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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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Dancing with Sage Grouse

By Bruce Mast Editor’s note: If you would like to experience Sage Grouse for yourself, we currently have one spot available for our March 22nd

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February 12, 2019

Albany Mudflats-McLaughlin Eastshore State Park-Albany Bulb

Editor’s note: If you’ve never taken the time to read a trip report, you are missing out. Please enjoy Fred’s report and this “snapshot” of

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February 7, 2019

Enjoy Our Wintering Birds While You Can

By Lee Friedman [Note: If you cannot see the accompanying photographs or if they are blurry, please click on the title or the “read in

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January 29, 2019

Misses Marked 2018’s Oakland Christmas Bird Count

by Dave Quady and Bob Lewis During the week preceding count day, forecasts of rain and high winds created a sense of foreboding that continued

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January 25, 2019

We Are Not Powerless Against Climate Change

World Wetlands Day February 2, 2019 and the Ramsar Convention by Maureen Lahiff Our San Francisco Bay is not only a designated Important Bird Area,

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January 22, 2019

Cinnamon Winter Beach Beauty

By Miya Lucas The Marbled Godwit is one of my favorite birds and one you can easily identify walking on a beach on a winter

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January 9, 2019

Year-end Countdown: The 2018 Oakland Christmas Bird Count

Eric Schroeder For this year’s Oakland Christmas Bird Count I was allowed to sleep in. It turned out that co-organizers Bob Lewis and Dave Quady

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December 26, 2018

Bird Mural in Downtown Oakland

By Pam Consear Downtown Oakland has a new mural! Actually, most of a city block full of murals, emblazoned with flying herons and egrets and

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December 17, 2018

Watershed Warriors

By Leslie Weir   “Why is there so much trash?” “Why do people throw so much trash in the water?” These are the questions GGBA

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December 6, 2018

5 Ways That Birdwatching Has Changed My Life

By Taylor Crisologo Editor’s note: This blog originally appeared on Taylor Crisologo’s website BayAreaNaturalist.com There are very few hobbies that I can say have changed my

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November 14, 2018

Looking up at the 2018 Audubon California Assembly

by Clayton Anderson “Look Up”! was the slogan for this year’s California Assembly. There were some real positives to take away from the event. I

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November 8, 2018

Keep Our Parks Healthy: Vote Yes on Measure FF

By Pam Young   In 2004, the East Bay Regional Park District won 72% approval from East Bay voters in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Alameda, San

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November 2, 2018
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