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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Lisa Eileen Hern  I can’t remember what year it was when I fell in love with Burrowing Owls, but I clearly remember being at

By Pat Bacchetti When I told friends that I was going to Minnesota in January, the most common response was “Why on earth would you

By George Peyton In February, 2005, after reading The Big Year by Mark Obmasick, later made into a popular movie, my other half, Lani Rumbaoa,

By Ilana DeBare Golden Gate Bird Alliance celebrated the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a fitting way at a most fitting