Take Action Now to Help Birds

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.

Support the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2010

As many as one billion birds, both residents and migrants, die annually in the United States after colliding with buildings.  H.R. 4797: the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2010 calls for each public building constructed, acquired, or altered by the General Services Administration (GSA) to incorporate, to the maximum extent possible, bird-safe building materials and design features.  The legislation would require GSA to take similar actions on existing buildings, where practicable which has already been demonstrated to be attainable since many buildings constructed by the GSA are, in fact, bird-friendly.  This bill will help prevent the deaths of millions of birds that collide with windows at thousands of federal buildings across the country. 

More than one third of the 650 species that breed in the United States are in long-term decline! At least 29 species of migratory birds have experienced population declines of 45% or greater since the 1960s. Some species, such as the Cerulean Warbler and Olive-sided Flycatcher, have declined more than 70%. We have an opportunity to help restore these populations with the Act for Songbirds Campaign, a collaborative effort between members of the Bird Conservation Alliance. Lawmakers in the House of Representatives and the Senate have proposed an early reauthorization of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA), which has a proven track record of reversing habitat loss and advancing conservation strategies for the broad range of Neotropical birds that populate America and the Western Hemisphere. You can help ensure this bill passes by taking action in the House and Senate.

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

Organizations

Your birding club or conservation group can help too, by signing on to the Act for Songbirds Campaign through the combined efforts of the Act for Songbirds Coalition. Visit the Bird Conservation Alliance Website today to find out how.