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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS

Coastal Commission moves to protect vital bird habitat in Humboldt Bay
Audublog

Coastal Commission moves to protect vital bird habitat in Humboldt Bay

By Anna Weinstein

Decision provides an opportunity to ensure protection of a key place for birds on the West Coast

Audubon California applauds Coastal Commission's rejection of Humboldt Bay project
Humboldt Bay

Audubon California applauds Coastal Commission's rejection of Humboldt Bay project

By Garrison Frost
June 8, 2017 — Expansion of oyster farming would have harmed critical bird habitat

Update from the 2017 Tricolored Blackbird breeding season

Audubon California's Samantha Arthur gives an update about our efforts to conserve rare Tricolored Blackbirds during the 2017 breeding season. Big thanks to everyone who has helped us on this important work. Learn more about our work.

Posted by Garrison Frost on June 6, 2017
So Cal trees threatened by borer beetles and the diseases they carry
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So Cal trees threatened by borer beetles and the diseases they carry

By Sandy DeSimone

Audubon Starr Ranch is working with other conservation leaders to reduce the threat.

Effort to reauthorize cap-and-trade suffers a blow, but hope remains
Global Warming

Effort to reauthorize cap-and-trade suffers a blow, but hope remains

By Garrison Frost

Lawmakers seem eager to find another way to renew state's landmark climate program.

Audubon California statement following failure of Assembly Bill 378 in State Assembly
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Audubon California statement following failure of Assembly Bill 378 in State Assembly

By Garrison Frost
June 5, 2017 — Audubon California is extremely disappointed that the California Assembly has failed to pass Assembly Bill 378 to extend California’s leadership in climate policy.
Audubon condemns Trump's decision to pull out of Paris Agreement
Global Warming

Audubon condemns Trump's decision to pull out of Paris Agreement

Audubon President David Yarnold calls move "an abdication of American leadership in the fight against the biggest threat facing people and birds."

USFWS writes about Tricolored Blackbird conservation

Tricolored Blackbird banding. Photo: Veronica Davison/USFWS

Our friends at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service just posted a great article and photo series about Tricolored Blackbird conservation. They've been doing some banding to learn more about this rare mostly-Caliornia bird.

Posted by Garrison Frost on June 1, 2017

Tricolored Blackbirds in Riverside

Tricolored Blackbirds were once quite common in Southern California, but a number of factors have led to their near disappearance from the region. This colony at the San Jacinto Wildlife Area is one of the few exceptions. This video was shot by Rose Cook in early May, and it's great to see and hear the birds in the field of Curly dock (Rumex crispus).

Learn more about our efforts to save these birds here: http://ca.audubon.org/birds-0/tricolored-blackbirds

Posted by Garrison Frost on May 26, 2017

Following this year's rains, not all birds and habitat areas getting water

We've always said that for some birds and habitat areas, it's always a drought. This new piece from Water Deeply is latest example.

Posted by Garrison Frost on May 23, 2017

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