GGBA BLOG
Welcome to our online blog featuring thoughtful articles on everything from birding hotspots to bird science written by members of our community.
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Birding by Ear with help from AI
By Margot Bezrutczyk I’ll probably never know what it was: the bird that sang such complex, liquid song in the thicket of bay laurel that
Two weeks on the Farallones
By Michael Pierson I recently had the pleasure of spending two weeks volunteering on the Farallon Islands as part of an invasive plant removal team.
Birds for breakfast
By Alan Krakauer The past year of Covid-19 saw folks change how they relate to nature. Like many of you, my wife and I enjoyed
Mount Sutro’s Bombardier Butterflies
By Liam O’Brien They blast by incredibly fast, zipping and zagging every which way. No, I’m not talking about the annual visit of the Blue
Contributing to a Breeding Bird Atlas
By Brandy Deminna Ford Have you ever really looked at a Mourning Dove—its grayish blue crown, pale rosy breast, and shimmering iridescence punctuated by myriad
Chow time for cormorant chicks
Photographer Rick Lewis, a Golden Gate Bird Alliance member, specializes in documenting the avian life near his Alameda home. Over the weekend he had a
Dragonfly Detour
By Tara McIntire Over the course of this past year, our lives changed forever For me, this has translated into a “world exposed” as I
Birdathon 2021: Soaring success
By Ilana DeBare If Birdathon 2021 were a film, we’d say “it’s a wrap!” Instead we’ll say, “it’s a rap-tor!” Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s annual
Secret Jewel along Tomales Bay
By Ilana DeBare Bay Area birdwatchers have long flocked to Audubon Canyon Ranch’s flagship Martin Griffin preserve along Bolinas Lagoon, which for years hosted dozens
Creation of a felted Osprey chick
By Hilary Powers Bid high for the baby Osprey in the Birdathon auction – you may never see another! When Golden Gate Bird Alliance called
Accessible birding for every body
By Chris Okon When I started birding in 2005, I went on each and every Golden Gate Bird Alliance bird walk that I could: the
Egret nests in Alameda, 2020
Editor’s Note: It’s nesting season! Photographer Gerry Traucht has been following a nesting colony of Great and Snowy Egrets in Alameda for eight years, through