Posted by Mike Lynes in
Birding, Conservation, Golden Gate Audubon
By Mike Lynes
Our years of advocacy on behalf of raptors at the Altamont Pass wind farm are paying off — with a dramatic reduction in bird mortality there.
Deaths of four key raptor species from Altamont wind turbines dropped by an estimated 50 percent between 2005 and 2010, according to the independent scientific review committee charged with monitoring bird mortality there.
The estimated numbe…
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Posted by Phila Rogers in
Birding, Birding Hotspots
This is the third in a series of occasional reviews of Bay Area birding locations. Do you have a favorite site you’d like to share? Email idebare@goldengateaudubon.org.
By Chris Carmichael and Phila Rogers
Strawberry Canyon has it all – a vigorous year-round stream, lush riparian vegetation that follows the stream, and surrounding hillsides with native coastal chaparral and open grassla…
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Posted by GGAS in
Birding, International Birding
By Carol and Steve Lombardi
If you’ve only seen Nome as the snow-covered finish line for the Iditarod, well — as Madeline Kahn sang, “You’d be surprised…”
At about 9 p.m. on a June evening, we stepped down from our third aircraft of the day into the pleasantly brisk Nome twilight. Green grass bordered the airfield, interrupted by small patches of snow. A short drive around the city and harb…
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Posted by GGAS in
Birding
By Lisa Owens Viani
My owl obsession began when I moved to Berkeley in 2003. One evening while on an evening walk with a friend, she pointed out what she thought was the sound of someone breathing with the help of a respirator in a house on Edwards Street. That didn’t seem quite right — I instantly thought “bird” — but I wasn’t expecting to hear owls in such an urban spot.
I called a birder fr…
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Posted by Ilana DeBare in
Birding, Conservation
By Ilana DeBare
Last week saw one of the first big herring runs of the season in San Francisco Bay.
What’s a herring run? It’s a moment when the tides, weather and salinity are just right for herring to spawn in the bay – thousands upon thousands of them.
Which then draws thousands upon thousands of gulls and other birds.
Which then draws – well, maybe not thousands, but dozens of bir…
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