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The tiny Rufous Hummingbird is facing a big problem: They’ve lost two-thirds of their population in the past 50 years alone—and they're on track to lose another 50% in the coming decades if conservation efforts do not improve.

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The Rufous Hummingbird—and the 69 other vulnerable bird species at a “tipping point”—need your help today to survive. We’re counting on bird lovers like you to join us with an annual donation now to protect birds and the places they need. And until midnight tonight, your first gift will be matched, up to $5,000, to provide a brighter future for the birds we love, thanks to a generous group of donors.

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“A strategic approach to bird conservation is needed to arrest declines of birds before they reach crisis levels.” That’s how the 2022 State of the Birds report characterized the situation facing the Rufous Hummingbird and 69 other birds who have already lost more than 50% of their populations in the last 50 years.

We must urgently do more to protect these “Tipping Point” species, and all birds in need. Luckily, with your support, we can. So please, be one of the caring friends we need to join us with an annual gift right away. Your annual gift will renew automatically each year, providing uninterrupted resources our teams can depend on in their work year after year. Remember: Thanks to a group of generous donors, your first annual donation will be matched, up to $5,000—but only until midnight tonight!

The loss of these birds should be a wake-up call for the disastrous impacts that climate change and habitat destruction have had on bird populations. But because birds have been telling us for quite some time that we must act—and because we have listened—we’re already protecting vulnerable birds in every landscape where we work. Through research, advocacy, and hands-on conservation action to maintain and protect resilient landscapes across the nation, we are pushing for the large-scale change it will take to ease habitat loss and help reverse the climbing temperatures of the climate crisis.

The birds we love need protection

Two-thirds of Rufous Hummingbirds have been lost in the past 50 years.

This species could see its current summer range shrink by 70 percent and its winter range by half.

3 billion birds have vanished in less than a human lifetime.

But we can—and must—do more while there’s still time. Please, join us with an annual recurring donation before midnight while, thanks to a group of generous donors, your first gift will be matched, up to $5,000, for birds and their habitats.

Sincerely,

National Audubon Society

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Photo: Brendan Murphy/Audubon Photography Awards. Illustrations: Piping Plover; Tricolored Blackbird; Rufous Hummingbird

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