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17. jul. 2026 kl. 20:57
FrontLine Farming, a food and farmers advocacy group, and Audubon Rockies have launched a partnership under a shared vision of creating healthy ecosystems, a vibrant agricultural community...
17. jul. 2026 kl. 20:02
Fire is a natural and necessary process in many of Washington’s landscapes. In ecosystems such as ponderosa pine forests and the shrubsteppe, periodic fires help recycle nutrients, stimulate new...
Fact-checked by Kenn Kaufman, field editor, Audubon magazine. North America is home to more than 20 species of birds that are mostly red or prominently feature red plumage, including the House...
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series exploring the various facets of the Sandhill Crane Migration in Central Nebraska, the $28 Million annual economic impact that the migration...
Thursday was forecast to be a sunny day further inland including in the mountains at Sulitjelma. I had to make the most of the day as the ongoing forecast is a bit uncertain and I may not get another chance for some good buttering. I chose Sulis instead of Graddis in Junkerdalen because Sulis is 40 minutes less driving and has had far less historical coverage so the chance of finding something new is much higher (I dream of discovering new sites for Dusky-winged Fritillary (dvergperlemorvinge) and Arctic Grayling (tundraringvinge)). I awoke at 0430 with the disappointment of the previous night’s footy game fresh in my mind but felt energetic and excited with what the morning would bring. On the way I stopped at Klungset to do some birding. As I noted last year something serious has happened here and numbers of Velvet Scoter are a fraction of what they used to be and I counted fewer than 100 in the whole area. A very distant male Surf Scoter was almost certainly the same as seen a month ago but I was unable to pick out the American White-winged Scoter also seen a month ago. Other good birds were King Eider, Great Northern Diver and Red-necked Grebe. Here are the two eBird checklists I made: https://ebird.org/checklist/S372593345 https://ebird.org/checklist/S372599446 Up on the mountains the forecast cloudless skies were not evident and I had to wait patiently for the sun to come. I spent some time looking at the many alpine/arctic flowers that the area is famous for but my knowledge of plants is poor so I am reliant on taking photos and using AI to help me although I see there are often very similar species and often feel I can’t trust the answer I get well enough to register my sightings. I am on firmer ground when it comes to butterfly ID and when the sun did shine then the butterflies flew. I had a period of around an hour when there were many individuals which would stop on flowers but as the morning drew on there were fewer to see and then they would often just zoom by. Two of the special species of the area are Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow and Northern Clouded Yellow and I had many sightings with Northern being far commoner. I have always found these a challenge to photograph but this time did fairly well although the first mentioned remains difficult. I also got film of both species which allowed me to capture the upperwings which you otherwise never see. A couple of Moorland Clouded Yellows were also present (as I had noted last year) and the presence of all three species at the same site must be unique. Norse Grayling, which was my first record here, and Alpine Grizzled Skipper were also special species. Fritillaries were very scarce and I had just three individuals of three species (Pearl-bordered, Small Pearl-bordered and Mountain) but nothing rarer. The pictures are in no particular order Northern Clouded Yellow (mjeltgulvinge) with a Scotch Burnett (fjelblodråpesvermer) A video grab showing the uppering of a male Northern Clouded Yellow (mjeltgulvinge) And Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow (polargulvinge) Moorland Clouded Yellow (myrgulvinge) An as usual out of focus picture of Pale Arctic CY I did get to see it nectaring well if briefly Norse Grayling (nornens ringvinge) Alpine Grizzled Skipper (polarsmyger) A fuzzy but rare shot of the upperwing of Norse Grayling Another Pale Arctic Clouded Yellow. They are particularly green when seen like this Northern CY This moth would appear to be a rare Enthepria polata (polarbergmåler) Looking west at 0840 when the sun came through amongst the flower were these scarce Arnica angustifiola alpina (fjellsolblom) And these already flowered Diapensia lapponica (fjellpryd) Røvika at 0615 Selfie with a Northern Clouded Yellow. This was the first butterfly I saw which started to fly just before a big cloud covered the sun causing it to land again allowing close study Looking south towards Junkerdalen at 1250 when I left It was a joy to find two families of Curlews (storspove) close to the cabin with males keeping their eyes on broods of 2 and 3 nearly fully grown young.
If you’ve ever witnessed a Pileated Woodpecker chiseling away at a tree trunk, you might have wondered if all that wood pecking was taking a toll on the tree. Pileated nest holes, after all, can...
When setting up for a beach day, I like to look for the most open area I can find, as do many other beachgoers. An ideal spot to sit has as few people as possible, no disturbances, no one running...
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...
