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The sweet rewards of protecting a threatened songbird.
To raise local awareness of the benefits of conserving the forests and their feathered inhabitants, Zorzal trains and employs workers from the community in forest and birdlife monitoring. This helps bolster the local economy and widens support for conservation.
Encouraging flyway-friendly practices in energy, agriculture & waste management sectors.
Of the 39 migratory bird species that use the Rift Valley/Red Sea flyway, 6 are threatened. Learn how the GEF, United Nations Development Programme - UNDP & BirdLife International are encouraging flyway-friendly practices in energy, agriculture & waste management sectors.
The swift journey: 10 months; 15,000 miles; 26 countries.
Each year our amazing migratory birds travel thousands of miles - connecting continents and relying on insects to fuel their epic travels.
Watch the epic journey of migratory birds!
Introducing the Golden Eagle.
A massive brown raptor with white patches in the wings soars in the sky. On their way back to the arctic tundra right now, and they're a rare sight for May almost anywhere in the contiguous U.S. Lake and ocean shorelines can concentrate raptors as they decide whether or not to cross the water to continue their migration, making promontories like Whitefish Point magical for birders.
Text: Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, © James Kennerley / Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab.
Introducing the Northern Harrier.
Closeup of a gray-brown raptor with yellow eyes flying directly toward the viewer. Text: Northern Harrier, Circus hudsonius, © Zane Pickus / Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab.
Introducing the Rough-legged Hawks.
A hawk with pale underwings and a dark brown belly soars against a white sky. Text: Rough-legged Hawk, Buteo lagopus, © Simon Villeneuve / Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab
Introducing the Broad-winged Hawks.
A compact raptor with whitish wings outlined in black and a banded tail soars against a blue sky. Text: Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus, © Nick Hoffmann / Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab
Embrace the theme ''Protect Insects, Protect Birds''. Together, we can make our planet a safer place for insects, and thus birds.
Environment for the Americas Director, Susan Bonfield, welcomes us to World Migratory Bird Day. Watch the statement of the EFTA Director for Americas!
Birds need bugs, and both needs our help.
Insects and other invertebrates are an irreplaceable part of every ecosystem on Earth. When insects are in trouble, so is everyone else – as we can see clearly from the struggles facing many birds. In the past 50 years, bird populations in North America have dropped by over 3 billion individuals. Almost all of these losses come from species that feed on insects, mirroring the ongoing declines of those insects themselves. While that can sound bleak, it is also an opportunity: by conserving insects, we can make a difference for many more animals too!
The interconnectedness of insects and birds is at the core of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, and the Xerces Society is proud to be a partner with this movement to protect bugs and birds alike. While plenty of non-migratory birds also rely on insects for food, those species that do undertake long journeys every year are especially impacted when bugs are scarce. Whether enough insects are available can determine the timing, duration, and overall success of bird migrations.
Many birds rely on bugs for food during the most important parts of their lives
Insects, arachnids, and other bugs are a critical part of the diets of many birds. Bugs are full of remarkable nutrients, providing birds with protein-dense, high-energy sources of food. Some birds such as warblers, flycatchers, swallows, and swifts, feed on insects for most of their lives. However, many birds that we might not think of as insect-eaters rely on insects during migration and at other important stages in their lifecycle, in particular for raising their young before they are able to fly.
Indeed, many of the birds we regularly see eating seeds from feeders secretly also need insects to survive! Seeds are fine for adult birds that have strong enough beaks to break them open, but baby birds often can’t eat them at all! During the nesting season, parents must catch insects and spiders for their chicks.
Contrary to what many people think, we often underestimate how much birds of prey rely on insects for their diet. The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is a species found all over the world and loves soaring over fields to snatch insects from the air. It captures the big ones like grasshoppers, cicadas, beetles, dragonflies, butterflies and moths.
Bird and bugs are facing the same threats
Where natural spaces, such as forests or grasslands, are transformed or destroyed by activities such as intensive agriculture or urban development, insect populations drop, often dramatically. Damage to a few key habitats can create a negative cascading effect that results in severe bird population declines, across the many species that share a migration route.
Likewise, pesticides often have dangerous consequence for wildlife. Many pesticides affect many different species, apart from their intended target. This can be either directly (by killing them) or indirectly (for example by polluting water bodies and affecting water invertebrates’ development). The use of chemicals in agricultural fields can dramatically decrease the population of kestrels and other birds that would otherwise control insect populations. And in our yards, pesticides can impact species like hummingbirds, and the insects they depend on for survival.
Together we can take action for birds and bugs
Why are we at Xerces so happy for birds to eat plenty of our favorite insects? While it can be sad or uncomfortable to see a bug you like get eaten, that interaction is also a part of nature. A healthy ecosystem can support enough bugs that while some are eaten by birds, plenty others survive and reproduce. Birds also help control the populations of the few insect species that can be problems for humans, such as mosquitoes and insects that can damage crops.
And many of the strange and wonderful things about bugs, such as the bold colors of monarch butterflies, the incredible jumps of grasshoppers, or the fascinating mass emergence of cicadas, have been shaped by evolving in response to predators like birds. They wouldn't be the bugs we know and love without that evolutionary history.
Every action we take to save insects from pesticides, or to conserve nesting habitat for birds, helps the other. Together, bird watchers and bug fans can make a healthier world for everyone.
Here are ways you can stand up for these animals:
Learn more about World Migratory Bird Day, and join an in-person or virtual event!
Create bug-friendly habitat around your home, and organize with other passionate people to protect larger areas from development and unregulated industry!
Use alternatives to pesticides, and support food growers that are committed to reducing pesticide use!
Protect nocturnal bugs, and birds migrating at night, from light pollution!
Get involved in community science efforts to help monitor at-risk species!
Be a part of the Global Big Day to celebrate the birds around you!
Be a part of birding’s biggest team! Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you. No matter where you are, join us virtually on 11 May, help celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, and share the birds you find with eBird.
Participating is easy—you can even be part of Global Big Day from home. If you can spare 5 or 10 minutes, report your bird observations to eBird online or with our free eBird Mobile app. If you have more time, submit several checklists of birds throughout the day. You never know what you might spot. Your observations help us better understand global bird populations through products like these animated abundance maps brought to you by eBird Science.
Last year, Global Big Day collected more data about birds on a single day than ever before. More than 58,000 people gathered 3.2 million bird observations on 148,000 checklists, setting new world records for a single day of birding. Will you help us make this the year we surpass 150,000 checklists on a single day?
Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you. No matter where you are, join us virtually on 11 May, help celebrate World
How can you participate in the eBirder of the Month challenge?
The eBirder of the month will be drawn from eBirders who submit five (5) or more eligible checklists on 11 May. Last year, 58,700 people in 199 countries found an astonishing 7,636 species of birds in a single day. Participate in the eBirder of the Month Challenge this Global Big Day!
This month’s eBirder of the Month challenge, sponsored by ZEISS, is all about birding on Global Big Day! The eBirder of the month will be dr
Image Description: Pointed to the right and perched on a branch, a bird with a yellow chest and blue back glances back at the camera. The Cornell Lab Global Big Day will be held on 11 May 2024,
Presentación del afiche DMAM 2024 "Protege los insectos, protege las aves".
"¡Estamos encantados de presentar el nuevo afiche del Día Mundial de las Aves Migratorias de este año! Las ilustraciones dibujadas por la talentosa artista Anna Rosepaints capturan maravillosamente la esencia de nuestra campaña. Sus intrincados detalles no sólo muestran la belleza de las aves sino que también enfatizan el papel vital de los insectos en la salud y el bienestar de las aves migratorias.
Únase a nosotros para correr la voz y construir nuestro movimiento conservacionista que trasciende fronteras e idiomas. ¡Comparta esta increíble obra de arte por todas partes para inspirar a otros a proteger nuestras aves migratorias!
Juntos, hagamos de este Día Mundial de las Aves Migratorias un catalizador del cambio y una celebración del increíble viaje de las aves. ¡Comparte, apoya y vuela con nosotros hacia un futuro más brillante para las aves!
Unveiling the WMBD 2024 Poster - "Protect Insects, Protect Birds.
"We are thrilled to present the poster for this year's World Migratory Bird Day!; The hand-drawn illustrations by the talented artist Anna Rosepaints beautifully capture the essence of our campaign. Their intricate details not only showcase the beauty of birds but also emphasize the vital role of insects in the health and well-being of migratory birds.
Join us in spreading the word and building our conservation movement that transcends borders and languages. Share this incredible artwork far and wide to inspire others to protect our migratory birds!
Together, let's make this World Migratory Bird Day a catalyst for change and a celebration of the incredible journey of birds. Share, support, and soar with us towards a brighter, more bird-resilient future!
Bringing Nature Back.
Actions to revive ecosystems – from degraded forests and grasslands, to peatlands and farmlands – broadly termed “ecosystem restoration”, have the power to reverse biodiversity loss, boost climate change mitigation and adaptation and increase human livelihoods and well-being.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Investigate the potential impacts of climate change on a number of water bird species breeding in the Arctic.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential impacts of climate change on a number of water bird species breeding in the Arctic. The study applies the HadCM2GSal general circulation model (GCM) of the Hadley Centre to assess the direct impacts of a changing climate on the breeding conditions of five selected Arctic water bird populations. Additionally, the current distribution of 25 species is compared with changes in vegetation predicted by two climate scenarios, a moderate one based on rise in temperature of only 1.7°C (HadCM2GSal) and an extreme scenario with a rise of 5°C (UKMO) at the time of CO2 doubling (2070-2099).
Map the population specific migratory routes.
Researchers will use $600,000 donation from First Solar to create “genoscape” maps of migratory bird populations…
The Center for Tropical Research have recently launched the Bird Genoscape Project, an effort to map the population-specific migratory routes of 100 species of migratory birds.
Solutions and Policies to tackle Light Pollution.
The Webinar entitled "Solutions and Policies to tackle Light Pollution" was held on Friday, 7 October, 2022, at 3am New York Time/9am Bonn Time/5pm Canberra time).