By Jack Dumbacher  Some bird species show tremendous geographic variation in plumage or body measurements.  For example, Fox Sparrows have a sooty Pacific form and

By Noreen Weeden Out at Heron’s Head Park in San Francisco on August 6, I saw my “first of season” Spotted Sandpiper.  In fact there

By Ilana DeBare We recently had a fascinating encounter with a kite at Pier 94 – not a White-tailed Kite, but a camera kite. Cris

By Phila Rogers Whether it’s the Bay sparkling in the morning sun, a mountain lake in a granite bowl, or the clear sky itself, the

This is the first in an occasional series of reviews of Bay Area birding locations. Do you have a favorite site you’d like to share?

By Ilana DeBare In a dozen years of leading nature trips in Honduras, not once has Robert Gallardo run into another birding group in the

By Bob Lewis Grebes have some of the most spectacular courtship displays of any bird, and to top it off, they are doting parents, carrying

By Ilana DeBare Is Peet’s Coffee about to merge with a corporate raptor-killer? When German holding company Joh. A. Benckiser announced plans on July 23 to

By Marissa Ortega-Welch This month we ran the first-ever Golden Gate Bird Alliance “Wildlife Discoverers” summer camp for children. As I sit here going through all

By Phil Price If you love Renaissance-era art, you’ll get even more enjoyment from a trip to Italy than most people will. If you have

By Ilana DeBare As both a birder and a Cal alum, I perked up when this press release from U.C. Berkeley came across my desk:

By Mary Malec I first heard about the new Bald Eagle nest at Lake Chabot in early March.  There had been a couple of reports