Protecting Birds on the Move in Philadelphia

Migrating chicken species go by means of our cities every year—including as much as a whole bunch of 1000’s of birds—and depend on them as locations to relaxation and refuel. In locations like Philadelphia, Audubon and native communities are reimagining city areas so migratory birds can thrive.  

In recent times, our on-the-ground work has targeted in Philadelphia’s Cobbs Creek park, the place Audubon employees teamed with the town’s Division of Parks & Recreation and teams just like the Darby Creek Valley Affiliation to create new meadow habitat the place ballfields as soon as existed in Whitby Meadow.  We additionally labored with native residents to create the biodiverse Cecil Avenue Gardens the place pollinators and birds now flourish.  

Our Philadelphia work additionally takes place on the Discovery Middle, a singular area that blends science, schooling, and neighborhood engagement. Positioned within the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, the middle brings collectively residents, college students, and chicken lovers to raised perceive and shield the pure world. 

By means of hands-on packages, birding occasions, and neighborhood science initiatives, Audubon helps Philadelphians join with nature proper the place they dwell. That connection issues. Birds are key indicators of environmental well being, and their decline alerts broader challenges for ecosystems and other people alike. Learn more about the Discovery Center and how you can get involved. 

Audubon can also be proud to companion with Bird Safe Philly, a collaborative effort working to scale back chicken collisions throughout the town. By advocating for bird-friendly constructing design and elevating consciousness about easy actions—like turning off lights at evening—this partnership is making an actual distinction for migrating birds. 

Audubon employees and volunteers are tackling actual threats, from restoring habitats to monitoring city chicken populations. Their work exhibits that even in a significant metropolis, significant conservation is feasible. 

Defending birds begins on the native stage. Collectively, we are able to make cities like Philadelphia a spot the place wildlife and other people thrive. 

This is only one a part of a a lot bigger story. In Audubon’s Birds on the Transfer, a four-part documentary collection, we observe these migrations from the Boreal Forest to Colombia and the locations in between, together with Philadelphia. Watch the latest episode as we hint the paths of the birds and the folks and locations working to make sure they make it safely alongside the way in which.