Conservation Action

The results are in from the January/February Central American Waterbird Census (CAWC)! Three sites proved to be especially important to Nearctic shorebirds, qualifying as potential new WHSRN [...]

Laguna Mar Chiquita is the largest lake in Argentina, the biggest saline lake in South America, and the 5th biggest saline lake in the world. A WHSRN site since 1989, the area supports 66% of all [...]

WHSRN Consultant Ornithologist Chris Sharpe and Sandra Giner of the Central University of Venezuela led a workshop titled Shorebird Conservation in Venezuela: introduction to census methods and [...]

WHSRN Conservation Specialist Diego Luna Quevedo led a new workshop: “Alliances and Actions for Shorebird Conservation and Habitat Management in Los Olivitos.” The workshop took place at WHSRN’s [...]

Local fieldworkers knew that estancia Medaland was an important site for migratory grassland shorebirds. At the end of 2017, a comprehensive survey revealed that the ranch meets the threshold to [...]

reTURN the Favor has set an inspiring example on Delaware Bay. Not only has the program rescued more than 275,000 stranded horseshoe crabs in the past five years, but it has successfully built a [...]

Comprehensive shorebird surveys are a great tool for identifying important shorebird sites, and citizen science is a fantastic tool for carrying out such ambitious monitoring efforts! The [...]

Post-breeding migration and connectivity of Red Knots in the Western Atlantic reveals the importance of the Georgia Coast for southbound Red Knots, and provides the first ever population [...]

Delaware Bay isn’t the only place Red Knots sync their migration with the spawning events of an aquatic species. In the Alto Golfo de California, roselaari Red Knots rely on the eggs of Grunion, [...]

Volunteers play a critical role in the conservation of sites across the WHSRN network. Community members in Delaware Bay are making a difference for migratory shorebirds, one horseshoe crab at a time.