograph Common Tern nests while counting eggs during a trip to Great Gull Island Saturday, June 8, 2019 off the coast of Orient, New York in the Long Island Sound.
Top left, clockwise: Jean Bochnowski, Center Director, John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove and Deputy Director, Audubon Pennsylvania; Joseph Gale, Montgomery County Commissioner; Ken Lawrence, Montgomery County Commissioner; Leigh Altadonna, Chair, JJAC Board of Advisors; David J. Ringer, Chief Network Officer at the National Audubon Society; Val Arkoosh, Chair of Montgomery County Commissioners; Secretary Cindy Dunn of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; and Peter McFarland, Chairman of Lower Providence Township cut the ribbon during the grand opening ceremony of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove Tuesday, June 4, 2019 in Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Participants, and soon-to-be potential birding guides, learn about the ins and outs of guiding bird tours at Reserva Natural La Planada, a nature reserve in the southwestern department of Narino, Colombia. The workshop, in partnership with the National Audubon Society, will give locals the tools they need to successfully guide tours on the Southwest Andes Birding Trail.
Former Vice President Al Gore joins New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as he signs the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act at Fordham Law School July 18, 2019 in Manhattan, New York. The act commits New York state to expand offshore wind power, 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040.
Students with P.S. 192 work on a mural along Montefiore Square in Hamilton Heights, New York, August 4, 2022. The mural was created as part of the Creative Art Works Public Art Youth Employment program in partnership with the Audubon Mural Project.
Audubon Magazine Aviary artist Jessica Maffia in her studio in Washington Heights, New York City, April 26, 2022. Maffia is a visual artist born and raised in New York City. She works across a wide variety of media to celebrate the familiar and honor the natural world of the city, through repetitive, meditative processes.
Raptor Trauma Clinic Intern Caitlin Blount secures an injured Barred Owl at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Florida, March 21, 2022. Audubon Florida’s Center for Birds of Prey focuses on the rescue, medical treatment, rehabilitation and release of Florida’s raptors while also educating the public.
Birders hike, search, and tally bird species during the 86th annual Boonton Area Christmas Bird Count in Boonton, New Jersey Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021.
Samantha Little, Certified Veterinary Technician (CVT) and Raptor Conservation Specialist, X-rays an Osprey during the morning checkup inside the rehab clinic at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland, Florida, March 20, 2022. Audubon Florida’s Center for Birds of Prey focuses on the rescue, medical treatment, rehabilitation and release of Florida’s raptors while also educating the public.
Scott Svec, Resource Manager, hops off the boardwalk to remove an invasive Apple Snail cluster of eggs at Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in November 2021 in Naples, Florida.
Window collision monitor Stephen Maciejewski finds a deceased woodpecker, most likely the result of a building collision, during his early morning rounds in downtown Philadelphia Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Story, here.
Bird-friendly glass is seen along an inner courtyard of Lauder College House at the University of Penn Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Graffiti artist TOTEM in front of his mural of a White-tailed Hawk at 562 West 164th Street during the Audubon Murals 5K Art Run, organized by Runstreet and the National Audubon Society, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 in New York City. The Audubon Mural Project is a public-art initiative of the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery that commissions a diverse range of artists to paint murals of climate-threatened bird species. Story, here.
Audubon members and staff, along with others from the Environmental Priorities Coalition, descend on the state capitol to speak with their local representatives on Environmental Lobby Day Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2019 in Olympia, Washington.
The Wildlife Guards, students from West Haven and Common Ground High Schools, at Sandy Point Bird Sanctuary August, 13, 2021 in West Haven, Connecticut. The group surveys for beach-nesting birds while educating the public about protecting their nests and the environment surrounding them.
Jason St. Sauver, Education Director, works with children from Lincoln Community Learning Centers during a hands-on day of learning at Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center Wednesday, August 4, 2021 in Denton, Nebraska.
High school campers reflect and share stories from the past week while camping at Lost Maples State Natural Area during a week-long outdoor Conservation Trek hosted by Trinity River Audubon Center Thursday, August 8, 2019 in Vanderpool, Texas.