Environment for the Americas

A brand-new item has just landed in our shop and you won’t find it anywhere else. The Shorebirds Corduroy Bag is a stylish, everyday essential made from soft burnt sienna corduroy, featuring original artwork by 2017 World Migratory Bird Day artist Rocío Landívar. With a beautifully illustrated Western Sandpiper design, this exclusive piece from Environment for the Americas is perfect for carrying art supplies, makeup, travel essentials, or small accessories. Complete with a durable zipper closure and interior pocket, it’s as practical as it is unique. It’s already turning heads around our office. Now shipping! [EFTA shop link in our bio]

Birds connect us in ways we often don’t see until we slow down and look. This year’s World Migratory Bird Day at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat brought our community together for a day rooted in curiosity, care, and shared purpose. From guided walks to hands-on learning, every moment offered a chance to better understand the journeys happening above us every day. We are grateful to all who joined, supported, and helped create such a meaningful experience. When people come together with intention, even small actions can contribute to something much larger. Music: Energetic Lo-Fi Hip-Hop by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Summer Soul (Infraction is one of the safest YouTube channels dedicated to no copyright music for content creators.)

🎉 Our BIG event is happening right now! Join us at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat until 12:30 PM today for a celebration of birds, conservation, and community during World Migratory Bird Day of the Rockies! Come see birds, connect with fellow bird lovers, and stop by the EFTA booth to enter our AMAZING prize basket sweepstakes featuring over $400 worth of goodies in each basket! A huge THANK YOU to our incredible sponsors who made this weekend possible: ✨ Front Range Birding & Optics @‌frontrangebirdingco ✨ Mike’s Camera ✨ Patagonia ✨ Peppercorn ✨ Ampersand Coffee Roasters ✨ Eldorado Springs Water 🎟️ Sweepstakes Ticket Pricing: 1 ticket — $10 5 tickets — $40 10 tickets — $75 20 tickets — $120 📲 How to Enter: Text “BIRDS” to 50155, scan the QR code at the event, or visit the EFTA booth. 🏆 Prize Baskets Include: 🦉 Pro Birder Basket Opticron professional binoculars Smartphone binocular adapter Birding gear & accessories Birds of Colorado field guide …and more! 🌻 Backyard Birder Basket Recreational binoculars Bird-friendly organic coffee Local honey, jam & caramel corn Hummingbird gifts & birding goodies …and more! 🐣 Junior Birder Basket Patagonia backpack, vest & hat Fujifilm Instax Mini camera bundle Bird ID guides & activity books …and more! Patagonia apparel items may be exchanged for size/color at the Patagonia store on Pearl Street. Thank you again to Environment for the Americas, Front Range Birding & Optics, Peppercorn, Mike’s Camera, and Patagonia for your generous support. Happy World Migratory Bird Day! 🐦💚 @‌ampersandcoffee @eldoradospringswater @‌homedepot

We hope to see you tomorrow at the World Migratory Bird Day of the Rockies event at Walden Ponds in Boulder from 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m! Residents are invited to celebrate birds and connect with nature at the region’s largest bird conservation event, World Migratory Bird Day of the Rockies. The free, family-friendly festival takes place Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat as part of a three-day celebration from May 15–17. Hosted by the Boulder-based nonprofit Environment for the Americas, the event brings together local organizations, educators, and bird enthusiasts for a morning of birdwatching, hands-on activities, and conservation learning. This year’s theme, “Every Bird Counts,” focuses on how community science contributes to tracking bird populations and informing conservation work. The event comes at a time of continued decline in bird populations across North America, with organizers encouraging simple actions that support birds and their habitats.

Tomorrow is the day. Plan your visit to Walden Ponds and join us for a morning full of birds, learning, and community. 🐦 World Migratory Bird Day of the Rockies 📅 May 16, 2026 📍 Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder 🎟️ Free and open to all ages 🌿 Guided bird walks, education stations, and live raptor demonstrations Visit environmentamericas.org for more info #BirdingEvent #NatureCommunity #BoulderOutdoors @‌environmentamericas

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day 🌎♿🐦 On this day, we recognize the importance of building spaces, experiences, and communities that are accessible to everyone in honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day. We are also excited to welcome the 2026 cohort of the Environment for the Americas Let’s Go Birding Internship Program, a group of emerging conservation leaders working to make birding and public lands more inclusive. This year’s interns bring lived experience, professional training, and a shared commitment to accessibility in conservation: At Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Zackary Benz and Amanda Charter are advancing inclusion in outdoor spaces, drawing from both personal experience and professional interests in accessibility and equitable access to nature. At Rocky Mountain National Park, Aidan Brown brings expertise in special education and accessibility, focused on creating more inclusive learning and outdoor environments. At Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, Vincent Pearson is passionate about science communication, while AG Yurkutat integrates conservation, geospatial science, and lived experience to support more accessible approaches to birding and research. At Colorado National Monument, Lily Zavarella is focused on biodiversity, ecology, and ensuring that everyone can access and enjoy nature. Together, this cohort reflects a simple but powerful truth: accessibility strengthens conservation. When more people can participate, learn, and engage, our understanding of the natural world grows stronger. #GAAD #AccessibilityMatters #LetsGoBirding #EnvironmentForTheAmericas #InclusiveConservation #BirdingForAll

TRIVIA TONIGHT! Start World Migratory Bird Day of the Rockies weekend with a pint and some bird trivia. 4:30–6:30 pm at Upslope Brewery. See you there. Visit environmentamericas.org for more info

🐦🌿 El pasado 14 de mayo de 2026 se llevó a cabo un taller en la comunidad de Ignacio Zaragoza, Lázaro Cárdenas, como parte del evento “Cada ave cuenta, tus observaciones cuentan”, organizado por Environment for the Americas 💚 Agradecemos al comisario ejidal por brindarnos las instalaciones para realizar estas actividades, así como a todas las niñas y niños 👧🏽👦🏽 que participaron con entusiasmo, curiosidad y alegría. 🙌✨ De igual forma, agradecemos al tallerista Adrian Chan por su valioso apoyo y dedicación para impartir este taller y compartir sus conocimientos con la comunidad. 🌱🦜 Cada actividad fortalece el aprendizaje, el cuidado de la naturaleza y la importancia de conservar nuestras aves y biodiversidad. 🌎✨ #CadaAveCuenta #TusObservacionesCuentan #EducacionAmbiental #Conservacion #Aves

DÍA MUNDIAL DE LAS AVES MIGRATORIAS 🕊️🎨 Con creatividad y conciencia ambiental conmemoramos el Día Mundial de las Aves Migratorias. Junto a los estudiantes de la Institución Educativa Antonio Holguín Garcés vivimos una jornada especial donde, a través del arte, pintaron máscaras inspiradas en aves y aprendieron sobre la importancia de proteger estas especies y sus ecosistemas.

Start World Migratory Bird Day weekend with a pint and some bird trivia. 4:30–6:30 pm at Upslope Brewery. See you there. Visit environmentamericas.org for more info #BirdingCommunity #BoulderNightOut #WMBD #FunEvents @‌environmentamericas @upslopebrewco

Today is the day! Bring your questions, comments, and birdbrains to Bird Book Club TONIGHT! Join us as Gretchen Newberry -- Nighthawk expert and author of The Nighthawk's Evening: Notes of a Field Biologist -- talks all things Nighthawks. There's still time to register - /bird-book-club/

It’s an exciting week for interns with Environment for the Americas and @npsyouth ! Our Fish and Feathers and Let’s Go Bird interns are gathering at Rocky Mountain National Park for orientation and training before heading out to parks and public lands across the country for the summer. Throughout the week, interns are building skills in bird identification, optics, accessibility, interpretation, bird banding, birding ethics, storytelling, communications, and conservation outreach — all while connecting with one another and our incredible team of supervisors and managers. They’re also learning how to host World Migratory Bird Day events at their sites and inspire communities through conservation education. This orientation is about more than training, it’s about preparing the next generation of environmental leaders and creating connections through birds, public lands, and community. We’re so proud of these interns for stepping into this work with passion and dedication. Thank you for being environmental stewards and ambassadors for conservation. We can’t wait to see where this summer takes you and all that you’ll accomplish in your programs. Here are a few photos from orientation so far! 📸✨ #EnvironmentForTheAmericas #LetsGoBird #FishAndFeathers #RockyMountainNationalPark #BirdConservation #PublicLands #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #InternshipProgram #ConservationLeadership