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Audubon innovative in fight to rebuild bird sanctuary after Hurricanes Rita, Ike
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Audubon innovative in fight to rebuild bird sanctuary after Hurricanes Rita, Ike

Audubon has been working on two basic restoration strategies since the storms — repairing the damage done and figuring out how best to stop future losses.

Funded by NFWF, Audubon Louisiana and Bertucci Contracting Corp. Announce Partnership to Demonstrate Small Dredge Technology
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Funded by NFWF, Audubon Louisiana and Bertucci Contracting Corp. Announce Partnership to Demonstrate Small Dredge Technology

— Project shows how landowners can implement small-scale coastal restoration.
Scientists Uncover Clues to Prothonotary Warbler's Mysterious Decline
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Scientists Uncover Clues to Prothonotary Warbler's Mysterious Decline

One fourth of the global population of Prothonotary Warblers breeds in Louisiana. 

Audubon Louisiana Hosts Prothonotary Warbler Nest Box Building Workshop

Audubon Louisiana invites you to learn how to build a warbler nest box! Workshop participants learn about Prothonotary Warblers and why these are special, important songbirds. By building, installing, and monitoring nest boxes made to these birds' needs, you can help reverse the decline of Prothonotary Warbler populations. 

Prothonotary Warblers have seen a 40% decline in population since the 1960s.These birds, once known as Golden Swamp Warblers, are in great need of suitable places to nest and live. They are forest-dwelling birds that nest in tree cavities and prefer wet forests, like swamps and bottomlands. They are typically found in Louisiana between March and early October.

The Birds of British Petroleum
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The Birds of British Petroleum

Five years after the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry, the author of The Tarball Chronicles grabs his binoculars and returns to the scene of the slime.

5 Years After BP Oil Spill, Audubon Stewards the Gulf

In the five years since the BP Oil Spill, the National Audubon Society has built on its 100-year legacy in the Gulf Coast by working across all five states to protect bird populations and restore critical habitat.

Is Gulf Oil Spill's Damage Over or Still Unfolding?
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Is Gulf Oil Spill's Damage Over or Still Unfolding?

Scientists tracking Gulf sparrows, insects, and seabirds try to unravel the mysteries of a landscape changed by oil.

Heart of Louisiana: Grand Isle birds
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Heart of Louisiana: Grand Isle birds

In the peak of bird migration, about 2.5 million birds a day are passing through South Louisiana on the way to their breeding grounds.

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