GGBA BLOG
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Christmas Bird Count by boat, Part 2
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.
A stunning bird atlas for Solano County
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,
Fort Mason: Birding Hotspot
By David Assmann Community gardens provide an easily accessible retreat from the concrete jungle of a city, even a city as scenic as San Francisco.
Two new Barn Owl homes, awaiting residents
By Marj Blackwell Hey Barn Owls! Two new custom-built family homes have been installed on eucalyptus trees in your favorite hunting grounds in Oakland and
Endangered Alameda terns get a secure home
By Richard Bangert Alameda’s nesting colony of endangered California Least Terns has a new government landlord – and a secure home for the future. After
Why so many Acorn Woodpeckers?
By Bruce Mast They are the clowns of the oak savannah — Acorn Woodpeckers — with their harlequin faces, gregarious habits, and off-kilter laughing calls
Snowy Plovers arrive — and benefit from new fencing
By Ilana DeBare Remember the line from Field of Dreams: Build it and they will come? The East Bay Regional Park District built protective fencing
Alameda plovers win protective fencing
By Ilana DeBare Alameda’s winter population of threatened Western Snowy Plovers will be a lot safer this year — thanks to new protective fencing installed
Why Audubon Supports Prop 1 (Water Bond)
Audubon California is supporting Proposition 1, the $7 billion state water bond that will be on the California ballot in November. Here are the reasons,
A win for Berkeley’s squirrels — and Burrowing Owls
By Ilana DeBare Do you recall the furor that erupted last spring when the City of Berkeley announced plans to exterminate thousands of ground squirrels
Vaux’s Swifts in San Rafael, 2014
By Cindy Margulis I absolutely love the energy associated with massive numbers of birds ingathering — especially at dusk. So I was treated to a
Protecting Plovers in Pacifica
By Sue Morgan On a gorgeous sunny day in Pacifica, with surfers nearby in the water, more than fifty men, women and children converged from