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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS

Meet Len Blumin
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Meet Len Blumin

The well-respected digiscoper will be leading a trip during Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary's Waterbird Festival.

More herring in the water means more birds

Here's another short clip from San Francisco Bay this weekend. The current herring run is attracting a lot of birds.

Sacramento Bee ed board: "The coastal showdown that no one can win"

Great editorial by the Sacramento Bee editorial board about the ongoing controversy at the California Coastal Commission, where pro-development commissioners are trying to oust the agency's executive director:

"Whether he stays or goes, the relationship between commissioners and staff will be beset with distrust and dysfunction. Anyone with business before the commission will have to factor in the conflict. And any replacement for him will be automatically suspect. At this point, the commissioners could hire Poseidon as executive director, and it would be assumed that he was there to turn Big Sur into the Jersey Shore."

Small fish are a big deal to seabirds

Audubon California's Anna Weinstein talks about protecting the small fish that seabirds need to survive. Your voice can make a difference right now, as fisheries managers are taking comment on new regulations that could go a long way toward protecting the food resources. Speak up today.

Celebrate herring and waterbirds in San Francisco Bay
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Celebrate herring and waterbirds in San Francisco Bay

The water and air was alive with birds at Ferry Point, Pt. Richmond, on the east shore of San Francisco Bay this past Sunday, where Pacific herring had recently spawned. In the coming three weeks, San Francisco Bay herring, its dependent wildlife, and its commercial fisheries will be celebrated in two vibrant, free, family-friendly festivals to take place in Tiburon and Sausalito.

Could LA's new football stadium be a problem for birds?
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Could LA's new football stadium be a problem for birds?

Developers behind the new football stadium in Inglewood to house the Rams and the Chargers have already skirted most environmental reviews.

Looking into the effects on birds from the massive Aliso Canyon gas leak
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Looking into the effects on birds from the massive Aliso Canyon gas leak

While the massive release of global greenhouse gas bodes ill for birds in the long-term, immediate effects are harder to gauge.

Look who's back

Photo: Bob Hinz

Our friendly Bald Eagle is back at our Richardson Bay Center & Sanctuary, this time using the newly restored Aramburu Island shoreline.

San Francisco Bay loses one of its most dedicated champions
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San Francisco Bay loses one of its most dedicated champions

Sylvia McLaughlin was one of the original founders of Save the Bay -- and also served as a National Audubon Society board member.

Marie Cerda's birder vest

"I love birding because I love the outdoors and it gives me a way to interact with the natural world that is active and keeps me learning. It's like a scavenger hunt. I started the vest because a friend and I made up birding nicknames when we ran a birding blog and I had a lot of patches from various parks, etc I had visited while birding. I often wore the west while birding anyway and I thought it would be fun to have a sort of birding biker vest."

Marie Cerda
Alameda, CA 

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