Humanity can choose to recognize how nature works and work with it, or ignore it to our own peril, as we watch the slow, if not rapid, degradation of the ecosphere, ecosystems, populations, and species that inhabit planet Earth. Wild Places, Wild Birds chooses to pay attention, learn, recognize, understand, and act. We invite you to join us—focus on birds with us as we present the cultural, economic, and scientific information needed to help save our spectacular natural world.
Challenges to Bird Survival
A key motivation for developing this website is to educate the public. To provide a learning environment, increase awareness, and motivate getting involved in one of the most critical ecological tipping points of modern times. In the reports below are stories of both disaster and success, opportunities and lost chances, and sadness.
Stories of challenge and hope …
Photo of the Week – March 2, 2026 Dreaming of summer days.
PBS REPORTS – The Ruffed Grouse – long-term ruffed grouse declines across Appalachia
Aurora Borealis 2024 – Lake Superior, Alger County, Michigan