What’s it like to sight one hundred birds in six hours — all within Oakland city limits? Oakland magazine provides a vivid account of the Oaktown Ouzels team’s “big six hours” during our April 2013 Birdathon.

Click here to read the online version of the story. And then start planning your own 2014 Birdathon trip!

Oaktown Ouzels at Sibley Regional Park / Photo by Ilana DeBare
One of 105 species / Photo by Ilana DeBare
Oaktown Ouzels at Lake Merritt / Photo by Ilana DeBare