A brown pelican spotted during Golden Gate Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Photo: Alan Krakauer A brown pelican spotted during Golden Gate Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Photo: Alan Krakauer Emilie Strauss peered across Lake Anza and divided up the watery territory by species. “David is counting coots, Mark is doing mallards, who wants to […]
Christmas Bird Count
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At 2014 Christmas Bird Count — no rain, much fun
Varied Thrush at Albany Hill. Photo: Alan Krakauer The Bay Area’s welcome rainstorms let up for 24 hours on Sunday Dec. 14… just long enough for more than 200 birders to have a fabulous Oakland Christmas Bird Count. Both novice and experienced birders fanned out over a 15-mile-wide circle including Oakland, Berkeley, Albany and neighboring […]
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Berkeley’s Painted Redstart helps set local count record
A Great Blue Heron over Cesar Chavez Park during this year’s Christmas bird count. Photo: Rick Lewis A Great Blue Heron over Cesar Chavez Park during this year’s Christmas bird count. Photo: Rick Lewis By Ilana DeBare The Oakland Christmas Bird Count set a new record on Sunday for number of species – thanks in […]
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Christmas Bird Count is not just for the birds
Janet Bodie, Rick Lewis and Steve Wiel look for birds at the Golden Gate Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Photo: Ilana DeBare Janet Bodie, Rick Lewis and Steve Wiel look for birds at the Golden Gate Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count. Photo: Ilana DeBare By Ilana DeBare Maureen Lahiff treks across the UC […]
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Counting crows … and robins and warblers and …
Today was the annual East Bay Christmas Bird Count, sponsored in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco by the Golden Gate Audubon Society.
