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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Trash cans become bird art in Oakland
By Ilana DeBare They started out as boring, nondescript, too-often-ignored trash cans. But now they are bright spots of bird art in downtown Oakland! A
My personal Pinnacles condor experience
By Richard Neidhardt The California Condor and support for its recovery at Pinnacles National Park have captured much of my time over the last 5½
A nest box newbie in the schoolyard
By Anthony DeCicco Success! Pure thrilling success. I screamed “Yes!” this spring when I first saw a pair of adult Western Bluebirds entering the nest
Protecting birds by recycling plastic fishing line
By Ilana DeBare Monofilament fishing line may be only 1/100 of an inch thick – but it can still be deadly to water birds and
Salesforce helps bring nature back to Pier 94
By Ilana DeBare Salesforce may be known for creating software in “the cloud,” but its employees are equally good at getting their hands into dirt.
Redtail nest saga in an Emeryville park
By Mary Malec This is a story where everyone does everything right… almost. Six or seven years ago I was driving up my street returning
Miwok-style Birdathon, 2015
By Ivan Samuels When I realized that spring was upon us and Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s Birdathon season was fast approaching, a smoke signal was
Pelagic Birding for Beginners
By Maureen Lahiff Have you ever seen an albatross? Do you want to have the pleasure of spotting their distinctive profile, tilting and soaring above
Drones and birds — a growing conflict?
By Ilana DeBare The rocky oceanfront near San Francisco’s Sutro Baths is a key nesting spot for shorebirds such as Black Oystercatchers and Brandt’s Cormorants.
Big Year Birding on the South Texas Coast
Note: This is the sixth in a series of occasional blog posts by GGBA member George Peyton about his other half Lani Rumbaoa’s effort to
Heron’s Head Park: Birding Hotspot
By Dominik Mosur Imagine a complex of salt, brackish and freshwater marshes and associated upland covering hundreds of thousands of acres. Then picture it reduced
In praise of fourteen hundred (!) volunteers
By Ilana DeBare Golden Gate Bird Alliance relies on volunteers. How many volunteers, you might ask? A few dozen? Maybe a hundred? Try fourteen hundred