GGBA BLOG
Welcome to our online blog featuring thoughtful articles on everything from birding hotspots to bird science written by members of our community.
In order to keep this blog as engaging and relevant as possible we welcome all interested contributors to pitch their article idea(s) to our communications desk at rnakano@goldengatebirds.org
We are especially interested in publishing blog posts from writers within underrepresented communities including; Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities. For more information on contributing blog posts and the editing process visit our Blog Guideline page here.
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Smoke, Water and Birds: 10 Hours at Sea on a Pelagic
By Elliot Janca Editor’s Note: Toward the end of September, when the skies were dense with smoke and fog, teenage birder Elliot (accompanied by
Learn more about GGBA’s upcoming Bird Art and Holiday Sale!
By Daryl Goldman There were many challenges this past spring, but while sheltering in place, I found some unexpected joy: the silencing of the traffic
Refuge Takes Flight
By Mark Lipman Editor’s Note: We are happy to offer GGBA members the opportunity to watch Refuge, a beautiful new film portrait of a wildlife refuge
Another Strong Year for Snowy Plovers at Ocean Beach and Crissy Field, As a New Overwintering Season Begins
By the Snowy Plover Monitors at National Park Service Western snowy plovers are back on Golden Gate National Recreation Area beaches! They weren’t gone for
The Butterflies of Mount Sutro
By Liam O’Brien When I surveyed all the butterflies of San Francisco County in 2007 (and again in 2009) Mount Sutro was not one of
Auk the Vote! Together, We Can Get Out The Environmental Vote
By Laura Cremin and David Robinson America’s birding community has always advocated for conservation policies. Low voter turnout, however, is a huge roadblock to
Photographing on the Median
By Gerry Traucht Editor’s Note: Gerry offers us glimpses of what he sees at and near his home. This unique collection embodies the qualities
Journeying Homeward From Home
By Gerry Traucht His name is Hello. When I say, Hello, to an empty sky, a crow appears. It takes a minute or two if
How I Came to Love Owls Even More
By Alan Krakauer I wish this was a normal spring and summer. However, if I had to pick one up-side to being forced to bird
Bird Friendly Chocolate
By Sharol Nelson-Embry If you’ve never tasted single-origin chocolate, stop reading and go find yourself a bar. Each country where cacao is grown, and sometimes
How Birds and Chocolate Became My Passion
By Sharol Nelson-Embry A rare, endangered songbird flute-like call echoes through a tropical forest with cacao trees bordering on a high elevation pine “cloud forest”
Thoughts of Tam
By Craig Griffeath The SF Bay Ospreys nest community mourns the death of 2020 fledgling Tam, aged 76 days. Though brief, his life touched many