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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS

Bird LA Day at the Audubon Center at Debs Park

The 2017 version of Bird LA Day was an incredible celebration of birds throughout the greater Los Angeles region. At the Audubon Center at Debs Park in Highland Park, we hosted a day-long series of family-friendly events. Big thanks to everyone that came to the Center to enjoy the day.

Western Snowy Plovers nesting on LA County beaches for the first time in 70 years

Western Snowy Plover
Western Snowy Plover. Photo: Mike Baird

For the last several decades the story of the Threatened Western Snowy Plover along the California coast has been of the loss of one nesting beach aftern another. But today come news of the birds nesting on Los Angeles County beaches for the first time in 70 years. That's big news.

Update on Tricolored Blackbird breeding - May 2, 2017

Audubon California's Samantha Arthurs gives a quick update on this seasons Tricolored Blackbird breeding.

Update from a new Tricolored Blackbird colony in Sacramento County

Audubon California field technician Bill Abbott shows a colony of Tricolored Blackbirds in Sacramento County.

New climate legislation introduced

Smog over downtown Los Angeles. Photo: Ben Amstutz/flickr creative commons

Not long ago, we talked about the bigger climate bills being considered by the California State Legislature. Well, add another one to the list. Senate Bill 775, authored by Sen. Bob Wieckowski, will go beyond simply re-authorizing California's cap-and-trade system. This bill will re-imagine key parts of the cap-and-trade program, and offer financial "dividends" to residents. One of the main goals is to do something for communities that have long suffered the burden of air pollution. The entirety of the legislations is well-explained in this piece by Vox.

Bird enthusiasts join coast-wide effort on May 6 to count brown pelicans
California Brown Pelican Survey

Bird enthusiasts join coast-wide effort on May 6 to count brown pelicans

— Birding blitz along Pacific coast will aid conservation of an iconic species
New offshore drilling poses grave risk to California’s birds and cherished way of life
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New offshore drilling poses grave risk to California’s birds and cherished way of life

— “The story of every oil spill in recent history has been written in images of dead and dying birds.”
Unprecedented review of national monuments will include seven spectacular California landscapes
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Unprecedented review of national monuments will include seven spectacular California landscapes

California monuments are among dozens of designations that the Administration may attempt to reverse.

KQED takes a look at supcoming Brown Pelican Survey

Brown Pelican Photo: Michael Qualls/Audubon Photography Awards

KQED public radio in the Bay Area just did a great piece about the semi-annual Pacific Brown Pelican Survey, for which Audubon California is a major partner. Here's more information about the survey.

Paradise students create native habitat on campus
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Paradise students create native habitat on campus

Student group gets certification from Altacal Audubon in Northern California for ‘Neighborhood Habitat’

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