The Urban Audubon
The Urban Audubon is a glossy quarterly publication mailed to NYC Audubon members. It connects readers with the latest news on our organization’s activities and events, explores interesting topics in New York City birding and environmental conservation, profiles bird species and their habitat in the NYC Area, and provides critical information members can use to help our conservation efforts—from using bird-friendly glass to protecting our natural areas.
Winter 2021-2022 Urban Audubon cover featuring Northern Flicker killed in a window collision at the World Trade Center. Photo: Melissa Breyer
The Latest Issue: Winter 2021-2022
Issue Highlights: The Collisions of September 14; Save the Bugs before It's Too Late; Diamondback Terrapin; Meet Latino Outdoors' Anahí Naranjo; At Work in Jamaica Bay; Give a Gift of Birds; The Fall Roost; Farewell, Kathryn
Selected Online Articles from Recent Issues
Save the Bugs before It's Too Late
Learn about the growing evidence of worldwide insect decline and the impacts of that decline on birdlife—and about the specific dangers of neonicotinoid pesticides.
Read the article by Tod Winston.
Read the article by Tod Winston.
Meet Latino Outdoors' Anahí Naranjo
Kellye Rosenheim talks with Anahí Naranjo, outdoor activity leader for Latino Outdoors, about birding in the Latinx community and the mission of her organization.
Read the article by Kellye Rosenheim.
Read the article by Kellye Rosenheim.
At Work in Jamaica Bay
Read about the many ways that NYC Audubon is working to protect and better understand the birds and other wildlife of Jamaica Bay.
Read the article by Rebecca Minardi.
Read the article by Rebecca Minardi.
President's Perch: Collaboration for a Kestrel (Fall 2021)
NYC Audubon Board President Karen Benfield recounts a cooperative endeavor to return a fledgling American Kestrel to the rooftops.
Read the column by Karen Benfield.
Read the column by Karen Benfield.
In a New York City Minute: Bird-Friendly Retrofit at the World Trade Center (Fall 2021)
Learn about this past spring's successful effort to reduce songbird deaths at the World Trade Center's Liberty Park.
Read the article by Suzanne Charlé.
Read the article by Suzanne Charlé.
Birdability (Fall 2021)
NYC Audubon Board Member Elizabeth Norman explores the Birdability campaign, a nationwide effort to make birding more accessible.
Read the article by Elizabeth Norman.
Read the article by Elizabeth Norman.
Meet Three of NYC's Young Birders (Spring 2021)
We profile three young birders who first connected with birds through NYC Audubon's KIDS Member program.
Read the article by Rebecca Minardi.
Read the article by Rebecca Minardi.
Resources on Race and the Environment (Spring 2021)
NYC Audubon's equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility committee, in collaboration with our staff, has compiled a list of recommended resources focused on the experience of Black people in nature, and about the realities of racism in the birding and wider conservation communities. We’ve also included links to virtual environmentally themed communities created by and for people of color.
Explore the list of resources here.
Explore the list of resources here.
It’s a Bird (Winter 2020-21)
Chris Cooper’s comic, recently released by DC Comics, illustrates racial injustice through the binoculars of a young Black birder.
Read the article by Suzanne Charlé.
Read the article by Suzanne Charlé.
