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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We are especially interested in publishing blog posts from writers within underrepresented communities including; Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities. For more information on contributing blog posts and the editing process visit our Blog Guideline page here.
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From the Trees to the Streets to Safety
By Ryan Nakano On the corner of 12th and Harrison and along the perimeter of the Oakland Museum of California, nesting herons and egrets make
On the Greater Sage-Grouse Lek
By Bryan Flaig I stood on a small berm along the side of a deeply rutted jeep road and turned off my headlamp. The world
Bess Petty: Bird Artist
By Ilana DeBare Bess Petty was working for a company that made trade show banners when a friend asked if she had any small creations
Richmond Christmas Bird Count Takes Its Maiden Voyage
By Karyn Noel It’s dark o’clock on the first sunday of 2022. I make coffee, pack my lunch, grab my bins and head toward my
Being a Bird Ambassador
By Margaret Hetherwick Donna Hayes, Audubon member and resident birder of San Francisco’s Bernal Heights district, remembers seeing the glowing face of inspiration when a
2021 SF Christmas Bird Count Report
By David Assmann San Francisco birders have been lucky – for the past fifteen years, there has been no rain on the Christmas Bird Count,
Oakland CBC: From Fog to UFO’s
By Ryan Nakano and Viviana Wolinsky The fog is thick. The air, brisk. A small group of “early birders” strike out before the sun has
SF Bay Ospreys 2021 Season
By Osprey Cam Video Assistant Comparing our past five seasons of Osprey cam footage, I’d have to say the 2021 season was one of the
Field Guide: An Artist’s Approach to Avian Taxonomy
By Christopher Reiger In March 2020, I was excited. After 15 years of full and part-time jobs in administration and communications, I was finally in
Not for beginners only: Two new birding books
By Ilana DeBare There are birding books that are great for beginners, and then there are birding books that are great for beginners AND. The
Chaetura Swifts: From trees to chimneys
By Rusty Scalf Even a passing acquaintance with the natural world reveals that species exist on a continuum from Specialist to Generalist—from species that require
Honoring the Berkeley Bird Festival
By Ryan Nakano Just over three week ago, Golden Gate Bird Alliance, in partnership with the California Institute of Community, Art and Nature, held the