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Jr and I have fled the heatwave Oslo is experiencing and have left temperatures in the mid thirties and replaced them with the low tens. This has resulted in two days and 1300km of driving to our cabin near Bodø. The weather should improve whilst we are here but I am writing this sitting next to a radiator on full… As usual I kept a count of raptors on the drive up and it was a meagre total with just 3 Kestrels, 2 Peregrines, 1 Merlin, 1 Rough-legged Buzzard and 2 White-tailed Eagles meaning about 1 raptor per 150km…. Three well planned Beast walking stops did result in some action for me. A stop in 30C heat gave me an Apollo butterfly which even briefly landed on my head although the battery on my camera proved to be flat so I had to resort to photos with my phone. In this photo you can see me taking a photo of the Apollo. Jr is the shade whilst I am enjoying this Apollo: Just before we got to the Arctic Circle a stop in Mo i Rana gave me to two additions to my Nordland county list - Jackdaw (kaie) and Nutcracker (nøttekråke). I have tried for them here before with no joy but finally succeeded. Both seem to have an isolated northerly breeding outpost here and the Nutcrackers are of the siberian subspecies so are different to the birds around Oslo. Adult and juvenile Nutcracker (nøttekråke) of the race macrorhynchos Here the parent has extracted a seed from a cone to give to junior A stop at Saltfjellet on the Arctic Circle was very successful with Long-tailed Skua and Red-necked Phalarope. The skua was actively hunting at very close range but I am unsure as to what it was searching for as a lack of any raptors suggests no rodents. Long-tailed Skua (fjelljo) Red-necked Phalarope (svømmesnipe) male who by his behaviour must have had young nearby
Board Chair Emeritus Heidi McCree, Senior Policy Director Beth Alvi, and Senior Manager of Everglades Policy McKee Gray met with members of Florida's Congressional Delegation in Washington, D.C. this...
14. jul. 2026 kl. 22:15
It all started with an Audubon membership. Rogerio DaSilva, a Naples-area nature photographer, became a member of and donor to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. While he loved photographing the wading birds...
Audubon Florida’s Conservation Leadership Initiative (CLI) is an immersive program that connects undergraduate students with Audubon chapter leaders for a unique, intergenerational learning...
Purple Martins grace the skies of Florida every spring and summer, but development and habitat changes have reduced their natural nesting sites. Audubon chapters around Florida have stepped up to...
14. jul. 2026 kl. 18:10
In a special session this May, the Legislature voted to place a constitutional amendment bringing sweeping property tax reforms on the November ballot. They had only received it days earlier from...
14. jul. 2026 kl. 17:05
The GoodOn June 29, 2026, Governor DeSantis signed Florida’s $117.6 billion state budget for 2026–27. The final budget is smaller than last year’s, despite strong state revenue and rising...
This summer, Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is inviting Southwest Florida residents and visitors to step into one of the region’s most extraordinary wild places—with sunset strolls, night...
Vi har påklaget Ørland kommunes vedtak om å gi dispensasjon til kommersiell høsting av bløtdyr og pigghuder i Kråkvåg og Bjugnfjorden marine verneområde. Vi frykter at dispensasjonen uthuler vernet av et av landets viktigste marine våtmarksområder, samtidig som kunnskapsgrunnlaget i saken er mangelfullt.
Fire is a critical force driving the ecology of South Florida. Historically sparked by cloud-to-ground lightning strikes or ignited by Indigenous peoples, frequent fire reduces fuel loads, protecting...
As the sun rises over Florida’s coastline, thousands of birds descend on its shallow waters and mudflats, where they forage for fish and other prey. On a typical day, Audubon coastal staff spot...
13. jul. 2026 kl. 17:24
23102In December, McKee Gray joined Audubon Florida as our new senior manager of Everglades policy. Gray brings nearly a decade of experience in environmental regulation, with deep expertise in...
13. jul. 2026 kl. 17:04
It’s not every day that the coastal team has to negotiate with a film crew to protect nesting sea and shorebirds, but that’s the position Tampa Bay Shorebird Program Manager Kara Durda found...
Black Skimmers and Least Terns are once again nesting along the Navarre Bridge Causeway—a narrow strip of sand between the roadway and the waves. Audubon staff have been diligent in monitoring and...
13. jul. 2026 kl. 16:33
23100Julie Wraithmell, Executive Director After an intense Florida fire season, exacerbated by widespread drought, summer rains have come to the Sunshine State as a welcome relief. Raging wildfires...
13. jul. 2026 kl. 07:00
Millions of online images are reshaping ornithological research The post The Rise of iOrnithology — a new method in the ornithologist’s toolbox appeared first on British Ornithologists' Union.
10. jul. 2026 kl. 20:47
In late June, a group of farmers and ranchers—many enrolled in the National Audubon Society’s Conservation Ranching program—joined Audubon staff and field experts in Washington, DC, to advocate...
A symphony of pealing laughter, buzzing bugs, and rumbling thunder, marked the start of Summer Camp at the Randall Davey Audubon Center.More than 135 campers, with binoculars in hand, explored our...
Twelve independent chapters operate within the Audubon Southwest region. Consider joining a chapter near you to participate in bird-related events near you and engage on local issues. Read on...
Birds in Colombia are making themselves heard everywhere: during the recent Global Big Day (GBD), which reaffirmed our status as the country of birds; on Anderson Cooper’s 60 Minutes segment, which...
9. jul. 2026 kl. 21:46
After reaching a record low in 2022, effective management and above-average snowpack helped raise and sustain Great Salt Lake water levels. Unfortunately, in 2026, drought and below-average snowpack...
In 2023, the United State Supreme Court ruled on the Sackett decision, which drastically narrowed the scope of the federal Clean Water Act and left many waters that were previously covered by the...
What was only supposed to be a few days in Oslo before we headed north to the cabin in Bodø risks becoming many more days as poor weather up north and a football game on Saturday that deserves to be watched on the big screen at home delay are journey. This has given me the chance to check up on my scarce (and late) breeders. This year we have not been as successful in finding nests, or even birds, as in previous years but I do have one nest to follow and I will of course publish a full update later in the season. If you want an idea as to what I am watching though then look at this absolutely amazing live feed from my old stomping grounds in Sussex. Butterflies continue to deliver and I had my second ever Norwegian Purple Emperor (stor purpurkåpe) sat on a gravel track in the exact same place as I have previously seen a Poplar Admiral (ospesommerfugl). The Emperor was first seen in Norway as recently as 2019 after expanding rapidly through southern Sweden so it is no surprise that this was only my second sighting of the species and first in Oslo. The Poplar Admiral is a well established species which some people have no problem seeing but I have only ever had three sightings of ever. Purple Emperor (stor purpurkåpe) it has already been attacked by a bird and lost a bit of its right wing Purple Emporers have become so "common" that you see videos now on social media where people have them on their shoes or clothes. I thought this one would be equally as confiding but it was of another persuasion but in the video at the end you do get to see the purple sheen. a Silver-washed Fritillary (keiserkåpe) and an Arran Brown (fløyelsringvinge)
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...
