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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS
Check out this video from the California Rice Commission of birds over rice fields in the Sacramento Valley. Thousands upon thousands of waterfowl are now wintering in the Central Valley, and this captures the magnitude quite well. The folks at the California Rice Commission have told us that every effort was made to ensure that the drone used for this piece did not harm the birds in any way, and that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has approved its release.
Scanning for birds on Santa Cruz Island. A large contingent from Audubon California and several other conservation organizations hit Santa Cruz Island over the weekend for the eighth annual Christmas Bird Count on this site. Of course, birders were keen to see the Island Scrub Jay, which is not only endemnic to California -- but it also lives only on the island.
An ambitious solar energy project that made news last year when it was discovered that its new technology might actually be igniting birds in mid-air now seems to be falling short of its goals for energy production, prompting fears that it may default on contracts with electricity utilities.
Here's a vote you can really get behind. Voting continues for Audubon California's 2015 Bird of the Year. Vote as many times as you like before Dec. 20.
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