Another home for chimney swifts is to be built in Atlanta by Atlanta Audubon, this one in Freedom Park, where it’s to shelter the birds in the wildlife sanctuary established at the Freedom Park Bird and Wildflower Garden.
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Atlanta Audubon brings in leader experienced in governmental affairs, fundraising
Almost a year before Jared Teutsch was named to lead Atlanta Audubon, he wrote a column about green infrastructure techniques in his role with The Nature Conservancy. The techniques he espoused, and other matters, match well with Atlanta Audubon’s goals including its growing wildlife sanctuary program.
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Just as mayor sings of ‘birds in the air,’ little Pine Lake named Wildlife Sanctuary
Pine Lake folks talk big about theirs being the smallest city in DeKalb County. On Thursday, this self-described “micropolitan” was recognized as the latest Atlanta Audubon Certified Wildlife Sanctuary. There was no word if the mayor will be singing about the award.
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Fatal bird-building collisions: Metro Atlanta ranks in Top 10 in Spring, Fall
Despite efforts to halt the deaths, a new report puts metro Atlanta in the nation’s Top 10 for the number of birds that blinded by light pollution and fly to their death into buildings the Spring and Fall migration seasons.
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Atlanta Audubon’s growing wildlife sanctuary program now includes Briarlake Forest Park
The Atlanta Audubon Society has certified yet another public park as a wildlife sanctuary, this one near Northlake Mall in DeKalb County and the latest in the society’s fast-growing program to provide havens for birds and critters.
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Atlanta Audubon aims to help remove invasive species, attract birds to DeKalb County park
The Native Plant and Wildlife Walk at a DeKalb County park is soon to be a bit more native. The Atlanta Audubon Society has awarded a grant that’s to help provide for the removal of invasive species, after which bird friendly species of plants are to be installed.
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Marcia Bansley, John Pruitt, Raphael Bostic among those now advising Atlanta Audubon
Marcia Bansley, founder of Trees Atlanta, John Pruitt, retired anchor of WSB-TV, and Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, are among the seven members of a new group of advisors created to help Atlanta Audubon continue to expand its outreach.
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Land that barely supported wildlife reclaimed, named Atlanta’s newest wildlife sanctuary
A few acres of land north of the Lakewood Fairgrounds has been transformed from a tract so disturbed that a federal report said it could barely support wildlife to a heavily planted wetland that has been certified as a wildlife sanctuary by the Atlanta Audubon Society.
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Atlanta Audubon to update, expand education programs with anonymous $99,980 gift
In 2009, the Atlanta Audubon Society launched a program that tailors lessons to a teacher’s curriculum and goes to the school to teach students about birds. Now, the group plans to revise the program with proceeds of a $99,980 gift from a private Atlanta family foundation.
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Atlanta Audubon wins grant for garden in Washington Park, intern to study wildlife, plants
The Atlanta Audubon Society has won a national grant totaling $23,950 that it is to use for two purposes – paying an intern to work in the wildlife sanctuary program, and building a garden in historic Washington Park, Atlanta’s first greenspace dedicated to African Americans.
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Fatal bird/building collisions led by Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Tennessee Warblers
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and Tennessee Warblers were the two most common bird species to die after colliding with buildings during the Lights Out Atlanta program that wrapped up in November 2017, according to the Atlanta Audubon Society.
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Atlanta Audubon promotes habitats for birds, people in its updated mission
The Atlanta Audubon’s plan to restore a bird-friendly habitat at the Blue Heron Nature Preserve, in North Buckhead, is just the latest program by an organization that has ramped up its outreach significantly in recent years.
