Sydney Walsh

Staff Photographer
About

Sydney Walsh is the Staff Photographer at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½.  explores the connection between humans and the natural world to document climate change and conservation stories. She has photographed for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, NBC News, and The Guardian, among others.

Articles by Sydney Walsh

Listening to the Land—and the Birds
June 03, 2025 — How Counting Birds Like Black-chinned Sparrows and Lazuli Buntings Guides Conservation on California’s Working Ranches
CALIFORNIA
aerial view of a living shoreline
New Segments of Living Shorelines Completed
April 07, 2025 — ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Florida has worked with local, state, and federal partners to protect these iconic species and their habitat at the Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries since 1934.
FLORIDA Coastal Stewardship
A bird flying with rocks and grass in the background
At Alaska’s Yakutat Tern Festival, Seabirds and Local Culture Soar
February 12, 2025 — The annual event highlights the remote village’s terns and Alaska Native community.
News
An aerial view of an all-terrain vehicle driving through a landscape
First Nations Are On the Cusp of a Big Marine Conservation Win in Canada—and They Have Even Bigger Plans
December 02, 2024 — Indigenous communities in Ontario are leading a campaign to protect critical portions of a vast inland sea that people, migratory birds, and other wildlife all rely upon. Can they conserve the coastline and carbon-storing peatlands, too?
Boreal Forests
People with binoculars walking in an urban park.
Science Is Revealing the Social Disparities at the Root of Urban Ecosystems
November 22, 2024 — When it comes to biodiversity, research shows not all neighborhoods are created equal. They’re defined by injustices past and present.
Field Notes
Mining Could Pollute Alaska’s Chilkat Valley. A Tribe and Local Groups Defend their Way of Life.
September 27, 2024 — Inside the fight for the watershed with the Chilkat Indian Village of Klukwan, residents in Haines, and ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Alaska.
News
Person with binoculars on ladder leading to rooftop with clouds in the background (left). Wooden chick shelter that reads "ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½" in green paint (right).
Coastal Birds Are Ditching the Beach to Nest on Rooftops
May 22, 2024 — Each summer, conservationists around the country protect birds that nest atop buildings as development and sea-level rise erase natural beach habitat. But is this a long-term solution?
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A bird flies between skyscrapers, the fading moon overhead.
The Surprisingly Long History of the Movement to Make Buildings Safer for Birds
March 26, 2024 — Documenting the birds injured and killed by flying into buildings is difficult, emotionally draining work. One New York City ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ volunteer looks to the past to find hope for the future.
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