GGBA BLOG
Welcome to our online blog featuring thoughtful articles on everything from birding hotspots to bird science written by members of our community.
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Swarms of Swifts in San Rafael
By Rusty Scalf The birds seem to come out of nowhere. Literally. The late afternoon sky is blue, with a few clouds, a few gulls, a
Bay Area Birds, by David Lukas
By Phila Rogers When I first opened this dense volume, I wondered: “Do I really need another bird book?” It’s a rhetorical question, of course,
Restoring the San Joaquin River
By Ilana DeBare The San Joaquin River is the second longest river completely contained within California, but I bet you’ve never gone white-water rafting on
Birding and personal safety
By Ilana DeBare About two weeks ago, there was a terrible incident in New York’s Central Park where a 73-year-old woman was raped while birding.
A fledgling bird photographer
By Lee Aurich My addiction to bird photography started April 15 of this year. Until we moved to Lake Merritt from the Oakland hills, my
Coastal Cleanup, field trips and other GGBA fun
By Ilana DeBare Some weekends there are just TOO many things to do! And that goes double during fall migration season. This past Saturday was
Drawing birds with Jack Laws
By Ilana DeBare John Muir “Jack” Laws, a Golden Gate Bird Alliance board member and author of several field guides, has a beautiful new book
Waiting for the Golden-crowns
By Phila Rogers Every year when I flip over the calendar from August to September, I pin up on the wall above my desk the
Avian ambassadors in Berkeley
By Frances Dupont A Golden Gate Bird Alliance docent hikes a half mile to the northeast corner of Cesar Chavez Park, carrying binoculars, camera, brochures,
“I’m not really a birder”
Note: Golden Gate Bird Alliance is delighted to reprint this blog post by Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, an organization that reconnects African-Americans with natural
Learning to be a bird photographer
By Bob Lewis I took a class with bird photographer Artie Morris in San Diego some years ago. His co-leader was Todd Gustafson, a well-known African
The nymph Syrinx and Swainson’s Thrushes
By Burr Heneman In his Metamorphoses, Ovid tells of a certain nymph, the most famous of all the wood nymphs. She was much beloved by