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Our 75th Oakland CBC — damp but successful
By Ilana DeBare The El Niño rains took a short mini-siesta on Sunday… long enough for us to have a successful 2015 Oakland Christmas Bird
Our volunteers rocked in 2015!
By Ilana DeBare As we approach year’s end, it’s nice to take time to appreciate some of the wonderful things about 2015. Like… our Golden
GGBA birds the Bay with Dolphin Charters
By David Assmann At 8:45 a.m. on Saturday November 21st, 29 enthusiastic birders boarded the double-decker River Dolphin at the Berkeley Marina for a full
Lani’s Big Year: California Dreaming
Note: This is the ninth in a series of occasional blog posts by GGBA member George Peyton about his other half Lani Rumbaoa’s effort to see over
Holiday gifts for birders, 2015 edition
By Ilana DeBare Looking for holiday gifts that will tickle the tail feathers of the birders in your life? Here are some ideas that go
Talking turkey (the wild kind) in Oakland
This article is reprinted from CityLab, an online journalism site affiliated with The Atlantic magazine. By John Metcalfe Walking out my front door a little
Altamont Winds Inc. to shut down its Bay Area turbines
By Cindy Margulis In a major victory for Altamont Pass birds, a wind company that has killed outrageous numbers of birds in the Altamont area
Birds of Northern California — new field guide
By Bob Lewis This small field guide, published by R.W. Morse Co. of Olympia, Washington, slides easily into a back pocket. Small in size, but
Birding Arizona during the monsoon
Note: This is the eighth in a series of occasional blog posts by GGBA member George Peyton about his other half Lani Rumbaoa’s effort to see over
Support wildlife, not gunfire, in East Bay parklands
By Ilana DeBare Golden Gate Bird Alliance has joined the growing chorus of park users and neighbors urging shutdown of the controversial Chabot Gun Club
Mea Culpa
Editor’s note: On October 6th, Mark Rauzon reported on the SF Birds Yahoo group that he had sighted a Nashville Warbler in downtown San Francisco.
Brooks Island field trip – a special place
By Ilana DeBare We don’t normally write blog posts about field trips… but a trip to Brooks Island is not a normal trip. Brooks Island