WORDS FOR BIRDS
Harnessing the Power of Words to Benefit the World’s Birds
About Words for Birds
Sophie A. H. Osborn harnesses the power of words to raise awareness about threats to birds and inspire bird conservation.
Books
Sophie’s natural history books about birds seek to enlighten as well as entertain. Readers will learn about endangered birds through the trials and tribulations of a wildlife biologist who worked to introduce these imperiled birds to their native habitats.
New: May 2024
Other Writings
Sophie’s award-winning writings focus on bird natural history and the threats that birds face. By enlightening readers about the world’s dazzling diversity of birds and the reasons for ongoing declines in bird numbers, Sophie hopes to inspire others to care about birds and conserve them.
Blog
The Words for Birds blog contains natural history tidbits about the world’s birds, information about threats to birds, and suggestions for how people can help bolster bird populations.
Services
Sophie is available to write about bird natural history, to promote bird conservation organizations, to highlight threats to birds, and to detail ways that individuals can help birds.
Favorites
Links to Sophie’s favorite bird conservation organizations, with an emphasis on those that are working to protect and conserve tropical birds.
Contact
In the end, we will conserve only
what we love, we will love only
what we understand, and we will
understand only what we are taught.
— Conservationist Baba Dioum
For there is always light,
If only we’re brave enough to see it,
If only we’re brave enough to be it.
— Poet Amanda Gorman