Urge Congress to Protect Seabirds
The Forage Fish Conservation Act was just re-introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives, after being re-introduced to the U.S. Senate back in April. This bipartisan bill would maintain a healthy forage fish population in our oceans for the benefit of birds and local economies.
Today, there are 300 million fewer seabirds in the world than there were in 1950, a population decline of 70 percent. These magnificent birds such as Atlantic Puffins, Ospreys, and Black-footed Albatrosses rely on forage fish as their primary food source, but they often can’t find enough to eat.
Click on the link below to urge your Members of Congress to co-sponsor the Forage Fish Conservation Act to save the ocean fish that seabirds need to survive.
Federal Bird Safe Building Act
It is estimated that about 1 billion birds are lost to window collisions annually. A new bill was introduced to require that all new or significantly altered federal buildings be built using bird friendly designs and materials. The bill is currently in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. You can read more about it here. It needs your help- tell your members of Congress to support the bill by clicking on the button below.
Lights Out
Every spring and fall, billions of birds migrate through the US, mostly under the cover of darkness. This mass movement of birds must contend with a dramatically increasing but still largely unrecognized threat: light pollution.
To learn more about what you can do to protect migrating birds from light pollution, click the button below.
Please Report Bird Bands!
Reporting Injured Birds or Wildlife
IF YOU SHOULD FIND A BIRD OR OTHER INJURED WILDLIFE, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING, AS APPROPRIATE:
For Birds in the Coastal Bend area, telephone:
TEXAS SEALIFE CENTER (CORPUS CHRISTI): 1-361-589-4023
TEXAS STATE AQUARIUM (CORPUS CHRISTI): 1-361-881-1210
AMOS REHABILITATION KEEP (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE / PORT ARANSAS): 1-361-749-6793
WINGS (ROCKPORT/FULTON AREA): 1-361-205-0892
For Injured Sea Turtles on Texas Beaches, telephone:
NESTING TURTLES: 1-866-TURTLE-5 OR 1-866-887-8535
INJURED, SICK OR DEAD TURTLES:
PADRE ISLAND NAT. SEASHORE / DIV. OF SEA TURTLE SCI. & RECOVERY: 1-866-TURTLE-5 (1-866-877-8535)
AMOS REHABILITATION KEEP (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE / PORT ARANSAS): 1-361-749-6793
For Other Injured Wildlife, telephone:
NATIVE REPTILES (INJURED SNAKES, SNAKE RELOCATION, RED-EARED SLIDERS, TORTOISES)
TEXAS SEALIFE CENTER (CORPUS CHRISTI): 1-361-589-4023TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS (OPOSSUMS, SQUIRRELS, BUNNIES)- AMOS REHABILITATION KEEP (UNIVERSITY OF TX AT AUSTIN MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE / PORT ARANSAS): 1-361-749-6793
MARINE MAMMALS (DOLPHINS/WHALES) ONLY - TX MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK: 1-800-962-6625