Decorate your computer, tablet, or smartphone with the best photos from past Audubon Photography Awards. Download images of your favorite birds with a single click. Stay tuned, we’ll announce this year’s winning photos on April 27.
Continue reading →Posted by Steve Boyes of National Geographic Expeditions in Bird Watch on April 15, 2015 Crested serpent eagles are found in forested habitats across tropical Asia and are spread across a wide range across the Indian Subcontinent, … Continue reading →
Below is our eBird report from the Mission Trails walk yesterday. Lazuli Buntings, yes; Grasshopper Sparrows, alas, no. eBird Report – Mission Trails Regional Park–Old Mission Dam area, Apr 11, 2015 Mission Trails Regional Park–Old Mission Dam area, San Diego, … Continue reading →
We have great news! The California Fish and Game Commission passed the regulations to phase-out lead ammunition at today’s hearing.Today’s decision implements Assembly Bill 711, which Audubon California co-sponsored in 2013 with Defenders of Wildlife and the Humane Society of … Continue reading →
Broad Alliance Critiques EPA’s Announcement on Bee-Harming Pesticides, Urges Agency to go Further to Protect Pollinators On April 2, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a moratorium on new bee- and bird- harming neonicotinoid pesticide … Continue reading →
The development industry has not given up on delisting the gnatcatcher, but the science is against them. When the diminutive California gnatcatcher was listed as an endangered species in 1993, it transformed conservation in Southern California. Previously, coastal sage scrub … Continue reading →
Hummingbird Plants of the Southwest 120 plant profiles, with detailed information on their significance to hummingbirds, distribution, known habitat, and appearance. Plant-focused profiles of the 14 regularly occurring hummingbird species. Hummingbird natural history, plant pollination, and tips on landscaping, finding … Continue reading →
This is the female on the nest which has the chicks we’ll be banding. Photo by Holly Garrod Kestrels lay eggs in Starr Ranch Live Web Cam box! Kestrels just finished laying a clutch of four eggs in one … Continue reading →
Dear Jeff, Please take a moment to ask the California Fish and Game Commission to adopt new regulations phasing out the use of lead in hunting ammunition, which will protect both birds and people from this dangerous toxin. In response … Continue reading →
Hi Friends, This morning, April 4, thirty birders met up at the San Pasqual Valley Agriculture Trail and enjoyed a great day for birding. We found 51 bird species. Many Hooded Orioles, Cedar Waxwings, and a very cooperative Cactus Wren. … Continue reading →