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GGBA BLOG

Welcome to our online blog featuring thoughtful articles on everything from birding hotspots to bird science written by members of our community.

In order to keep this blog as engaging and relevant as possible we welcome all interested contributors to pitch their article idea(s) to our communications desk at rnakano@goldengatebirds.org

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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Peacock chalk art at the Berkeley Bird Festival photographed by Ilana DeBare

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

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November 11, 2021
Map of the Richmond CBC Count Circle

Richmond Christmas Bird Count Takes Shape

By Ryan Nakano When the first Christmas Bird Count (CBC) started back in the early 1900’s, conservationists were attempting to square the circle, i.e. tackle

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October 22, 2021
Peacock chalk art

Bird chalk art at the Berkeley Bird Festival

By Ilana DeBare The sidewalks of U.C. Berkeley blossomed with colorful bird life on Sunday — a chalk art aviary that was part of the

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October 19, 2021
Outside the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden

Birding at the University of California Botanical Garden

By Chris Carmichael With one of the richest plant collections in the United States, the University of California Botanical Garden (UCBG) offers birders in the

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October 8, 2021
Golden Eagle flying by a wind turbine in Altamont Pass

Help Protect Our Birds in the Altamont Pass

In less than one week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will decide whether to approve of the Mulqueeney Ranch Wind Repowering Project despite the

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October 1, 2021
Golden Gate Bird Alliance Docents at Lake Merritt

Lake Merritt Docents: The Wonder of Birds

By Maureen Lahiff Ducks and waterbirds come in close toward the paved path around the lake. Gulls drop mussels on the path to crack their

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September 29, 2021

eBird Streaking Leads to Better Birding

By Marjorie Powell I followed the lockdown rules carefully; I went out once a week for groceries; I went birding, alone, once or twice a

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September 16, 2021
Mitchell Ravine at Tesla Park

Tesla Park: A Win for Wildlife

By Ilana DeBare There are too few victories for wildlife these days, but East Bay conservationists and their legislative allies just managed to save 3,100

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September 14, 2021
Arrowhead Marsh

MLK Jr. Regional Shoreline: Birding Hotspot

By Blake Edgar Wedged between Interstate 880 and Oakland International Airport along the eastern edge of San Leandro Bay, Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline

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August 24, 2021
Dr. Chela Zabin counts oysters at Pier 94

Oysters, Climate Change, and Pier 94

By Noreen Weeden Pier 94, our habitat restoration site along San Francisco’s southeastern shoreline, is a potential oyster hotbed! No, we’re not talking about turning

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August 17, 2021
Red-tailed Hawk in flight

Help enforce California’s rodenticide ban

By Dan Scali A decade ago, Golden Gate Bird Alliance cosponsored a Don’t Take the Bait campaign that asked San Francisco businesses and residents to

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August 10, 2021
Explore Birds pop-up exhibit

Bird education becomes a bird podcast

By Georgia Silvera Seamans Five years ago, I partnered with Street Lab to design a nature education project called Explore Birds, in which we presented

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August 3, 2021
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