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A fuller picture of where birds are can help inform conservation and research efforts. This week, why protecting birds in North America requires thinking about forests in Central America.

A fuller picture of where birds are can help inform conservation and research efforts. Plus: what wildfire smoke means for birds and the controversy roiling the Audubon Society.

Scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have developed a novel way to model whether the populations of more than 500 bird species are increasing or decreasing. The method solves a nagging statistical problem by accounting for year-to-year changes in the behavior of people collecting the data.

A fuller picture of where birds are can help inform conservation and research efforts. This week: try sharpening your skills through listening.

A fuller picture of where birds are can help inform conservation and research efforts.

A fuller picture of where birds are can help inform conservation and research efforts.

A fuller picture of where birds are can help inform conservation and research efforts.

A fuller picture of where birds are can help inform conservation and research efforts.

For the first time, people around the world, including conservationists, can zoom in to within an 8-mile radius to see exactly where each of 586 bird species is increasing or decreasing – providing localized insights needed to restore rapidly declining bird populations and habitats.