audubon strategic plan 2012-2015

Atlantic FlywayOn the Wing From Labrador to Tierra del Fuegopriority speciesAmerican oystercatcherAmerican WoodcockArctic ternBald eagleBlack skimmerBlack-capped petrelBlack-throated Blue WarblerBrown pelicancanada Warblercerulean Warblercommon ternGolden-winged WarblerGrasshopper sparrowLeast ternpiping plover (right)prothonotary Warblerred Knotreddish egretroseate spoonbillroseate ternruddy turnstonesaltmarsh sparrowsanderlingseaside sparrowsemipalmated sandpipersnail Kitesnowy ploverswallow-tailed KiteWestern sandpiperWilson's ploverWood storkWood thrushthe Atlantic Flyway encompasses some of the hemisphere’smost productive ecosystems, including forests, beaches,and coastal wetlands. From the northern Atlantic coastand through the caribbean to South America, Audubonis working to support this avian superhighway’s 500-plusbird species and millions of individual birds.Forty percent of the Atlantic Flyway’s bird species are speciesof conservation need. these include the Wood thrush,the most widespread of our eastern forest neotropicalmigratory species, whose population has been reducedby half in the past 40 years. With only one-tenth of the u.S.landmass, this flyway is home to one-third of the nation’speople. And dense population carries with it many challengesfor birds and habitat: development and sprawl,incompatible agriculture, overfishing, and climate change.conservAtion G o ALs43.8 million acres32 priority bird species50 Audubon StrA tegic PlA nAudubon StrA tegic PlA n 51