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Tree Swallow by Marie Read
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Golden-fronted Woodpecker by Marcy Barbosa via Birdspotter
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Calliope Hummingbird by Marya Moosman/Macaulay Library

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Conservation in Action

How We Use Sound to Help Protect Elephants from Poaching

A farm worker with a basket of freshly picked coffee berries. Photo by Gustave Axelson.
Conservation in Action

How Can a Great Cup of Coffee Support Birds, Farmers, and Local Communities?

Great Philippine Eagle by Neil Rettig.
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Photo Credits:

Barn Swallow by Johanna Beam/Macaulay Library; Golden-fronted Woodpecker by Marcy Barbosa/BirdSpotter; Tree Swallow by Marie Read; Calliope Hummingbird by Marya Moosman/Macaulay Library; Cornell Botanical Gardens by Justin Muir; Gunnison Sage-Grouse by Gerrit Vyn.

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