GGBA BLOG
Welcome to our online blog featuring thoughtful articles on everything from birding hotspots to bird science written by members of our community.
In order to keep this blog as engaging and relevant as possible we welcome all interested contributors to pitch their article idea(s) to our communications desk at rnakano@goldengatebirds.org
We are especially interested in publishing blog posts from writers within underrepresented communities including; Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities. For more information on contributing blog posts and the editing process visit our Blog Guideline page here.
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Houseboat birding in Sausalito
By Matthew Perry Betsey and I arrive home to our houseboat from a birding trip to Point Reyes and see a large bird flying high
Rescuing a bird – and its lice
By Dave Strauss In early June while driving along Arlington Avenue in Kensington, I spotted a little brown bird awkwardly thrashing in the road. It
Against all odds — a Lake Merritt goose story
By Lee Aurich This is the tale of a young goose, her inappropriate choices, and the results. We begin with selection of her nesting spot
Moving up(lands) at Pier 94
By Ilana DeBare Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s habitat work at Pier 94 in San Francisco is entering an exciting new stage – restoration of the
Return of the Terns — and of the tern watchers
By Ilana DeBare This past Saturday was the annual Return of the Terns celebration and bus tour, the one day each year when the breeding
Oakland adopts Bird Safety Building Measures
By Ilana DeBare Good news! The City of Oakland just added a set of Bird Safety Measures to its building permit requirements – becoming the
One wing down
By Phila Rogers When I fell and broke my right shoulder in April, I felt as if I had lost a wing. With the arm
Buena Vista Park: Birding Hotspot
By Kimberly Jannarone Buena Vista is San Francisco’s oldest official park (1867), and it earns its name. It’s a hilltop forest, with winding trails and
Former intern helps launch GGBA high school program
This spring, Golden Gate Bird Alliance partnered with the East Oakland Boxing Association to offer a pilot eight-week high school environmental program. EOBA is a 25-year-old youth
Birdathon 2013 – we did it!
By Ilana DeBare Whew. The fundraising is over, the birding is over, the judging is over, and now even the celebrating is over. And get
GGBA joins lawsuit to protect swallows
By Ilana DeBare Last month we wrote about the Caltrans netting on a Petaluma bridge construction site that was trapping and killing dozens of Cliff Swallows. Many
One year of plover habitat help
By Corny Foster If you are walking the north end of Crissy Field beach in the Presidio, you can easily mistake a Western Snowy Plover