ABC Special Reports

Bird-Friendly Buidling Design

A unique publication that provides planners, architects designers, bird advocates, local authorities, and the general public with a clear understanding of the nature and magnitude of the threat glass poses to birds and solutions to eliminate the threat. This edition includes a review of the science behind bird collisions, real-world examples of solutions in action, and an investigation into what information is still needed.
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Snags, Bark Beetles, and Cavity-Nesting Birds: Conservation and Management in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Pacific Northwest. This brochure is intended to enhance awareness of the ecology of ponderosa pine forests, including the relationship between snags, bark beetles, and cavity-nesting birds, and to promote actions to achieve healthy forests that support adequate snag resources and the populations of birds that depend on them.
Landowner Stories in Bird Conservation: Managing for Cavity-nesting Birds in Ponderosa Pine Forests. Landowner Stories in Bird Conservation: Managing for Cavity-nesting Birds in Ponderosa Pine Forests. Focusing on the stories of six private landowners, this informative booklet shows how ponderosa pine forests can best be managed to sustain healthy populations of Flammulated Owls and Lewis's and White-headed Woodpeckers. Produced in cooperation with the American Forest Foundation and the Forest Restoration Partnership
Northeast Monitoring Handbook Northeast Monitoring Handbook. The handbook presents ten steps that optimize the value of bird monitoring when designing new programs, modifying existing ones, or applying results to the practice of bird conservation. Following the steps outlined in the handbook will make it possible for biologists and decision makers to implement State Wildlife Action Plans, Endangered Species Recovery Plans, Strategic Habitat Conservation Initiatives and other programs to conserve birds and their habitats.
Top Ten Tips for Bird-Friendly Living Top Ten Tips for Bird-Friendly Living. Ten ways you can help birds in and around your home.
Act for Songbirds. Act for Songbirds. This report details information to save migratory birds for future generations in order to ensure the success of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
Top 20 Most Threatened Bird Habitats in the U.S. Top 20 Most Threatened Bird Habitats in the U.S. This report details the 20 habitats taking into consideration the severity of historic habitat loss, current threats to remaining habitat, past and ongoing restoration efforts, and the existence of protected areas such as parks, grasslands, wildlife refuges, and reserves.
Managing Land in the Piedmont of Virginia for the Benefit of Birds and Other Wildlife. Managing Land in the Piedmont of Virginia for the Benefit of Birds and Other Wildlife. Often overlooked in its importance to birds, the Piedmont provides valuable nesting, migration, and wintering habitat that is scarce in other parts of the state. This report details the many simple changes one can make to benefit birds in this region.
Impacts of Feral and Free-Ranging Cats on Bird Species of Conservation Concern Impacts of Feral and Free-Ranging Cats on Bird Species of Conservation Concern. This report analyzes the effects that cats are having on some of America’s most at-risk bird species at cat predation hotspots. The five-state review illuminates troubling threats to endangered species such as Piping Plover, California Clapper Rail, and Hawaiian Petrel, highlights the growing trend of managed cat colonies, and reviews applicable wildlife protection laws.
ABC's Endangered Species Act Report ABC's Endangered Species Act Report outlines the current status and population trends of birds listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), and provides individual accounts documenting the current status of each listed species, subspecies, or population segment. This report is intended to assist policymakers, the conservation community, and the general public in determining how the Act is performing in its goal of preventing extinction and restoring endangered birds.
ABC Seabird Reports. ABC Seabird Reports. In three languages, these focus on the issue of longlining and its impact on albatrosses and other seabirds and how this threat can be minimized.
The ABC Tower Kill Report The ABC Tower Kill Report details the hazard tall, lighted towers present to night-migrating songbirds, and ways to mitigate the threat. Contains species accounts from published studies and analysis of available towerkill data.
he Birderwatcher's Guide to Global Warming The Birderwatcher's Guide to Global Warming, produced in collaboration with the National Wildlife Federation, gives a state by state analysis of how climate change may impact birds.
The Alliance for Zero Extinction Report The Alliance for Zero Extinction Report. ABC is a leading member of the Alliance for Zero Extinction. This report outlines the aims of the Alliance and the identification of 595 sites around the world that are home to 794 endangered species found nowehere else. For more information on the Alliance and its goals, visit www.zeroextinction.org.
Maranon Study Report Cover Marañon–Alto Mayo Conservation Corridor Report. In 2008, American Bird Conservancy helped lead a study analyzing the distribution of endangered and endemic bird species in an area within and around the Marañon Valley known as the Marañon-Alto Mayo Conservation Corridor, which constitutes more than six million acres of diverse habitats.