Birding News & Inspiration from Golden Gate Audubon
By Ilana DeBare
Q: What’s more exciting than a new Burrowing Owl roosting site in Berkeley? A: When city officials, park district officials and Audubon activists pull off a super-speedy response to protect the owls!————————
Golden Gate Audubon’s volunteer docents were thrilled to find Burrowing Owls at a new site in early Januar…
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Remember that old Rodney Dangerfield line: ”I don’t get no respect?” The same could be said about Turkey Vultures, one of our most common Bay Area birds. So when we saw this post by a TV fan on the 10000 Birds blog, we had to share it with you. Taking a new look at a familiar bird seemed like a good way to start 2013.
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By Ilana DeBare
What a glorious day for a count! It started out cool and windy, especially for the teams by the ocean, but by midday the sun was strong and hats came off.
And best of all… we set a new record for the San Francisco Christmas Bird Count.
Eighteen teams counted a preliminary total of 179 species – breaking the prior SF CBC record of 177 species and surpassing this year’s Oakland C…
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By Mike Lynes, GGAS Executive Director
Amidst the excitement of the Oakland Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, we were saddened to hear news that Rich Stallcup had passed away from leukemia the previous evening.
Rich was one of the leaders of Bay Area birding and ornithology — helping found the Point Reyes Bird Observatory and educating countless fledgling birders and naturalists through the years…
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Sunday December 16th was Golden Gate Audubon’s 72nd annual Christmas Bird Count in Oakland. About 200 volunteers fanned out in a 15-mile circle, from the Oakland Airport in the south to Point Isabel in the north, and from Lafayette Reservoir in the east to Treasure Island in the West. Here is the initial report by Dave Quady, who organized the count with Bob Lewis. They will have a final report in se…
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