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Birding Hotspot: El Polin Spring
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?
Birding Honduras
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
Gone grebing
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
Peet’s Coffee and Poisoned Raptors
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
Birds, bugs and happy Audubon campers
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
Birding – the portable pastime
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
A century of birds at UC Berkeley
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:
Bald Eagle Monitoring at Lake Chabot
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
America’s Cup settlement to aid bird populations
By GGBA Staff We’re delighted to share the news that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has signed an America’s Cup settlement agreement that will provide
“Do you think we’ll find it?”
By Dave Quady No matter what your normal birding pattern is, sooner or later you’ll probably find yourself chasing off in hopes of finding a
Swifts and the quiet days of July
By Phila Rogers It’s this way every year. June’s sunny days end with the arrival of July and the return of the coastal fog. In
Birds and their bugs – a South Pacific expedition
By Jack Dumbacher (Note: Jack will present slides and describe his expedition to Papua New Guinea on July 19 at our monthly Speaker Series in San Francisco.)