[2X Match Deadline] In the face of this code-red crisis, you are the best hope birds have

Only hours remain to double your gift. [Year End 2X match up to $500,000; Donate Today; Bird Illustration;]( Birds have overcome tough challenges before, but never like this. The threat of extinction already looms for two-thirds of all North American bird species due to climate change. And every additional danger raises the stakes for vulnerable species. [Give Annually]( In the face of this code-red crisis, you are the best hope birds have. [Please start your annual gift while it will be matched 2X thanks to a generous group of donors. This special offer won’t last much longer—and there’s no better way to help birds today and tomorrow—so please act on behalf of birds right away. We need just 509 more donors by midnight to hit our year-end goal!]( [National Audubon Society]( [Northern Cardinal.]( Northern Cardinal. [Time is almost up; Stopwatch graphic]( [Your Year-End Gift Now Matched 2X]( Research has shown that we’ve lost 3 billion birds in the span of a human lifetime and that 90 species of birds have lost half or more of their populations in the last 50 years alone. Add to that the impacts of extreme weather on the habitats birds depend on and it’s clear we’re in the midst of a code-red crisis. But we know what it takes to get birds back on track and hit the ground running in 2024. [Start the new year with a decision to defend birds like the Northern Cardinal. Please choose a gift that renews automatically each year while your first donation will be matched 2X up to $500,000. Will you be one of the 394 donors needed by midnight?]( [Birds Need You Now. Bird Illustrations]( Thanks to generous bird lovers like you, this year we continued our tradition of advocating for and securing the spaces, clean air, and clean water that birds and people need to live and thrive. Together, we celebrated the groundbreaking of the largest single-ecosystem restoration project in U.S. history, partnered with Cocopah Indian Tribe to secure critical restoration funding for the Colorado River Delta, restored critical marsh habitats across New York and Connecticut for Saltmarsh Sparrow, marked a second record-breaking breeding season for Great Lakes Piping Plovers, and more. And with your support, we’ll further our legacy of defending birds in 2024—as we have for more than a century. Birds Need Your Protection [Bird Icon.]( 3 billion birds have vanished in less than one person’s lifetime. [Bird Icon.]( A staggering two-thirds of North American bird species face risk of climate extinction. [Bird Icon.]( 70+ species of birds have lost half of their populations in the past 50 years. [But we don’t have a moment to lose. Please start your annual donation today and close 2023 by safeguarding the birds you love. Remember, your first gift will be matched 2X by a group of generous donors up to $500,000, ensuring birds have 2X as much protection in the year to come.]( Sincerely, National Audubon Society [Donate]( Photo: Ewa Golebiowska/Audubon Photography Awards. Illustrations: Northern Cardinal, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Sandhill Crane, Brown Pelican. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( National Audubon Society 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 USA [(844) 428-3826](#) [audubon.org]( © 2023 National Audubon Society, Inc. [Pause fundraising emails for two weeks]( [Update your email address or unsubscribe](