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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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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

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June 28, 2015

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

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June 24, 2015

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

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June 20, 2015

A thriving “Tern Town” in Hayward

By Ilana DeBare If you’ve been involved with Golden Gate Bird Alliance, you’ve probably heard a lot about the nesting colony of California Least Terns

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June 16, 2015

“Chicken” searching in Colorado

Note: This is the fifth in a series of occasional blog posts by GGBA member George Peyton about his other half Lani Rumbaoa’s effort to

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June 13, 2015

Eco-Education by the Bay

This year, Golden Gate Bird Alliance is awarding its Paul Covel Conservation Education award to Herb and Randi Long, two volunteers who have been pillars

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June 10, 2015

Birding Formosa

By Eddie Bartley On a recent visit to Taiwan, we rejoined our friends and most excellent local wildlife guides Stone and Richard for what we

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June 7, 2015

Experiencing Condors during Birdathon

By Leslie Jacoby Newsflash, April 20, 2015: Conservationists thought one of the few numbered wild California Condors had disappeared somewhere in the vast geographical landscape

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May 25, 2015

Birdathon 2015 – successful and fun!

By Ilana DeBare We won’t beat around the bush with the good news. Birdathon 2015 not only hit its goal of raising $50,000 — we

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May 21, 2015

More bad news for Altamont birds

By Ilana DeBare The Alameda County Board of Supervisors had an opportunity Tuesday to reverse a bad decision about Altamont wind power — and they

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May 5, 2015

Lani’s Big Year goes to Florida

Note: This is the fourth in an ongoing series of posts by GGBA member George Peyton about his better half Lani Rumbaoa’s effort to spot

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May 2, 2015

Art Flash Mob for Oakland Herons

By Ilana DeBare “Chalk it up… to compassion for Oakland’s herons.” That was the slogan for Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s first-ever Art Flash Mob —

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April 20, 2015
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