Posts Tagged ‘Conservation’
The Cuckoo in the Coal Mine
Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus) are fairly common in the eastern U.S. But in the last half-century, they have become rare in the West. Over the past 10 years in San…
Read MoreYes on Y/SOAR (Save Open Space and Agricultural Resources)
Measure Y (SOAR), a proposition on the November City of Oceanside ballot, simply requires that before agricultural, open space, or parkland can be rezoned to other uses such as dense…
Read MoreLearning from the Past, Fighting for the Future
In the early 1800s, the Passenger Pigeon held the distinction of the most abundant land bird in North America—perhaps in the world—with an estimated population of 3-5 billion individuals. (That’s…
Read MoreA Win for the Home Team!
In the birding world, the look-alike Empidonax flycatchers—affectionately or dejectedly referred to as “empids”—create two non-overlapping groups: those who eagerly rise to the ID challenge (not me) and those who…
Read MoreVote YES on Proposition 68, which will fund numerous local and statewide conservation priorities
Vote YES on Proposition 68 in June! This is a $4 billion bond measure that will fund a number of important priorities for Californians, including local, regional and state parks,…
Read MoreMigratory Bird Treaty Act Threatened
This year, our nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), one of our nation’s oldest and most important wildlife conservation laws. Audubon…
Read MoreBringing Back the Ridgway’s Rail-and its Habitat
Call someone “thin as a rail” and what are you really saying? Thin as a bed rail? As a train rail? A chair rail? None of the above, actually. The…
Read MoreThe Tricolored Blackbird: Next on the Endangered List?
One evening last fall, on a restaurant deck overlooking Oceanside Harbor, I watched House Sparrows skitter around the floor, searching out crumbs. A larger bird caught my eye and I…
Read MoreThreatened: California’s Woodpeckers and Their Habitats, with Steve Shunk
Join us Wednesday, September 21 for our monthly program. 6:30: Social and 7:00 Program begins. Woodpeckers have always captured our attention. Their unique anatomy and behavior sets them apart. But…
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