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The Audubon Name Issue Heats Up
By Ilana DeBare Over the past several years, Audubon members and leaders throughout the country have been taking a hard look at the name of
One Step Closer to Bird Safe Buildings in Berkeley
By Executive Director Glenn Phillips On the evening of Wednesday March 1, after nearly three hours of testimony and lively discussion, the City of Berkeley’s
San Francisco Christmas Bird Count 2022
By David Assmann While conducting a Christmas Bird Count as an atmospheric river moves through is not ideal, the 2022 San Francisco Christmas Bird Count
Calling All CBC Yard Watchers
By Ryan Nakano Every year Golden Gate Bird Alliance organizes Christmas Bird Counts, providing fun and exciting opportunities for people living in the Bay Area
Meeker Slough
By Gail Kurtz A small mudflat channel along Richmond’s southern shoreline, MEEKER SLOUGH is easy to miss. It cuts a narrow track between UC Berkeley’s
Lands End
By Dominik Mosur Summertime can be slow for the city birder. Migration is largely over by the end of May and city parks and backyard
Corona Hill
By Dominik Mosur The City of San Francisco is sprinkled with an array of small parks ideal for a birder on a time budget. One
California’s 30×30 Goal
By Whitney Grover What is 30×30? In 2020 Governor Newsom signed executive order N-82-20, committing to protect 30% of California’s land and coastal waters by
I Heard It Through The Vine: Butterflies on Mount Sutro
By Liam O’Brien People always come to a butterfly walk slightly fearful. I find this strange considering how much joy these bugs seem to give
Q&A with Wildlife Photographer Peter Shen
After receiving the announcement for the National Audubon Society Photography Competition Winners, I reached out to Golden Gate Bird Alliance member and most recent winner of the NAS Photography Amateur Award, Peter Shen. Peter was recognized for his photo of a Western Grebe and her chicks fighting over a fish down at the Calero Reservoir in San Jose, CA.
Behind a Winning Shot
By Alan Krakauer By now you may have seen the winners of the 2022 Audubon Photography Awards. Given the ever-expanding ranks of excellent bird photographers,
How to See Nesting California Least Terns and their Chicks
By Marjorie Powell California Least Terns (Sternula antillarum browni) can be seen plunge-diving for fish at several East Bay locations in the summer but seeing