By Ilana DeBare Volunteering with Golden Gate Bird Alliance typically conjures up images of outdoor activities – people leading bird walks, introducing Eco-Ed students to

Note: This post is reprinted from the American Bird Conservancy blog with the author’s permission.  By Scott Weidensaul Migratory birds — which must overcome so many

By Ilana DeBare About 120 birders fanned out across the 15-mile diameter of the San Francisco Christmas Bird Count circle on Friday and set what

By Erica Rutherford It started as an exercise routine. In the spring of 2009, my partner John Colbert and I began a daily brisk climb

UPDATE:  As our compilers continue to review data from the count, it now seems like the total number of species sighted was 182, not 184.

By Raunak Bhinge In spite of the large number of people using Cesar Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina, the Burrowing Owls have again returned

By Ilana DeBare Golden Gate National Recreation Area is a national treasure, some 80,000 acres of wild coastland in the middle of our very urban

By Marissa Ortega-Welch As an educator for Golden Gate Bird Alliance,  I’m always searching for great books about birds to share with my students. I’ll

By Pipi Ray Diamond On a bright sunny day in mid-November, about 25 mostly-teenage Golden Gate Bird Alliance volunteers gather for three hours to dig

By Phila Rogers After 61 years in my house on the hillside above Strawberry Canyon in Berkeley, living elsewhere seemed inconceivable.  The live oak I

By Ilana DeBare If you were reading this blog last fall, you may remember the photos we posted of the beautiful bird mural painted on