Great article in the Lake County Record-Bee this week encouragine local boaters to steer clear of nest Western and Clark’s Grebes. We’re working with the excellent Redbud Audubon chapter and local officials to spread the word.
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Last spring, a huge flock of Vaux’s Swifts took up temporary residency in an old chimney in downtown Los Angeles. The spectacle of the birds going in at dusk caused quite a stir. Jeff Chapman, director of the nearby Audubon Center at Debs Park, shot some video, and is getting set for the birds’ return [...]

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There is perhaps no better wild place on the earth than the Galápagos Islands. Audubon California Executive Director Graham Chisholm is leading a 10-day Audubon Nature Odyssey tour of the islands December 4-13 aboard the Lindblad National Geographic Islander (holding 48 passengers). The birds and wildlife should be amazing. Click here for more information. (Photo [...]

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Audubon California Executive Director Graham Chisholm is the subject of this online interview. He talks about the joys of birds and nature in the Bay Area.
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Terry Knight at the Lake County Record-Bee reminds us that the Turkey Vulture is quite an amazing bird.
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Catching insects in their mouths, diving bombing at 180 mph, spending five years over the open ocean, fighting someone much bigger — birds can be pretty darn awesome. There’s nothing scientific or methodical about this post, we just want to highlight some of the really awesome things that birds do. This is far from a [...]

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The Audubon Starr Ranch recently ended its annual bird banding season, and the final day this past week found some very interesting birds in our mist nests. This included Warbling Vireos, as well as hatch year Lesser Goldfinches, Rufous Crowned Sparrows, Common Yellowthroat, and Mourning Doves. The 19 species banded brought the season’s total to [...]

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Back in January, Audubon California’s Executive Director Graham Chisholm traveled to Myanmar as part of an expedition to find the rare Spoon-billed Sandpiper. He reported on that trip here. Just recently, we discovered this great footage of the bird on YouTube, captured by another expedition to Russia. Of course all of this has very little [...]

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California Senator Barbara Boxer yesterday introduces legislation to make Pinnacles National Monument into a National Park. The park is known for its population of California Condors. (photo by Bryce Edwards)
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If you’re in the area, you may want to stop by the Audubon Kern River Preserve’s Hummingbird Celebration this Saturday. Everybody likes hummingbirds, right? (photo by Alison Sheehey)
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Audubon California’s 2010 Yellow-billed Magpie tracked twice as many of the birds as did our first effort last year. Nearly twice as many people participated as last year, as well. Read the whole report for more information on where the birds were found and in what numbers. Our thanks go out to everyone that took [...]

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Following up on the untimely death of popular birder Michael San Miguel, there’s a great obituary in the Los Angeles Times that’s worth a read.
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Word is slowly spreading throughout the California birding community about the untimely death of Mike San Miguel. Apparently, San Miguel fell down a cliff while doing owl surveys in the San Gabriel Mountains. Kimball Garrett of the L.A. Natural History Museum posted a wonderful tribute to San Miguel on Calbirds. We at Audubon California are deeply saddened to [...]

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Experts from Audubon California recently joined the Tejon Ranch Conservancy and Western Field Ornithologists to survey Tejon Ranch for Purple Martins. Check out the video:

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