Climate Watch
Two-thirds of North American birds are vulnerable to extinction due to climate change. Audubon members and others asked how they could help protect birds from the impact of a warming planet, and in 2016 Audubon responded by launching the innovative community-science program, Climate Watch.
Each year Climate Watch volunteers collect data on target species, which Audubon scientists use to both document how these birds are responding to climate change, and to improve their climate impact models. The next Climate Watch survey will take place January 15 – February 15, 2024.
For more information on the Climate Watch program, check out the National Audubon website: https://www.audubon.org/conservation/new-to-climate-watch
If you are interested in being a Climate Watch volunteer, contact the Climate Watch coordinator for Black Hills Audubon, Austin Gray, at austinirisgray1897@nullgmail.com
Tom Reynolds
Photo credit: Mountain Bluebird, by Rachel Hudson.
