Research has shown that we’ve lost 3 billion birds in the span of a human lifetime and that 90 species of birds have lost half or more of their populations in the last 50 years alone. Add to that the impacts of extreme weather on the habitats birds depend on and it’s clear we’re in the midst of a code-red crisis. But we know what it takes to get birds back on track and hit the ground running in 2026.

Start the new year with a decision to defend birds like the Northern Cardinal. Please choose a gift that renews automatically each year while your first donation could be matched 2X up to $500,000. Will you be one of the 181 donors needed by midnight?