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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
Domestic squabbles in Osprey land
Golden Gate Bird Alliance member Lee Aurich turned his camera lens on the pair of nesting Osprey at a construction crane in Richmond… and found
A surprising Birdathon star
By Ilana DeBare You might think that the top Birdathon fundraiser would be an experienced birder. You might think that he or she would be
Cesar Chavez Park: Birding Hotspot
By Toni Mester Berkeley old-timers remember when Cesar Chavez Park was a dump, the last of the active East Bay landfills. It would cost nothing
Alameda neighbors rescue Osprey from fishing line
By Ilana DeBare Lou Ann Roth and her husband Scott heard some splashing last month outside their condo on the northwest shore of Alameda. When
Bay Area Birds class goes to Merced refuge
By Bob Lewis February is a great time to explore the refuges in the Central Valley, and Merced National Wildlife Refuge is especially interesting right