GOING SOUTH
WINGS OVER AMERICA
During migration, many shorebirds opt to hug the United States’
Atlantic coastline, which is rich with productive ecosystems,
but densely-populated with humans. Others prefer a direct oceanic
crossing, from Labrador and Nova Scotia to South America via
the eastern Caribbean islands. Neither route comes without peril...
UNITED STATES
WHERE 3 The Florida Everglades
BIRDLIFE PARTNER 3 Audubon Society
Photo Jayne Romrodphoto/Shutterstock
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
These vast tropical wetlands are an important refuelling spot for
migratory waterfowl and shorebirds, who arrive in huge numbers to
feast on the Everglades’ invertebrates. But this once-plentiful food
supply is gradually drying up as drainage and development is, to
paraphrase a popular line from US politics, “draining the swamp”.
WHAT ARE WE DOING?
Our US Partner Audubon is the only conservation organisation work-
ing throughout the Everglades. Through tireless policy and advocacy
work, Audubon of Florida was instrumental in the formation of the
Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area.
They have also helped shape federal and state