"Endangered Hawai'i" Film Depicts Bird Extinction Crisis In Hawai'i
A new 30-minute film, narrated by actor Richard Chamberlain, explores the on-going bird extinction crisis in Hawai'i that has led to about 70 percent of all native bird species in the state becoming extinct.

10,000 Birds Die as "Everglades of West" Dries, Spreads Disease
Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are estimating that over 10,000 migrating birds have died so far this year because of reduced water flow to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon and California. Officials say the final death toll may be close to 20,000 birds.

100 Years Later, Endangered Millerbirds Breed Once Again
Endangered Millerbirds, recently reintroduced to Hawai'i's Laysan Island after a 100-year absence, are now breeding there, a major step forward in efforts to save the species from extinction.

ABC Says Lake Apopka Airport Expansion Could be Disastrous
American Bird Conservancy has called on the St. Johns River Water Management District to reject the West Orange Airport Authority proposal to expand an existing airport adjacent to Lake Apopka, saying the proposal could have disastrous consequences for the area's birds.

ABC and OSM Team Up to Enhance Forest Restoration and Conservation
In a collaborative effort to increase and enhance migratory bird habitat restoration and forest reclamation, ABC and the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement signed a Memorandum of Understanding during a recent tree-planting event in eastern Kentucky.

BLM Takes Action on Bird Deaths from Mining Claim Markers
The Bureau of Land Management, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, and American Bird Conservancy have begun identifying and implementing solutions to solve a widespread and potentially enormous bird mortality threat that is associated with 3.4 million mining claims on public lands, mainly in the West. Official state birds from at least nine western states have so far been killed by deadly mining claim marker.

Bird Once Thought Extinct Now Numbers Over 100 Nesting Pairs
The recovery program for a bird once believed extinct, the Bermuda Petrel, also locally called the Cahow, has reached a major milestone. More than 100 nesting pairs now exist in the wild.

Building Owners in New Lawsuit Over Bird Collision Deaths
As we await a verdict in the first trial of a building owner over bird collision deaths, a second trial over the same issue has just begun in Toronto. Cadillac Fairview Corporation, the owner of three office buildings in the city, has been charged with violating Canada's Species at Risk Act. The company has pleaded not guilty.

Chick is a Step Forward for Conservation of Millerbirds
An endangered Millerbird chick has fledged - left the nest and is foraging on its own - on Hawai'i's Laysan Island for the first time in nearly 100 years. This conservation milestone follows the recent historic reintroduction of the rare songbird to the island.

Conservation Victory For One of World's Deadliest Animals
Conservationists are celebrating the establishment of a new nature reserve in Colombia that provides the first sanctuary for the endangered golden poison frog, an animal that also has the distinction of being possibly the world's deadliest animal.

165-Year-Old Mystery of Disappearing Black Swift Solved
For 165 years, the Northern Black Swift has pulled a fall migration disappearing act that the famed illusionist Harry Houdini would envy. Where the high flying bird vanishes to after breeding and spending summers in many parts of western North America has puzzled ornithologists since the species was discovered in 1857. Now, thanks to a new study, we learn that at least some of them travel about 4,300 miles to a remote part of western Brazil in lowland rainforest.

Devices Find New Application: Finding Mystery Birds
The sci-fi world of high tech devices such as night vision goggles, thermal imaging readers, and portable radar systems is finding a new and unusual application - helping to save the Black-capped Petrel, an endangered bird so rare and reclusive that conservationists have a hard time even figuring out where its nesting areas are. Its known nesting range on Hispaniola in the Caribbean, its nocturnal habits, and the strange sounds it sometimes makes have conjured devilish associations, and provided it with its local name, "Diablotin," or Little Devil.

Fishing Technology Will Dramatically Reduce Seabird Bycatch
American Bird Conservancy and Ecuadorian Partner Equilibrio Azul have developed a new technology that will dramatically reduce seabird bycatch in the Ecuadorian hake fleet. The hake fishery and associated bycatch is one of the most significant threats to the Critically Endangered Waved Albatross.

Is Rare Albatross Now Colonizing Hawai'i?
Maybe ten rare Short-tailed Albatrosses showing up at several Hawaiian Islands doesn't count as a new population, but those sightings are still causing a buzz in the conservation and birding worlds.

Migrating Birds Arriving Early
The warmer weather that much of the nation has been enjoying has brought out the springtime clothes a bit ahead of schedule and has also triggered the earlier-than-normal arrival of many migrating birds - much to the delight of the 45 million people who engage in birdwatching in the United States, and who now don't need to wait for their spring 'fix'.

New Map to Help Reduce Bird Mortality From Wind Development
A new, interactive web-based map, created by American Bird Conservancy is now available, and has the potential to dramatically reduce bird impacts from wind turbines..

New Voluntary Wind Guidelines Will Fail to Protect Birds
American Bird Conservancy has called the final, voluntary wind guidelines released today by the U.S. Department of the Interior unenforceable, and charged that they will do little to protect millions of birds from the negative impacts of wind energy.

Proposed Federal Rule Change Will Lead to More Dead Eagles
American Bird Conservancy has charged that the eagle rule change proposed today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will result in more eagles being killed at wind energy projects.

Reserve to Double in Size, Aiding Critically Endangered Parrot
The critically endangered Fuertes's Parrot and eleven other globally threatened species of birds, mammals, and amphibians will receive greater protections thanks to a joint effort by Fundacion ProAves, World Land Trust-US, Robert Giles, Loro Parque Fundacion and American Bird Conservancy.

Studies Show Outdoor Cats Are Popular Prey for Coyotes
American Bird Conservancy advises that as coyotes continue to move into and around large cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Washington, D.C., Detroit, Los Angeles, and others, owners of cats should think twice before letting their pet roam free outdoors. Studies show that outdoor cats make up 13-45 percent of coyote diets in those environments.

Team Working to Save Endangered Bird Honored With Award
The team of biologists that successfully reintroduced the endangered Millerbird to the island of Laysan in the Hawaiian archipelago after a 100-year absence has received a 2011 Recovery Champion Award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.