Bird strike amid the Southern California fires. Our own Janine Kraus captured this amazing photo of a window showing evidence of a bird strike during the recent fires in Ojai. The residents of this home had been evacuated and returned to find this ashy image a bird attempting to escape the fires but running into this window. No further evidence of the bird was ever found.
A New Colony of Caspian Tern Decoys on Aramburu Island
Richardson Bay Audubon Center is attacting breeding pairs of Caspian Terns with these newly painted tern decoys—a strategy successfully used by previous tern relocation efforts.