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Georgia Audubon receives grant to reduce invasive plants, create bird-friendly habitats
In Georgia, 23 percent of the state’s 254 bird species are classified as vulnerable, including the Brown Thrasher — the state bird.
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Georgia Audubon receives grant to boost programs reducing bird-building collisions
Each year, an estimated 365 million or more birds die in the U.S. from colliding with buildings.
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Audubon Society’s Georgia Grows Native for Birds: A month-long education, celebration of native flora and fauna
In less time than the average human lifespan, over three billion birds have disappeared from North America.
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Rites of Spring in Georgia: Youth Birding Competition, Georgia Bird Fest
Registration is open for two major birding events. One serves young fans of birds and the other targets armchair ornithologists.
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Ceylon wilderness a haven for longleaf pine, gopher tortoises, tranquility
A constellation of plants and animals native to Georgia’s coastal plain will have a place to simply exist on 16,083 acres that private partners and the state are protecting from development along the banks of the Satilla River, near Brunswick.
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Fatal bird/window crashes to be reduced at 7th building aided by Georgia Audubon
Georgia Audubon’s effort to save migrating birds from killing themselves by flying into windows now includes a special treatment applied to windows at Elachee Nature Science Center, in Gainesville.
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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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Backyard birding: ZIP code tool lists birds endangered by global warming
A new search engine allows users to enter a ZIP code to get a list of the bird species that are threatened by climate change in that neighborhood. The National Audubon Society released the tool Thursday along with a new report: “Survival by Degrees: 389 Bird Species on the Brink.”
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Nesting shorebirds protected from predators in pilot program on Georgia’s coast
In the push and shove of the food chain, two bird species on Georgia’s coast received help from researchers who prevented coyotes and raccoons from eating nesting birds, their eggs and hatchlings.
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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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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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Peregrine falcons prefer nesting in Atlanta high-rises to North Georgia canyons
Peregrine falcons have joined the back-to-the-city movement that has brought thousands of new residents into Atlanta. A new state survey shows that peregrines are likely nesting in high-rise buildings from Midtown to Buckhead, rather than on the faces of canyons in the mountains of North Georgia.
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New home for chimney swifts to open in Piedmont Park’s bird-friendly habitat
The Atlanta Audubon Society has embarked on addressing a housing crisis encountered by the once-common chimney swifts – a lack of nesting places in tree cavities and the chimneys that gave the birds their name.
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Employee complaints stall program to keep birds from flying into Atlanta City Hall
The effort to prevent birds from flying into the windows of Atlanta City Hall and hurting or killing themselves has run into problems and is delayed. New measures are to be considered.
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State to beachgoers: Hurricane Matthew damaged habitat, give nesting birds wide berth
Georgia environmental officials are asking beachgoers along Georgia’s coast to give nesting birds plenty of clearance because Hurricane Matthew damaged offshore sandbars that formerly served as nesting areas.
