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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
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
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
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 —
From nursing birds to painting them
By Ilana DeBare Maggie Hurley’s relationship with birds began as a child in Southern California. When she found injured birds, she’d put them in a
Share your ideas for new Presidio parklands
By Matthew Zlatunich The Presidio is already one of San Francisco’s jewels, an urban national park filled with nature and history. Now — as the
Wind company wins three more years of Altamont bird deaths
By Ilana DeBare Hundreds of Golden Gate Bird Alliance members spoke out on behalf of the birds of Altamont Pass – but it wasn’t enough
Other winged creatures at Pier 94
By Noreen Weeden If you’re familiar with Golden Gate Bird Alliance, you’ve probably heard about our work restoring Pier 94 as habitat for wildlife on
Lani’s Big Year goes to South Texas
By George Peyton South Texas is a great place to bird, particularly for a Big Year, since it has a number of bird species that
Speak out to protect Altamont raptors
By Mike Lynes The Altamont Pass is a problem for birds that just won’t go away. So that makes it a problem for Audubon too
The avian richness of Sonoma County
By Bruce Mast The composite checklist of native, non-introduced birds for all nine Bay Area Counties adds up to 549 species.* A quick scan of
Audubon in Sacramento
By Ilana DeBare Guess who visited the California State Capitol on Wednesday: One leucistic Red-tailed Hawk. One American Kestrel. One Great Horned Owl. And dozens