Birding and Conservation

The popularity of birding is a good thing for birds and wildlife, too. As more people enjoy birds, more people also realize the importance of preserving and protecting the natural environments that birds depend on. Without their habitats intact, they disappear. In fact, the population of birds has plummeted by 70% during the last three decades due to habitat loss, environmental damage, unnatural predators, and climate change. Conservation can — and has — helped repair and restore the natural habitats that birds need to survive and teach us how to better coexist with them.

Citizen Conservation takes our love of birds a step further into being involved in a more meaningful way and calls for a new type of birder that is needed now more than ever: one that will work to ensure birds continue to thrive around us. Birds need a healthy future, and it’s up to us to make sure they do.

Hilton Head Audubon is working to turn the tide in the Lowcountry and give our birds and wildlife a better fighting chance against forces that they didn’t have a say in. Our voice stands in for theirs, and our actions need to safeguard a sustainable and flourishing natural world for birds and wildlife. All around us, forces against them range from overdevelopment, increasing climate change, invasive species and plants, and harmful human habits. Together, we can work for more environmentally beneficial policies and habits that help our birds thrive and restore their habitats. Please join us in these efforts.

Become a Hilton Head Audubon Activist

The impact of our efforts is written across Hilton Head’s landscape, and is fueled by grassroots engagement—a strong community of people working together to protect nature. 

Help us make positive change by signing up to become a Hilton Head Audubon activist. We will provide you with emails about advocacy actions you can take to safeguard the island, county and state landscapes.