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Next September 3 in pre-celebration of World Shorebird Day. The local partners of the Migratory Shorebirds Project (MSP) and the Central American Waterbirds Census (CAWC) will share the results [...]

To join the celebration and to promote shorebird monitoring, we are holding a contest for all the WHSRN sites. Participate in World Shorebirds Day, and you can win a Kowa spotting scope for your site!

The Laguna de Rocha WHSRN site was not always recognized for its importance to migratory shorebirds. Thanks to the efforts of the WHSRN and other local and international institutions, its value [...]

The Migratory Shorebird Project (MSP) is one of the largest shorebird surveys on the Pacific Flyway on the Americas, from Alaska to Chile. There are 13 countries conducting surveys with a [...]

Shorebirds reveal just how interconnected our world is: over the course of a year, a coastal wetland in Patagonia can play a critical role for the survival of species that breed locally, in the [...]

The Executive Office of the WHSRN is pleased to announce that an additional 981 hectares have been added to Bahía Blanca Estuary WHSRN site

The Fraser River Estuary is a critical link in a chain of key sites for shorebirds, stretching from the Arctic tundra to the mangrove-fringed mudflats of Central and South America. Quite possibly [...]

During the 10th Annual Central American Waterbird Census (CAWC), nearly 200 volunteers counted over 300,000 waterbirds comprising 106 species. The counts included 30 species of shorebirds, [...]

The environment Ministry of Chile and the WHSRN Executive Office will begin a collaborative effort to produce a “National Shorebird Conservation Plan”

Here is a brief report by Arne Lesterhuis of an eight-day adventure during the implementation of shorebirds surveys in the Altiplano of Bolivia.