🌌🎶 Hello darkness my old friend… The birds are heading our way again….

We’re shining a light (Wait, no, turn that off!) on the fact that billions of birds are currently en route to their breeding grounds.
Artificial light can disorient birds.

🌙 Learn more:
abcbirds.org/news/dark-sk...

🤖 Do you hear that? It’s a sharp whistling sound with a lot of loud buzzing…
⚫🟡 That’s no robot! It’s the Yellow-winged Blackbird!

🪺 Breeding in tightly packed marsh colonies, egg-laying becomes a synchronized sport for these birds.
🎵 Learn more:
abcbirds.info/4dQ14TP

🎶 “If I could see it, I would squeeze it! If I could see it, I would squeeze it!” Nope — nothing to worry about here… just singing the famously cheerful mnemonic of the Eastern Warbling Vireo…

🔊 Learn more in our bird library:
abcbirds.org/birds/easter...

🎉 1.25% for Wildlife is now Law in Oregon!

Thanks to your advocacy — including more than 600 messages from ABC supporters — testimony, & meetings with legislators, this bill is set to generate up to $30 million each year for wildlife conservation.

Learn more:
bit.ly/4tJ2Z1e

🟠 Steal the look: Atlantic Puffin

Did someone say picnic at the beach?
🐟 I’ve got a fizzy-lifting prebiotic drink, tinned fish, & fresh batteries in my polaroid.
BUT — let’s get real.
Picnicking on fish is cute... eating plastic is not!

Take Action:
bit.ly/4ck42gX

When we say our webinars feature bird experts, we mean it!
Host @jerutter.bsky.social has been preparing for this her entire life.

Join us for our next FREE webinar:
📅 Wed, April 29th
⏰ 4–5 PM ET
💻 Zoom
Can’t make it live? We’ll send you the recording!
RSVP:
bit.ly/4dzVepx

🪰 Following the "path of least resistance” usually implies avoiding conflict — but when it comes to the smallest flycatcher in eastern North America, that phrase takes on a new meaning. This tiny bird is anything but resistant to a fight!

Learn more:
bit.ly/4bPCO2G

🛑 These grassland cuties need your help!
The DEADLINE to protect the Lesser Prairie-Chicken is this MONDAY, March 30.

Fewer than 30,000 birds remain.
Tell lawmakers to relist the Lesser Prairie-Chicken!

‼️Learn more and take action:
bit.ly/41wDsMo

🥬 Moss, moss, and more moss! If we are what (where?) we eat, the Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida) is the “moss”-ter of foraging.
Emerald Tanagers prioritize mossy microhabitats. Finding food that other birds often miss.

Dig into more in our library:
bit.ly/4dureuW

🚨 Red — or should we say rufous — alert!

Time is running out to RSVP for our FREE hummingbird webinar hosted by ABC's @jerutter.bsky.social happening this Wed, March 25th, 4pm ET.

Can’t make it live? Register and we’ll send you the recording:
bit.ly/3Ppop4B

🎶 Buzzzz Buzzzzz!

This World Sparrow Day, we’re celebrating the Grasshopper Sparrow and the habitat they depend on.

Tips for bird-friendly gardening:
bit.ly/4s7JJdc

📷 Photos: Dan Behm; Rachel Kolokoff Hopper / Shutterstock; & Fotorequest / Shutterstock

🏓🍋‍🟩 Steal the Look: Speckled Tanager

Where’s the sunscreen? Grab the electrolytes. It’s court time!

⚫◾⚫ Appreciate this eye-popping Costa Rican bird up close in our bird library:
abcbirds.org/birds/speckl...

📷: Speckled Tanager by Owen Deutsch, owendeutsch.com

🎨🖌️ The Speckled Tanager looks like it made a detour through Jackson Pollock’s studio…

⚫ These beautiful birds are splashed with chartreuse, turquoise, & black speckles that melt into backlit canopy leaves.

Visit our bird library to learn how this tanager steals the “spot”light:
bit.ly/3NmTmpb

🚨 The Lesser Prairie-Chicken has lost 97% of its historical range. Without stronger protections, they could vanish.
🟥 TAKE ACTION: Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Lesser Prairie-Chicken under the Endangered Species Act:
bit.ly/4skQ7y2

💥 Brace yourselves for IMPACT!

If you’re a supporter of American Bird Conservancy, you may already have received your copy of our 2025 Impact Report in your mailbox — packed full of the bird conservation impact made possible by your generous support.

🎥 Explore the Report:
bit.ly/4biMS2u

🔭 Lost, and also Found!
The Search for Lost Birds has released its 2026 Lost Birds List update.

5 species rediscovered in 2025 & 6 species added for 2026.
Read more:
bit.ly/4bFcuIo

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Illustration from © Cornell Lab
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🟠 Plastic pellets, aka "nurdles," are tiny pieces of plastic. Their impact on birds, waterways, & communities is devastating. Birds often mistake these for food.

✒️ ACT NOW: Tell your members of Congress to co-sponsor the Plastic Pellet Free Waters Act:
bit.ly/4bDxfnG

💤 Happy National Napping Day!
Feeling the time change? “Rest” assured, you’re not alone.
Don’t sleep on this FREE webinar!

Tiny Wonders: Conserving Hummingbirds Across the Americas, hosted by ABC’s @jerutter.bsky.social.
📅 Wednesday, March 25
⏰ 4–5 PM ET
RSVP:
bit.ly/4bykQBx

‼️ Last chance, Oregon! Senate votes tomorrow ‼️

Protect What Makes Oregon, Oregon!
🚨 HB 4134 — the 1.25% for Wildlife Bill — would create a dedicated, long-term funding source for conservation.

Take action and tell your representatives to support HB 4134:
act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio...

🌍 Happy World Wildlife Day!

🪶 Birds connect us across continents, cultures, and ecosystems. For more than 30 years, American Bird Conservancy has worked to conserve wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas.

🟢 Visit our Action Center:
abcbirds.org/TakeAction

Picture of a Lesser Prairie-Chicken in a grassy field. "If we don't do more to help the Lesser Prairie-Chicken, it's going to be impossible to turn its population decline around."

This week, the USFWS announced the removal of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken from the Endangered Species Act. The species has lost more than 90% of its historic numbers due to loss and fragmentation of grassland habitats across five western states. More about the Lesser Prairie-Chicken: bit.ly/403xzFX

❄️🌲Nicknamed the Winter Socialite — and for good reason!
The Mountain Chickadee, a tiny forest dweller of western North America who always seems to know what’s happening — and always has snacks on foot.

Learn how their cheerful call can double as a warning signal in our Bird Library:
bit.ly/4s1zg2C

🦅 The Endangered Species Act (ESA) has been one of the most effective conservation laws to prevent extinctions.
99% of species listed under the ESA have been saved from extinction.

✒️ Urge your Members of Congress to reject all attacks on the ESA:
bit.ly/4tUDKcX

🍎🥪👀 Ever feel like you’re being watched on your lunch break? A magpie could be nearby…
🎶 Magpies are confident vocalists, known for alerting other animals (& humans!) to predators.

Learn about the magpie’s connection to mythology in our bird library:
bit.ly/4c3cbYH

🥇 We aren't saying Alysa Liu "Stole the Look" from the White-crowned Sparrow, but we aren't not saying it either. Congrats on an epic win!

Learn how to help birds on and off the ice on our blog:
bit.ly/45usF82

⚠️ Neonicotinoids may be invisible, but their damage is everywhere.
These systemic insecticides turn entire plants into poison.
Maryland has a chance to break this cycle.

🟠 Contact your legislators and urge them to vote YES on HB0091:
bit.ly/4s5qxwt

🪶 Wuthering Flights

We might be going to the movies with binoculars!
📷
Plain Pigeon: Daniel J. Lebbin
Turkey Vulture, Squirrel Cuckoo, & Southern Lapwing: Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions
Goldfinch: Agnieszka Bacal/Shutterstock
Wood Duck: Jane Gamble

🍫 Were you feeling like a tyrant for chocolate this Valentine's Day? Have we got the bird for you!

Meet the Chocolate-vented Tyrant — a flycatcher that marches (literally!) to the beat of their own drum.

Learn more in our bird library:
bit.ly/4cufkka

💗 This week (and always!), we’re celebrating the many ways birds form connections with each other — through bold displays, sweet songs, and lifelong bonds.

Share the wonder of birds with one of these fine feathered friends — and Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at ABC!

Women everywhere are making incredible contributions to ensure KBAs are identified, conserved and information about them available for decision-making.

Meet some of the great scientists and researchers working closely with KBAs: www.keybiodiversityareas.org/post/biodive...

#EveryVoiceInScience