Keiller Kyle explains why Audubon California works with farmers in California’s dairy country to save the Tricolored Blackbird. Share on Facebook

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Shell’s Arctic drill rig the Kulluk, which broke loose from tow cables and wound up grounded on an Island near Kodiak on New Year’s Eve, remains stuck. This Coast Guard video shows how close to shore the Kulluk is. For perspective, the deck of the rig is about 3 stories above the ocean surface. Maybe [...]

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Shorebird Biologist Monica Iglecia’s success story about her work with rice farmers. Share on Facebook

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We’ve been talking a lot about Vaux’s Swifts lately, but couldn’t help share this video of White-throated Swifts greeting a group of rock climbers at Agony Arch in Riverside earlier this month. Who says that birding isn’t an adventure sport? Share on Facebook

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As natural wildlife spectacles go, it’s hard to beat the migration of the Vaux’s Swift (Vaux’s rhymes with Foxes). By itself an unglamorous gray bird, the Vaux’s Swift becomes  the stuff of psychedelic imagination when it groups with thousands churning and swirling friends. As it moves southward in the fall, it roosts by the thousands [...]

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Audubon chapters up and down the West Coast are partnering with state and federal agencies to protect the Threatened Western Snowy Plover. As you can see in the video below, it’s an amazing bird: Share on Facebook

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We’ve all seen the movie. Our hero, lost in the desert, unscrews the cap from his canteen and pours his last drop of water into his parched mouth. He stumbles on under a relentless sun. Ominous shadows on the ground prompt him to look skyward. Circling overhead are one, then two, then three vultures. We [...]

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Facebook pal Jason Crotty sent us a link to this cool video he shot a few days ago in in Pillar Point Harbor, near Half Moon Bay. Among the birds you see are Brown Pelicans, Sooty Shearwaters, Western Gulls and Heermann’s Gulls: Share on Facebook

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Earlier this month, more than 100 people from Peace Over Violence, a domestic violence prevention group, visited the Audubon Center at Debs Park. The event was made possible through a grant from Verizon Wireless, which also had a number of volunteers on hand to help make it a great day: Share on Facebook

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Learn more about the Black Oystercatcher — and help us make a difference for this terrific bird. Share on Facebook

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With more than 8,500 species of birds in the world, there is a lot to know about birds. But the typical person doesn’t need to go all ornithologist to get by. In fact, if you just know these 15 things about birds, you’ll probably be set for most situations. After you read the list, let [...]

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James Currie is fast becoming the most recognizable face in birding, thanks to his popular TV show, “Nikon’s Birding Adventures,” on NBC Sports Network, which is now in its fourth season. He also hosts the action-birding show “Aerial Assassins” on National Geographic, which aired in the United States and worldwide this year. He has also [...]

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The Hermit Thrush is one of the most widely distributed forest-nesting, migratory birds in North America. California is welcoming these birds back to their breeding habitats this Pacific Migration and are being reported in the state’s coniferous and mixed woodlands. What makes this bird different from its brother and sister thrushes is that it is [...]

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