With so much bird habitat lost in San Francisco Bay over the previous decades, we jumped at the chance to create some. Look what we’re doing on once-forgotten Aramburu Island in Richardson Bay.
Audubon California is currently negotiating with farmers in Kern, Tulare, and Fresno counties to protect breeding colonies for rare Tricolored Blackbirds. Click here to learn more about how you can help.
REI has partnered with our Audubon Center at Debs Park on a number of initiatives to connect children in Northeast Los Angeles to the nature around them. The company produced this video to highlight the enjoyment kids feel when they get outdoors and learn.
New Audubon President David Yarnold spent the first month on the job touring the country seeing where the organization is making a difference. On this third stop in California, he visited the Bay Area, where he birded with members of the Golden Gate Audubon Society before heading over to the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary in Tiburon.
New Audubon President David Yarnold spent the first month on the job touring the country seeing where the organization is making a difference. On his second stop in California, he came to the Audubon Center at Debs Park in Los Angeles and shared his thoughts about bringing Audubon’s mission to diverse audiences..
New Audubon President David Yarnold spent the first month on the job touring the country seeing where the organization is making a difference. He came to California in early October and birded with members of the Los Angeles Audubon Society and Pasadena Audubon Society before touring Tejon Ranch, site of a major conservation victory for Audubon California.
The Audubon Center at Debs Park recently organized a group of people to watch Vaux’s Swifts roosting in a chimney above Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. In this clip, provided by KPCC Public Radio, the Center’s Gabriela Casteñeda explains the birds’ habits.
There are few better advocates for the beach environment than surfers. They’re at the beach every day and have a personal stake in keeping the place beautiful and pristine. To that end, Audubon California and women’s surf brand Carve Designs are partnering to spread the word about the need to help the Western Snowy Plover. Learn more.
If Californians have learned anything from the Gulf Oil Spill, it's that we need to be vigilant in our efforts to protect our beautiful natural treasures.
A group of high school students from Sacramento gathered on a cold February morning to get a hands-on lesson in habitat restoration from Audubon California and the Center for Land-based Learning
Audubon California just completed its project with the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge to enhance tidal marsh habitat in San Pablo Bay , one of the Bay Area’s most important places for birds. More on the project here.
The Yellow-billed Magpie has been named Audubon California’s 2009 Bird of the year after it received nearly 26 percent of all votes during our recent online survey. We created the designation this year to highlight the state’s remarkable birds and the conservation challenges many of them face. The recognition specifically sought to recognize bird species that were of significant conservation interest in 2009, but that also had a compelling story and rallied the public around it. Learn more.
In an effort to raise awareness about bird conservation in California, Audubon California this year will recognize its first Bird of the Year. And while our Board of Directors has selected six finalists for the award, you the public will have the final say.
In an effort to raise awareness about bird conservation in California, Audubon California this year will recognize its first Bird of the Year. And while our Board of Directors has selected six finalists for the award, you the public will have the final say.
Audubon California's anti-poaching legislation, Assembly Bill 708, has passed out of the Assembly and is now in the State Senate. But we still need your help to get this bill passed and signed into law. Click here to ask the Governor to sign our anti-poaching bill
In the last few years, poaching has risen as a major problem for birds and wildlife in California. Audubon California is working aggressively to increase penalties for poaching, and we need your help. Click here to sign our online petition.
Audubon California is sponsoring a statewide survey of Yellow-billed Magpies June 5-8. The Yellow-billed Magpie is one of California's most popular birds, and it is in need of help. The data gathered from this survey will greatly help our conservation efforts.
A.B. 708, which creates tough new penalties for poaching in California, recently passed through the Assembly’s Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee on April 28. The bill still has a long way to go, and that’s why we’re asking folks to sign our petition calling on the Legislature to enact strong penalties for poaching.
Audubon California recently signed an agreement with property owners in Kern County to preserve a breeding colony of 5,000 to 10,000 rare Tricolored Blackbirds in a 30-acre wetland on private lands. This video interviews Scott Frazer, Partners for Fish & Wildlife program biologist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which has been working with these owners to save this important habitat. Learn more here.
There are lots of reasons why the Audubon California Starr Ranch Sanctuary is an important place, and this is immediately obvious when you drive into the place.
Recently, Audubon California was out at the annual Heron Festival in Clear Lake. We had a great time, and got a chance to catch up with our friends at Redbud Audubon (co-presenter of the event) and Altacal Audubon.
In this video we interview Audubon California Senior GIS Scientist Bill Monahan, who is the lead author of a new study that looks at predicted bird loss in California due to climate change, and offers ways that we can lessen the blow.
The Audubon California Bobcat Ranch is a laboratory of sorts for learning how conservation and restoration can be made part of working lands throughout the state.
Audubon California's Bobcat Ranch in Yolo County, California, is in many ways a laboratory for us to explore new ways to promote conservation on working land. This video shows some incredible success that Vance Russell and his staff have achieved in restoring one beautiful section of native grasses.
Brooke Langston, director of the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, had the opportunity to sit down with Richard Louv as he was receiving the Audubon Medal in January of 2008 for his work promoting programs that connect children to nature.
Allison Leete put together this video of Audubon California’s Feb. 28, 2008 recent reception at the Santa Barbara Museum of National History honoring Assemblyman Pedro Nava, Helen and Noel Snyder, and Jan Hamber for their leadership and dedication in protecting the California Condor.
View this short documentary video about the state’s Tricolored Blackbird conservation produced by nationally-recognized agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners.
