New technologies are revolutionizing our understanding of bird migrations and the habitat they need. Modern conservation paradigms are emerging that advocate for a dramatic increase in how much habitat we protect, particularly in regions that birds depend heavily on and are still highly intact, such as North America's Boreal Forest.

It is time to take bird conservation into the 21st century, and this report—published by the Boreal Songbird Initiative, Ducks Unlimited, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Environment for the Americas—outlines ways to do so.