A Website for Birders
The Sangre de Cristo Audubon Society provides these educational articles for the general public to learn about habitat conservation issues and what YOU may need to know to improve as a birding or wildlife-watching enthusiast.
This category is for listing HOW TO posts concerning processes, places, technology, and equipment associated with the habitat-conservation of the so-called 5 B species: Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Bats, and Bugs. This category may be further search-refined with tags denoting, say, the type of species like mason bees.
Plant a garden. Be a citizen scientist. Join “Lights Out.” Your steps can make a difference. 1. Make your yard a bird oasis Start by providing the five basics: clean water, plants with flowers for nectar and insects (songbirds feed insects to their young), fruit-bearing plants to provide fuel for migration and winter, layers of… Continue Reading …
Watching birds at the nest is fun–and fuels bird conservation Springtime is nesting time, and that means another season of beautiful birdsong, colorful eggs, and downy nestlings. Spring also brings another season of NestWatch, a free citizen-science project from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Volunteers have been helping the Lab monitor nesting birds for 50… Continue Reading …
Migratory birds are on the move, winging their way from nesting and breeding grounds in North America to winter habitat in Central and South America and the Caribbean. It’s a spectacular journey—but it’s one that many of them will never finish. Habitat loss, outdoor cats, and pesticides all take their toll, but one of the… Continue Reading …