Helping to plant trees with the #Audobon Society at a local preserve.

One more for today's #SolarPunkSunday . I want to give a shout-out to @InkySchwartz and @ClimateJenny for info about #GardeningForBirds (I'll post more links in a future Solar Punk Sunday), and @MaQuest, @BrambleBearWhuffling for their excellent posts!

#Audobon: 10 Plants for a #BirdFriendly Yard

"Choose native plants like these to beautify your real estate and provide food for birds."

https://www.audubon.org/news/10-plants-bird-friendly-yard
#Gardening #Gardens #Nature

10 Plants for a Bird-Friendly Yard

Choose native plants like these to beautify your real estate and provide food for birds.

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#TIL #Hhig: #Audobon und #BirdsOfAmerica
Der Typ wurde unabhängig in zwei Büchern am Rande erwähnt

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon

John James Audubon – Wikipedia

Project Feederwatch has started for the new season. Report counts of birds at your feeders.

This is my 19th year participating.

#birds #birdfeeder #ProjectFeederWatch #audobon #Cornell #birdwatching

https://feederwatch.org/

Project FeederWatch

Count Feeder Birds for Science

FeederWatch
Barn Owl

With its ghostly appearance, rasping shrieks, and habit of roosting in such places as church belfries, this bird has attracted much superstition. However, it is really a good omen for farmers who...

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On the strong recommendation of the Kitsap Audubon Conservation Committee, the Kitsap Audubon Society Board voted unanimously to endorse vote No on 2117 Campaign. The intentionally misleading Initiative -2117 would repeal the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), one of the strongest conservation acts in the country, protecting our air, water, forests, farmlands, jobs, and transportation.

Weather conditions caused by climate change disrupt bird migration patterns, threaten nesting and wintering grounds, and push species toward extinction. Audubon’s research has demonstrated the climate threats to Washington’s iconic birds from the Common Goldeneye along our coasts to the Mountain Bluebird of Eastern Washington. Their future is directly linked to a stable climate. The CCA offers a chance to do our part to reverse this trend and bend the bird curve towards survival and resilience.

#Washington #kitsap #audobon #climatechange

Birds of a Feather: Audubon Joins Elon Musk in Challenging Constitutionality of Labor Law After Violating Workers’ Rights

The National Audubon Society took the extreme legal position that federal laws meant to protect American workers are unconstitutional. The claim, filed in a response to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) complaint against the conservation nonprofit for violating the law, echoed Elon Musk’s Space X in questioning the constitutionality of federal labor laws.

Communications Workers of America
At 25, Backyard Bird Count shows power of citizen science

It’s a given that when the Great Backyard Bird Count begins Friday, Steve and Janet Kistler of Hart County, Kentucky, will be joining in. They’ve done so every year since the now-global tradition began 25 years ago.

Associated Press
Answered my own question. Next weekend, February 17-21, 2023, everyone is supposed to go in your backyard or whatever and identify/ count #bird species. https://www.birdcount.org/ #audobonsociety #audobon
Great Backyard Bird Count – Join us each February when the world comes together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds.

Each year people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count, and celebrate birds. Join us in February!

Great Backyard Bird Count