[Backyard birds at risk] Double your impact today

Your first annual gift doubled, up to $5,000 [National Audubon Society]( [Rufous Hummingbird.]( Rufous Hummingbird. [New offer! Your first gift will now be matched, up to $5,000]( [Time is running out for birds.]( MATCH STATUS: Unconfirmed MATCH DEADLINE: TOMORROW [Donate]( Your first annual gift matched up to $5,000. It seems like they’ll always be there: The birds that wake us from our slumber, gleefully providing the soundtrack of our daily lives. Yet science tells us that many of them are facing a sustained decline—and others are facing a climate crisis that could silence them forever. Here’s the good news: [A new matching challenge now doubles the impact of your first annual gift up to $5,000 thanks to a generous group of donors. But this opportunity is only good until midnight tomorrow, so please don’t wait: Start your annual gift today to protect birds and their habitats.]( The disappearance of our beloved backyard birds is just one aspect of a larger crisis in motion. We’ve lost 3 billion birds since 1970—and currently, climate change poses an existential threat to two in three North American bird species. This is a code-red crisis for birds—even familiar favorites like the Rufous Hummingbird. In 2010 our Common Birds in Decline report noted that Rufous populations had fallen by more than half in the past 40 years, from 12 million to 5 million birds. And as the changing climate affects the flowers it visits for nectar, with 3 degrees Celsius of warming, this common western species could see its current summer range shrink by 70 percent and its winter range by half. But just as science reveals the scale of the bird emergency, it offers a way forward. For more than a century, Audubon’s rigorous science has identified which birds are threatened, which habitats are most in need of protection, and which birds will most benefit from our efforts. Those findings guide our work on their behalf: restoring and protecting intact forests, promoting plants for birds, advocating for bird-friendly buildings, and more. But our best efforts depend on you. [Please start your annual donation before midnight tomorrow while your first gift will be DOUBLED, up to $5,000, for birds.]( Sincerely, National Audubon Society [Donate]( Photo: Mark Kuhn/Audubon Photography Awards [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) [audubon.org]( © 2022 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Pause fundraising emails for two weeks]( [Update your email address or unsubscribe](