Welcome to ABC's Take Action page, where you can directly help change the outcome of important bird conservation issues. Below you will find a list of our currently active campaigns. Simply click on any of the links to learn more about the issue and take action. When you have finished, please help us spread the word by telling a friend about the campaign - we provide a handy feature to make this easy for you. And don't forget, as well as your direct action, you can always help our campaigns succeed with a specific donation to that particular project. We'll show you how after you have take action.

Tell your Senators Not to Slash Funding for Bird Conservation

Magnificent Hummingbird by Ralph Wright

The House of Representatives has voted to gut funding for key bird conservation programs including the elimination of the Neotropical Migraotry Bird Conservation Act. If passed by the Senate, these destructive cuts will harm birds and wildlife as well as undo a decade of successful conservation efforts for migratory birds.

Senators need to hear from bird advocates like you today to ensure that these critical bird conservation programs continue to be funded.                 

Campaign for Bird-Smart Wind Power

Wind Farm by Joshua Winchell, FWS

Some of America's most iconic bird species are at risk from the proliferation of wind power, including the Golden Eagle, endangered Whooping Crane, and Greater Sage-Grouse. There are ways to make wind power bird smart, but the wind industry wants us to leave it up to them to do the right thing voluntarily. We know from other industries such as oil and coal, that voluntary measures won't work. We need mandatory standards for wind power to protect birds and their habitats. You can help us by signing our petition for bird-smart wind power.

                 Wind power: It's not smart unless it's bird smart

Help Stop Bird Kills at Communications Towers
 

Wood Thrush by FWS

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that up to 50 million birds are killed each year at communications towers. The aviation warning lights on the towers disrupt the birds' celestial navigation and draws them in to a halo of light. The birds become trapped and circle endlessly. They collide with each other and the tower or eventually drop to the ground from exhaustion. Preventing these needless deaths is as simple as changing a light bulb! By switching from steady-burning to stroble lights, bird kills can be dramatically reduced without sacrificing aviation safety. For over ten years, however, the Federal Communications Commission (the government agency that licenses towers) has been dragging its feet in implementing these and other regulations to prevent bird kills. We need your help in urging the Commission to act now to safeguard our neotropical migratory songbirds for future generations of Americans. Use our automated system to send an email to the FCC today.