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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS

Vote for Audubon California's 2016 Bird of the Year

It’s time to help us choose the 2016 Audubon California Bird of the Year. Who will take the title: California Coastal Gnatcatcher, California Scrub Jay, Double-crested Cormorant, Eared Grebe, Northern Spotted Owl, or the Western Sandpiper? The choice is yours. You can vote as many times as you like through Dec. 16.

Yet another reason to keep plastic out of the ocean

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that researchers have discovered that one reason seabirds consume plastic debris is that it smells like food.

Rising to meet the challenge
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Rising to the coming challenge to conservation

We’ve heard some unsettling things about federal conservation policy since the election that will have significant implications for birds and nature in California.

Passage of Proposition 67 removes a danger for birds and habitat
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Passage of Prop 67 will remove a key threat to birds

— Audubon California had endorsed Proposition 67 to protect birds and remove a blight to California's treasured open spaces.
Passage of Measure A will send nearly $95 million in critical annual funding for LA County parks and habitat
Yes On Measure A In LA County

Passage of Measure A will send nearly $95 million in critical annual funding for LA County parks and habitat

Ballot measure will raise nearly $95 million a year to build and maintain L.A. County parks, connecting millions to the outdoor world and bolstering habitat for birds.

Coastal California Gnatcatcher saga in a cartoon
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Coastal California Gnatcatcher saga in a cartoon

Protecting the Coastal California Gnatcatcher from developers was one of our big victories this year. Here's the story in cartoon form.

Marcos Trinidad says to vote Yes on Measure A in Los Angeles County

The Audubon Center at Debs Park held an event in support of LA County's Measure A, which will raise funds to support parks. Here Marcos Trinidad talks about the need to vote Yes on Measure.

L.A. County's Measure A has direct benefits to birds and habitat
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L.A. County's Measure A has direct benefits to birds and habitat

Of the $94.5 million that the ballot measure will raise for parks, at least $24 million will go to habitat projects -- and maybe a lot more than that.

Restoring coastal sage scrub, seed by seed
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Restoring coastal sage scrub, seed by seed

It's fall seeding time for coastal sage scrub at Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary.

Attack of the zombie birds
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Attack of the zombie birds

While these birds may not be the living dead, they do eat the dead.

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