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

By Dave Quady and Bob Lewis Though the weather forecast for Sunday, December 14, was favorable, caution seemed warranted as Count Day approached, because 3.4

By Bob Lewis Two quite rare sparrows have turned up in the Bay Area this winter. Both are birds that breed in northern areas and

By Ilana DeBare Most of the beachgoers hurried obliviously through the parking lot, intent on reaching the sand and the waves. But for one group

By Ilana DeBare Windy, windy, windy! The 2014 San Francisco Christmas Bird Count will be remembered for its strong winds, which reached as high as

Bay Nature magazine recently ran an online column on what birds do in the rain, by San Francisco consulting naturalist Josiah Clark. We liked it so much

By Nancy Johnston Birders quickly learn to use bird bills to help identify species. Bird tongues, if we could easily see them, would also be

By Ilana DeBare The Bay Area’s welcome rainstorms let up for 24 hours on Sunday… just long enough for more than 200 birders to have

By George Peyton The longtime skipper of the North Boat, Ed Jepsen, was an excellent sailor and navigator, and even taught classes for the U.S.

By Ilana DeBare Breeding Birds of Solano County is a breeding bird atlas like no other breeding bird atlas you’ve ever seen. With a glossy,