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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.

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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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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

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December 21, 2015

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

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December 16, 2015

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

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December 1, 2015

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

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November 22, 2015

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

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November 18, 2015

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

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November 13, 2015

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

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November 3, 2015

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

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November 2, 2015

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

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October 28, 2015

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

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October 22, 2015

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.

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October 18, 2015

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

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October 11, 2015
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