These are the birds that most need your help

Do your best for Priority Birds Need to give your inbox a break? [Pause fundraising messages]( for two weeks. I wanted to make sure you saw the message below. The Red Knot’s story is alarming, but it’s far from the only bird in a conservation crisis—and unless they get help from supporters like you, their situation will only get worse. Audubon has the passion and the know-how to protect birds like the Red Knot, but we can’t do it without your support. [Please make your best gift today and sustain our ongoing efforts on their behalf.]( This is the power of Audubon’s Priority Birds Report: It indicates which birds we can help the most. But that doesn’t mean protecting them is a given. It shows us an opportunity—and it’s up to you to help seize it. Birds need friends like you, now more than ever. [Give them the support they deserve with a generous gift today, and help protect birds and the places they need.]( With gratitude, Michelle Ehrhardt Senior Director, Membership National Audubon Society [National Audubon Society]( [Red Knot]( Red Knot. [Bring hope to birds in crisis]( [PROTECT THE RED KNOT]( This is our best chance to help birds in crisis. Protect them right away with your generous gift. [Donate]( Defend the Red Knot and other vulnerable birds with a gift This has been a brutal year for the Red Knot. Its population migrating through the Delaware Bay this spring hit its lowest number in 40 years. Already on the decline, it’s now having trouble finding the food it needs: Horseshoe crabs, whose eggs the Red Knots eat, are dwindling, too. This shorebird urgently needs help—but the good news is, together we have the power to help their population recover. [Do your best for birds at risk with a generous gift today.]( The Red Knot is on our special list of Priority Birds, along with the Bobolink, the Wood Thrush, the Golden-winged Warbler, and others. These are birds that Audubon’s science has identified as being at serious risk, but they’re also birds that will benefit most from our conservation efforts. They're birds that need us—and they're birds we can help. In short, they're birds for which your generosity can do the most good. With your support, you’ll sustain our most powerful conservation efforts: protecting key habitats, pushing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and restoring and expanding the protections birds need. At a time when we’ve already lost 3 billion birds in 50 years, and many more are at risk of climate extinction, this work is more urgent now than it’s ever been before. The Red Knot’s best future depends on what we do today, and Audubon’s best efforts depend on you. Can we count on you? [Make a generous gift today to secure the better future these birds deserve.]( Sincerely, The National Audubon Society [Donate]( Photo: Marcin Perkowski/Shutterstock [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) [audubon.org]( © 2021 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Pause fundraising emails for two weeks]( [Update your email address or unsubscribe](