Audubon scientists (click here) have used hundreds of thousands of citizen-science observations and sophisticated climate models to predict how birds in the U.S. and Canada will react to climate change. Our work defines the climate conditions birds need to survive, then maps where those conditions will be found in the future as the Earth’s climate responds to increased greenhouse gases.
It’s the broadest and most detailed study of its kind, and it’s the closest thing we have to a field guide to the future of North American birds.
Birding is a large segment of any economy. (click here) Birding occurs globally and have become their own experts. The birding enthusiast brings $1500 to $3400 annually to the USA economy. That translates into $20 billion per year with the travel industry reaping the lion's share of the profits. The danger of climate crisis and the economics it involves can't be understated.
That is $20 billion in the USA alone. Birding encompasses a global community and migratory birds are important.
