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  • KEEP LOOKING UP: Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of Birdwatching

    KEEP LOOKING UP: Your Guide to the Powerful Healing of Birdwatching

    Presented by Tammah Watts
    Date: September 17, 2026
    Time and Location: September 17 online via Zoom

    KEEP LOOKING UP, the Powerful Healing of Birdwatching Join Tammah Watts as she weaves together personal story and avian life to reveal the marvelous phenomenon shared among us. This interactive presentation invites the audience to become acquainted, or perhaps re-acquainted, with the many benefits experienced when connecting with our feathered friends at home, in the…

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How to Create a Bird-Safe Backyard

by Matthew Hildebrandt As spring rolls in, bird migration ramps up, and birds begin flying north through one of the most important migration corridors, the Pacific Flyway. Each spring and fall, roughly 1 billion birds travel through this route, passing through our homes and making the greater San Francisco Bay Area an important stop along…
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