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��APP Magazine

Past Issues

��APP is an independent journalism enterprise within the ��APP. We publish a quarterly print issue, as well as daily online. To become a member and subscriber,All magazine stories can be found here.

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2024

How Much Longer Can These Cold-Loving Birds Last in the Rapidly Warming Rockies?

How Much Longer Can These Cold-Loving Birds Last in the Rapidly Warming Rockies?

Winter 2024

This Man Is on a Quest to Document Hawaii’s Far-Flung Bird Specimens—and Maybe Even Bring Some Home

This Man Is on a Quest to Document Hawaii’s Far-Flung Bird Specimens—and Maybe Even Bring Some Home

Fall 2024

Bring the ��APP Mural Project to Your Town

Bring the ��APP Mural Project to Your Town

Summer 2024

In the Arctic, Beavers Are Climate Winners. Should We Let Them Take Over?

In the Arctic, Beavers Are Climate Winners. Should We Let Them Take Over?

Spring 2024

2023

Can a Scientist and an Owl Be Friends?

Can a Scientist and an Owl Be Friends?

Winter 2023

As Avian Flu Ravaged Wild Condors, One Chick Became a Ray of Hope

As Avian Flu Ravaged Wild Condors, One Chick Became a Ray of Hope

Fall 2023

The 2023 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2023 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2023

What Is Causing the American Kestrel’s Perplexing Decline?

What Is Causing the American Kestrel’s Perplexing Decline?

Spring 2023

2022

The Flight of the Spoonbills Holds Lessons for a Changing Everglades—and World

The Flight of the Spoonbills Holds Lessons for a Changing Everglades—and World

Winter 2022

It’s the Moment of Truth for the Northern Spotted Owl

It’s the Moment of Truth for the Northern Spotted Owl

Fall 2022

The 2022 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2022 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2022

This Pioneering Collaboration Will Open a New Window Into Bird Migration

This Pioneering Collaboration Will Open a New Window Into Bird Migration

Spring 2022

2021

It Takes a Helicopter Parent to Rescue a Rare Seabird from Extinction

It Takes a Helicopter Parent to Rescue a Rare Seabird from Extinction

Winter 2021

This Iconic Everglades Bird Is Moving to the ‘Burbs

This Iconic Everglades Bird Is Moving to the ‘Burbs

Fall 2021

The 2021 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2021 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2021

The Decades-Long Effort to Save the Masked Bobwhite Is Finally Taking Off

The Decades-Long Effort to Save the Masked Bobwhite Is Finally Taking Off

Spring 2021

2020

How Researchers Hope to Save the Florida Scrub-Jay From an Inbreeding Crisis

How Researchers Hope to Save the Florida Scrub-Jay From an Inbreeding Crisis

Winter 2020

Can This Critically Endangered Bird Survive Australia's New Climate Reality?

Can This Critically Endangered Bird Survive Australia's New Climate Reality?

Fall 2020

The 2020 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

The 2020 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners and Honorable Mentions

Summer 2020

This Brutal Pesticide Creates a ‘Circle of Death.' So Why Is It Making a Comeback?

This Brutal Pesticide Creates a ‘Circle of Death.' So Why Is It Making a Comeback?

Spring 2020

2019

When We Need Them Most, Birds and Nature Are At Our Service

When We Need Them Most, Birds and Nature Are At Our Service

Winter 2019

How State and Local Governments Are Leading the Way on Climate Policy

How State and Local Governments Are Leading the Way on Climate Policy

Fall 2019

The 2019 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners

The 2019 ��APP Photography Awards: Winners

Summer 2019

Reimagining the American Kestrel

Reimagining the American Kestrel

Spring 2019

2018

A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska's Pristine and Imperiled Arctic Refuge

A Journey Into the Heart of Alaska's Pristine and Imperiled Arctic Refuge

Winter 2018

Meet the Undercover Crime Unit Battling Miami's Black Market of Birds

Meet the Undercover Crime Unit Battling Miami's Black Market of Birds

Fall 2018

The 2018 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

The 2018 ��APP Photography Awards Winners

Summer 2018

If You Care About Birds, Protect This Law

If You Care About Birds, Protect This Law

Spring 2018

2017

Six Tips for Photographing Bald Eagles

Six Tips for Photographing Bald Eagles

Winter 2017

Zinke's New Conservation Plans Will Hurt, Not Help, Sage-Grouse Recovery Efforts

Zinke's New Conservation Plans Will Hurt, Not Help, Sage-Grouse Recovery Efforts

Fall 2017

The 'Smart Nest Box' Provides a Peek Into the Secret Lives of Birds

The 'Smart Nest Box' Provides a Peek Into the Secret Lives of Birds

Summer 2017

The Same Pesticides Linked to Bee Declines Might Also Threaten Birds

The Same Pesticides Linked to Bee Declines Might Also Threaten Birds

Spring 2017

2016

5 Essentials for Birding in the Tropics

5 Essentials for Birding in the Tropics

Winter 2016

How Australia's Aborigines Are Using Fire to Save the Dazzling Gouldian Finch

How Australia's Aborigines Are Using Fire to Save the Dazzling Gouldian Finch

Fall 2016

Head to the North Woods—the Boreal Birds Are Waiting

Head to the North Woods—the Boreal Birds Are Waiting

Summer 2016

A Look Behind the Scenes at ��APP's New Strategic Plan

A Look Behind the Scenes at ��APP's New Strategic Plan

May - June 2016

How Two Old Pipelines Put the Great Lakes (and its Birds) at Risk

How Two Old Pipelines Put the Great Lakes (and its Birds) at Risk

March - April 2016

Meet the Creatures of the Arctic Polar Night

Meet the Creatures of the Arctic Polar Night

January - February 2016

2015

6 Horrifying Bird Plagues—and How to Stop Them

6 Horrifying Bird Plagues—and How to Stop Them

November - December 2015

Wood Thrushes Connect Bird Lovers Across Borders

Wood Thrushes Connect Bird Lovers Across Borders

September - October 2015

New York’s Fresh Kills Landfill Gets an Epic Facelift

New York’s Fresh Kills Landfill Gets an Epic Facelift

July - August 2015

American White Pelican

American White Pelican

May - June 2015

Slip Sliding Away

Slip Sliding Away

March - April 2015

Fly Like an Eagle

Fly Like an Eagle

January - February 2015

2014

I Dream of Gigi

I Dream of Gigi

November-December 2014

It's Time To Act

It's Time To Act

September-October 2014

King Bird

King Bird

July-August 2014

Costa Rica Untapped

Costa Rica Untapped

Mining Minnesota’s Canoe Country

Mining Minnesota’s Canoe Country

March-April 2014

Waste Management, Peruvian Style

Waste Management, Peruvian Style

January-February 2014

2013

Wild Turkey on the Rocks?

Wild Turkey on the Rocks?

November-December 2013

Seahorse Tails Spawn Invention

Seahorse Tails Spawn Invention

September-October 2013

Biofuel from Stomach Bugs

Biofuel from Stomach Bugs

July-August 2013

��APP Priority Bird: Roseate Spoonbill

��APP Priority Bird: Roseate Spoonbill

��APP View

March-April 2013

��APP View

January-February 2013

2012

A Kitschy New Book and Video Take Audiences On Safari

A Kitschy New Book and Video Take Audiences On Safari

November-December 2012

How Do Pigeons Find Their Way Home?

How Do Pigeons Find Their Way Home?

September-October 2012

Ecuador Won’t Drill for Oil in the Amazon—As Long as the World Pays Up

Ecuador Won’t Drill for Oil in the Amazon—As Long as the World Pays Up

July-August 2012

The Pacific Northwest's Underwater Wilderness

The Pacific Northwest's Underwater Wilderness

High and Dry: A Human Face of Climate Change

High and Dry: A Human Face of Climate Change

March-April 2012

A Big Win for Minnesota's Wetlands

A Big Win for Minnesota's Wetlands

January-February 2012

2011

Ocean Drifters

Ocean Drifters

November-December 2011

A Garden Grows in New Orleans

A Garden Grows in New Orleans

September-October 2011

Tarred and Feathered

Tarred and Feathered

July-August 2011

Gold Standard

Gold Standard

Food Cycle: Savor

Food Cycle: Savor

March-April 2011

Saddle Sores

Saddle Sores

January-February 2011

2010

The ��APP Guide to Winter Bird Feeding

The ��APP Guide to Winter Bird Feeding

November-December 2010

Windfall

Windfall

September-October 2010

The Other Coast Guard

The Other Coast Guard

July-August 2010

Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers

Shangri-La

Shangri-La

March-April 2010

2009

The ��APP Guide to Binoculars

The ��APP Guide to Binoculars

November-December 2009

Where It All Begins

Where It All Begins

September-October 2009

Petal Pusher

Petal Pusher

July-August 2009

The Endless Race

The Endless Race

Where Dreams Come True

Where Dreams Come True

March-April 2009

Paper Chase

Paper Chase

January-February 2009

2008

Slings and Arrows: Why Birders Love to Hate Blue Jays

Slings and Arrows: Why Birders Love to Hate Blue Jays

September-October 2008

Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant

July-August 2008

Trashed

Trashed

Small Miracles: The Wonder of Birds' Nests

Small Miracles: The Wonder of Birds' Nests

March-April 2008

On the Edge

On the Edge

January-February 2008

2007

A Canoe Trip Down the Yellowstone River

A Canoe Trip Down the Yellowstone River

November-December 2007

The Virtues of Switchgrass as an Alternative Fuel

The Virtues of Switchgrass as an Alternative Fuel

September-October 2007

Primate Watching Is the New Birding

Primate Watching Is the New Birding

July-August 2007

Scarface: The Damage Wrought from Mountaintop Mining

Scarface: The Damage Wrought from Mountaintop Mining

March-April 2007

War Rages on Cape Hatteras

War Rages on Cape Hatteras

January-February 2007

2006

Beauty and the Bomb: Puerto Rico's Vieques

Beauty and the Bomb: Puerto Rico's Vieques

November-December 2006

Climate Change Spurs Remarkable Melting in Greenland

Climate Change Spurs Remarkable Melting in Greenland

September-October 2006

Brown Bear Watching on Alaska's McNeil River

Brown Bear Watching on Alaska's McNeil River

July-August 2006

2005

365 Days of Christmas

365 Days of Christmas

November-December 2005

2004

��APP's Legacy: Where It All Began

��APP's Legacy: Where It All Began

November-December 2004

Banding Hummingbirds to Solve their Mysterious Ways

Banding Hummingbirds to Solve their Mysterious Ways

September-October 2004

July-August 2004 Cover

2003

The Puffin Man

The Puffin Man

November-December 2003

5 Days, 5 Nights, 3,000 Miles, and 10 Hours of Sleep—but Who's Counting?

5 Days, 5 Nights, 3,000 Miles, and 10 Hours of Sleep—but Who's Counting?

March-April 2003

1995

July-August 1995

1977

In Search of the Imperial Woodpecker

In Search of the Imperial Woodpecker

November-December 1977

1973

1970

Time Capsule: Canal Threatens Florida's Oklawaha River

Time Capsule: Canal Threatens Florida's Oklawaha River

July-August 1970

1942

From the Archives: Aldo Leopold's ‘Odyssey'

From the Archives: Aldo Leopold's ‘Odyssey'

March-April 1942