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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“Notable” nature discoveries at all ages
By Anthony DeCicco With the school year ending, it was time for me to write up the annual summary of Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s Eco-Education
Birding Lassen in the… snow?
By Dan Murphy As we’ve done for the past 35 years or so, my wife Joan and I recently led a group of birders on
The eagle or the turkey?
By Ilana DeBare We all know and love the Bald Eagle, the subject of this remarkable composite photo taken on April 22 at Calaveras Reservoir
GGBA intern restores habitat – and her career
By Ilana DeBare Salt grass? Gumplant? Sticky monkey-flower? Rachel Spadafore knows them all. And she’s helped scores of Golden Gate Bird Alliance volunteers restore prime
Fort Funston Bank Swallows
By Dan Murphy A unique San Francisco treasure is the Bank Swallow colony at Fort Funston. And just as unique is its current nesting site
Good news on Snowy Plover habitat
By Mike Lynes This week the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service designated 24,527 acres along the Pacific Coast as critical habitat for endangered Western Snowy
Return of the Terns
By Ilana DeBare The cement stretched for acres around us, cracked and neglected, weeds springing up every few feet through the cracks. It reminded me
Bushtits in the acacias
By Dan Murphy A few years ago I noticed an unfamiliar species of acacia at North Lake in Golden Gate Park. Acacia is one of
A bird sit
By Phila Rogers And just what is a bird sit? I think of it as sitting quietly and listening intently to bird sounds. Are you
Magical Madagascar
By Bob Lewis (Note: Bob will present slides and describe the wildlife of Madagascar on June 21 at our monthly Speaker Series in Berkeley.) I
Bluebird babies in Berkeley?
By Janet Byron Yes! At least three pairs of Western Bluebirds are currently nesting in Berkeley, to the surprise and delight of local bluebird lovers.
Celebrating conservation success with art
By Ilana DeBare We’re sadly accustomed to stories of environmental tragedy – dying coral reefs, melting ice caps, rivers with no salmon. Shouldn’t we also