{"id":192430,"date":"2025-05-02T20:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=192430"},"modified":"2025-05-02T20:46:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:46:03","slug":"resolution-proclaims-birding-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/05\/02\/resolution-proclaims-birding-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution proclaims Birding Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH9), introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 9 through May 18, 2025, as \u201cNational American Birding Week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Birding is a pastime that generates billions in economic benefits annually, but migratory bird populations face many threats to their survival. Annual birding events such as the \u201cBiggest Week in American Birding\u201d, sponsored by the Black Swamp Bird Observatory in Oak Harbor, leverage government, nonprofit, and private resources to promote conservation of migratory bird populations and economic development through a multifaceted approach that combines research, education, and outreach. Coordinated efforts by Federal, State, and local governments, conservation organizations, and businesses help to promote conservation of migratory birds and economic development through birding.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cBirdwatching in Ohio is a year-round activity, with a wide variety of birds and over 400 species to spot,\u201d\u00a0Latta said.\u00a0\u201cThere is a reason northwest Ohio is dubbed the \u2018Warbler Capital of the World,\u2019 and I am proud to introduce this bipartisan resolution with Congresswoman Kaptur, to continue recognizing the art of birdwatching, support local conservation and to encourage more people to get outside enjoy birdwatching during National American Birding Week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur bipartisan resolution calls attention to the array of natural and human-caused threats to migratory bird populations, emphasizes contributions birders make to local economies, and applauds the cooperation among governments, conservation organizations, and businesses,\u201d\u00a0Kaptur said.\u00a0\u201cI call on my fellow Ohioans to join Congressman Latta\u00a0and me\u00a0in supporting the designation of \u2018National American Birding Week\u2019 as we celebrate this important event that brings birders from around the world to northwest Ohio every year. I encourage birders and people from across our nation to attend events including the \u2018Biggest Week in American Birding\u2019 to learn about efforts to preserve migratory bird populations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approximately 3,500,000,000 songbirds, raptors, shore birds, and waterfowl representing over 350 species migrate north through the United States to breeding grounds every spring from wintering grounds in the southern United States, Mexico, and the tropics. Populations of many migratory bird species are in decline due to habitat loss, predation, and collisions with buildings, utility infrastructure, and vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An estimated 45 million American birders spend close to $40 billion annually on birdwatching and birding activities creating hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in employment income and federal and state tax revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent staff\/submitted information This week, Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH5) and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH9), introduced a bipartisan resolution proclaiming May 9 through May 18, 2025, as \u201cNational American Birding Week.\u201d Birding is a pastime that generates billions in economic benefits annually, but migratory bird populations face many threats to their survival. Annual birding events […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-05 19:26:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192430"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192433,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192430\/revisions\/192433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}