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Hiking through mud, thick and slippery, puts a damper on anyone’s enthusiasm. Such was the case for my intern and me on a humid summer morning, making our way to our first Western...
8. jul. 2026 kl. 01:16
We look out over the land and describe it as “prairie.” And that’s enough for a lot of people who enjoy Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center. The prairie is a mass of green in the spring and...
After a very dry winter and early spring, the rains have returned and they have coaxed a great variety of wildflowers out of the prairie earth. Over the past weeks we have seen many species, here are...
Even though Sandhill Cranes stage in the Platte River valley in large numbers during the spring migration, this is not the case in the fall. During the months of September and October, cranes stage...
Here are some guidelines to consider as you plan your visit:All SeasonCrane viewing experiences vary over the course of the season, with unique benefits to early, mid, and late season viewing.We want...
7. jul. 2026 kl. 16:44
Michigan (July 3, 2026) – Michigan’s FY27 Budget includes $2 million for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to acquire and conserve wetlands throughout the state, a critical...
A week in Beitostølen and the nearby mountains has been a nice family holiday but very uneventful on both the bird and butterfly front. Chilly weather with only occasional sun which was nearly always accompanied by lots of wind did it for the butterflies and the complete lack of rodents (vole and lemmings) meant no food for raptors and a single Kestrel was the only one I saw! I made an effort to see butterflies whenever the sun shone but numbers were generally low and a few species that I would normally see such as Mountain Fritillary (fjellperlemorvinge) and Silver-spotted Skipper (kommasmyger) were absent which I believe is just a timing issue and a visit in a couple of weeks would hopefully see them flying. I did see a single male Purple-edged Copper (purpurgullvinge) though and as this is my favourite species and one I barely see annually I have to be happy with that. I did not make an attempt to see lekking Great Snipe and 2026 with a combination of either bad weather or watching the footie on the TV being my excuses. Male Purple-edged Copper (purpurgullvinge) Moorland Clouded Yellow (myrgulvinge) And my only digital bird memories and these two short videos:
In the northeastern corner of the department of Tolima, on the banks of the Magdalena River, Colombia's main waterway, stretching more than 1,600 kilometers, lies a colonial municipality called...
In a world where sustainability and agricultural efficiency are more important than ever, we present an essential guide that will transform your vision of field production: the Sugarcane and Rice...
As the world's most bird-diverse country, Colombia is home to 1,969 recorded bird species. Many of these birds inhabit landscapes that overlap with nearly 1.5 million acres of oil palm plantations...
6. jul. 2026 kl. 21:28
Very often, in cities, rural areas, and along roads, we see birds perched on power lines. For many people, this image is part of the everyday landscape: a bird resting on a power line, or small...
6. jul. 2026 kl. 20:31
22985Very often, in cities, rural areas, and along roads, we see birds perched on power lines. For many people, this image is part of the everyday landscape: a bird resting on a power line, or small...
6. jul. 2026 kl. 20:15
GARNER, N.C. – North Carolina lawmakers included a major investment in farmland preservation in the budget passed on July 2, including a $46.9 million nonrecurring allocation to the Agricultural...
2. jul. 2026 kl. 23:37
(July 1, 2026) — At 5:45 am on a small island in lower Green Bay, Wisconsin, the sun has barely crested the horizon, but the air is warm and humid. Tom Prestby, Wisconsin Conservation Manager with...
More than 150 years ago, Frederick Billings returned to Vermont after making his fortune during the California Gold Rush where he had witnessed miners clearing forests, eroding hillsides...
1. jul. 2026 kl. 22:36
For those who have worked alongside Shorebird Conservation Manager River Gates, it's difficult to imagine Audubon without her unwavering commitment to conserving shorebirds. Since joining Audubon in...
It was a warm, still evening in June when the crew gathered just after sunset at Audubon's Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary for the first Frog Watch survey of 2026. Led by the Sanctuary's director of public...
Meet our inaugural cohort of the Coastal Leadership Program, and learn why they're excited to start building a community of Salton Sea leaders!The mission of the Costal Leadership Program is to...
We're excited to introduce the 2026 Coastal Leadership Program cohort. Beginning this July, a group of early professionals with backgrounds spanning environmentalism, education, and the arts will be...
As the hot days of summer begin to settle in and the excitement of spring migration slows down, human celebrations are picking up. June is a month to celebrate freedom, a feeling that birds have...
A healthy network of saline lakes in the Western United States is crucial to the survival and wellbeing of millions of waterbirds that depend on these ecosystems for nesting, breeding, refueling, and...
30. jun. 2026 kl. 16:33
SALT LAKE CITY — Today, the National Audubon Society released the Great Salt Lake Birds and Habitat Assessment—a science-based analysis that integrates habitat, hydrology and climate modeling...
From the banks of Currituck Sound to extensive grassy marshes, old duck impoundments, and upland maritime forests, Pine Island is home to globally rare habitat that continues to remain protected...
Conservation research of a common bird like the Painted Stork in India has numerous advantages The post The Painted Stork: A Bird of Great Charisma appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
Yesterday I wrote that finding a new species of dragonfly might be what I needed to reignite my interest in them - what will finding two do? This morning I revisited the pond hoping there might be someone working the land who could let me through the fence. No luck on that score but I set about viewing from outside the fence again and quickly noticed there were a few more large dragonflies than yesterday. The Emperor was still present and I was able to get better pictures today although he was still constantly in flight. A couple of Common Hawkers (starrlibelle) were my first of the year and were repeatedly chased off by the Emperor. I also saw something else come into my view finder whilst following the Emperor and took just a single picture of it but it turned out to be good enough to identify it (a miracle in itself) as a Eurasian Baskettail Epitheca bimaculata (toflekklibelle) and a new species for me. This species whilst not a newcomer is probably even rarer than the Emperor and is categorised as Near Threatened on the Norwegian Red List with an estimated population of under 1000 reproducing individuals. So this was quite the find and very unexpected. It looks as though this pond might be quite the odonata hotspot but it really does not look that special and was only created three years ago. The area generally lacks ponds which also makes its quick colonization by a number of species interesting but I think that generally there are so few people interested in odonata in Norway that there must be loads to find out there if you visit new sites. There are a few listers but they generally vist the same couple of sites for the rare species so if you are in it then you may well win it - but to be clear I am definitely not in it when it comes to dragonflies - just lucky. A much more satisfying picture of the Emperor (storkeiserlibelle) And the Eurasian Baskettail (toflekklibelle). The 2 dark flecks at the base of the hind wing are not visible in this photo but everything else matches The pond behind an imposing fence and locked gate It was possible to get closer by going down the side of the fence which is where today’s photos are taken from After I wrote this but before publishing I visited again and this time met the guys behind the place and got a guided tour😊 They are indeed farming ecological fruit and veg on land they cleared which was previously a spruce plantation. They have loads of wild areas, 5 ponds in total and it is a great place. Their website is https://eijos.no/ Despite being let in behind the wire I did not get much better pictures of the dragons or discover too much more but it was by then very hot. The Emperor was not on the same pond as earlier but what I presume to be the same beast was patrolling another of the ponds 500m away. Disappointingly the Baskettail was not to be seen and was perhaps a prospecting individual? The pond which now held a (the) Emperor And the photos of the Emperor from the second pond:
