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Birding, Conservation, Nature Education, seabirds, Sightings
An interview with Debi Shearwater, founder of Shearwater Journeys and recipient of the Ludlow Griscom Award at the 2018 Monterey Birding Festival
By Taylor Crisologo
Debi Shearwater received the Ludlow Griscom Award at the 2018 Monterey Birding Festival held in Monterey, California. The award is given by the American Birding Association to an individual who has made significant contributions to our…
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Golden Gate Audubon, Nature Education, San Francisco Wildlife
By Marjorie Powell and Linda Carloni
It all started with a comment at a GGAS Centennial Celebration in spring 2017.
Photographs of birds in Alameda were on display. A member of the Board of an Alameda sailing camp mused about the variety of birds that might be seen at the camp and wondered if a birding class for the sailing students might be possible. It was late to set something up for that summer, but persistence…
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Conservation, Golden Gate Audubon, San Francisco Wildlife
NOTE: Updated post with additional photos.
By Taylor Crisologo
The pelican moved slowly, stretching out its great wings in one fluid motion. It lifted its long bill to the sky and opened it briefly, then quickly snapped it shut. Our boat continued to move parallel to the pelican’s resting place, our movement causing me to crane my neck to keep sight of the individual.
As the pelican drifted away from my binocular’s…
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Birding
Text and photos by Gerry Traucht
“Once almost hunted into extinction for the value of their feathers – an ounce of feathers surpassed the value of an ounce of gold – these birds were saved by the landmark Migratory Bird Treaty Act passed in 1918. In celebration of the MBTA centenary, 2018 has been named the Year of the Bird.”
A Great Egret, a majestic white bird with
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How To..., Nature Education, Osprey Cam, San Francisco Wildlife
by Alisa Golden
When San Francisco Center for the Book asked me to submit a design for Roadworks, their annual steamroller printing festival, it didn’t take long to choose a subject. What could be better than an Osprey three-feet high? I was smitten with Rosie and Richmond, the Osprey pair visible on the GGAS web camera, so Osprey seemed a natural choice. I looked through screenshots I had taken from the camera…
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