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California Condor. Photo: Scott Frier/USFWS

The Lesser Spotted Adele

Adele's music video for Hello gets turned into a David Attenborough nature documentary and it's incredible.

 Desolation of former cormorant breeding site highlights Salton Sea's ecological decay
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Desolation of former cormorant breeding site highlights Salton Sea's ecological decay

Mullet Island used to be the second largest breeding site for Double-crested Cormorants. Now it's a bird graveyard.

Three years ago, this stretch of Highway 45 in Colusa County was a treeless, plantless, birdless, insectless Caltrans right-of-way. Thanks to the vision of the Sycamore Family Trust, Audubon California, USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, Colusa County Resource Conservation District, Colusa High School, and others, this is what it looked like yesterday.

Posted by Audubon California Working Lands Program on Thursday, November 5, 2015

Bringing color to Colusa County

Three years ago, this stretch of Highway 45 in Colusa County was a treeless, plantless, birdless, insectless Caltrans right-of-way. Thanks to the vision of the Sycamore Family Trust, Audubon California, USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, Colusa County Resource Conservation District, Colusa High School, and others, this is what it looked like yesterday.

Golden Gate Audubon celebrates Altamont win

Golden Gate Audubon Society was at the forefront of the recent victory at Altamont. Their Executive Director, Cindy Margulis, reflects on the hard-won fight in a blog post on their website. Read it here.

Spreading the word about bird-friendly farming
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Spreading the word about bird-friendly farming

Last week, my hospitality was directed at hemispheric travelers of the human variety, Australian biologists. The group was visiting California to learn how to create bird habitat on rice.

Before we talk about legalizing marijuana, let's get clear about habitat protection
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Before we talk about legalizing marijuana, let's get clear about habitat protection

Any new legislation regarding the legalization of marijuana must not result in negative environmental impacts

Thought we'd make a GIF of a Tricolored Blackbird colony. Just because.

Snow in the Sierra!

As you probably know, the drought has hurt birds in a variety of ways. Not only do we need rain, but we need snow in the mountains. So we were greatly pleased when our friend Jef Rahmeyer sent us this quick clip from Mammoth Lakes. "It's dumping," he said. And that's great news for California and its birds.

Big win for birds: Controversial wind turbines to shut down at Altamont
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Big win for birds: Controversial wind turbines to shut down at Altamont

Company that had received an extension allowing older turbines now says it will shut them down to avoid harming birds.

Great numbers of shorebirds at our Sonoma Creek restoration site

Audubon California's Courtney Gutman visited our Sonoma Creek restoration site last week, and found that a ton of wintering shorebirds were already enjoying one section of restored habitat. If you look closely, you can see the Northern Harrier that prompted all these birds to go on the wing.

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