Brant | White-winged Dove | Black Swift | Heermann's Gull | SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS | Nazca Booby | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Ovenbird | Summer Tanager | Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rare Bird Alert - June 4, 2021
Rare Bird Alert - May 28, 2021
Rare Bird Alert - May 20, 2021
Rare Bird Alert - May 15, 2021
Brant | "Eurasian" Green-winged Teal | Common Ground Dove | White-winged Dove | Black Swift | American Oystercatcher | Neotropic Cormorant | American Bittern | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Merlin | Purple Martin | Black-throated Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Summer Tanager
Rare Bird Alert - May 7, 2021
Western Tanager May–June 2021 Vol. 87 No. 5
Rare Bird Alert - April 30, 2021
Brant | Greater Scaup | Spotted Dove | Inca Dove | Common Ground Dove | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Neotropic Cormorant | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Zone-tailed Hawk | Tropical Kingbird | Gray Vireo | Purple Martin | Black-throated Sparrow | Clay-colored Sparrow | White-throated Sparrow | Black-and-white Warbler | Northern Parula | Palm Warbler | Summer Tanager
ON THE COVER: Salmonella Outbreak and Wild Songbirds
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and various bird rehabilitation organizations are recommending that people in southern California stop feeding birds until April or May when Pine Siskins have left the area. Even though there have not been many cases here (compared to Northern California), they are being cautious. In any case, feeders should always be cleaned regularly, along with the ground below the feeders. Salmonellosis is transmitted mainly through the accumulation of droppings around the feeders and birdbaths. CDFW recommends draining birdbaths as well, but an alternative would be to clean the baths out at least daily.
May 12, 2021–The Disastrous Border Wall — What Now?
The Biden administration must reckon with the severe injustices the previous president inflicted on the communities and wildlife of the borderlands. In this presentation, Laiken Jordahl, borderlands campaigner with the Center for Biological Diversity, will discuss the efforts of a coalition of environmental, tribal and human rights groups on both sides of the border who seek to tear down the wall and restore protections to the beautiful border region.