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SFBBO in the News
2025 Stories
Are California Gulls Native or Invasive to the Bay Area? Maybe Both
August 14, 2025 – KQED Bay Curious
As the Bay Area’s Salt Pond Restoration Project Moves Forward, a Tiny Threatened Shorebird Remains Under the Watchful Eye of Biologists
July 24, 2025 – The Six Fifty and Palo Alto Online 
Breakthrough Technology Helps Track Migratory Flight of Birds, Even Insects
July 19, 2025 – San Francisco Examiner
Is Oakland’s Official Bird Doing OK? Some Citizen Scientists Are Worried
May 21, 2025 – The Oaklandside
2024 Stories
Global Biodiversity Report Shows “Catastrophic Decline” in Wildlife Populations
October 17, 2024 – CBS News
Summer Interns Help Unlock the Secrets of Jasper Ridge
September 16, 2024 – Stanford Report
Photographer Captures Bird’s Eye View of the Bay Area 
September 3, 2024 – Tri-City Voice
After Years of Feuding, the Giants Have Made Peace with San Francisco’s Seagulls
August 31, 2024 – San Francisco Chronicle
Google Nesting Site for Shorebirds in Mountain View Healthy and Thriving
June 19, 2024 – ABC 7 News
Teen Photographer Captures Bay Area Avocets in Stunning Detail
May 28, 2024 – KQED News
The World in Motion: Bird Migration Peaks Over Bay Area in First Week of May
May 9, 2025 – San Jose Mercury News
Bay Are Scientists Use Game-Changing Technology to Help Birds Amis Climate Change
April 25, 2024 – CBS News 
Bay Area Scientists Track Birds Electronically to Learn Impacts of Climate Change
April 25, 2024 – KPIX Project Earth
The Hills Have Ears – New Radio Towers Are Bringing a Sea-Change in Wildlife Tracking
February 22, 2024 – Bay Nature Magazine
2023 Stories
Tactical Popping & Other Ways Birds Survive Summer
August 3, 2023 – Bay Nature Magazine
Hawk Adopted by Eagles Dies After Heartwarming Story Takes a Dark Turn
July 8, 2023 – Huff Post
A Bay Area Bald Eagle Couple Adopted Two Baby Red-Tailed Hawks. Here’s What Happened Next.
June 17, 2023 – San Francisco Chronicle
Bald Eagles Have Adopted a Baby Hawk in the Bay Area
June 15, 2023 – Bay Nature Magazine
2022 Stories
Keeping Up with the Flyers: Wildlife Tracking Breakthroughs
​September 1, 2022 – Bay Nature Magazine
Species to Look for in Summer 2022
June 28, 2022 – Bay Nature Magazine
Learning More about Injured Birds Could Improve Their Welfare
May 16, 2022 – Earth.com
2021 Stories
Mixed Odds for Wildlife in Severe Drought
August 4, 2021 – Point Reyes Light
Mystery of Seagulls Feasting on Oracle Park Leftovers Revealed
June 11, 2021 – NBC Sports
Fowl Ball: The Secret Life of Seagulls at Oracle Park
June 10, 2021 – NBC Bay Area
Where Birds Count and Fish Sell
May 2021 – Climate Online Redwood City
2020 Stories
South Bay Teen Birder Wins Audubon Photography Award
September 20, 2020 – San Jose Mercury News
Is Oakland Failing its Official Bird?
August 4, 2020 – The Oaklandside
Nature “Without Us”…Looks Like Nature With Us? 
April 7, 2020 – Bay Nature Magazine
2019 Stories
The Birds Come Back to the Bay
September 27, 2019 – Bay Nature Magazine
A Chain Reaction Brought Gulls to the Bay … Now They Are Eating Other Birds
August 15, 2029 – KALW Crosscurrents
Walking the Entire Bay
June 23, 2019 – Bay Nature Magazine
This Scientist Thinks She Has the Key to Curb Climate Change: Super Plants
April 16, 2019 – The Guardian
2018 Stories
Crows are Wicked Smart
December 28, 2018 – Bay Nature Magazine
Lending Nature a Hand: Rescued Water Birds Return to Their Habitat
August 10, 2018 – San Jose Mercury News
Shorebird SOS
August 2018 – Ranger Rick Magazine
The Bird Counter at Shadow Cliffs
May 17, 2018 – Pleasanton Weekly
Mist Nets and Feather Quest: Native Birds of San Francisco Bay
January 23, 2018 – Tri-City Voice
2017 Stories
Exploring the Wonder of Birds Through the Migratory Shorebird Project
November 22, 2017 – SciStarter
Just Like Millennials, Raven, Crow Populations Have Exploded in the Bay Area
​November 21, 2017 – San Francisco Chronicle
Fire-Stricken Birds are Fleeing the Smoky North Bay. Here’s Where They’re Roosting
​October 18, 2017 – ​San Francisco Chronicle
Bird Banding with SFBBO
October 10, 2017 – Bay Nature Magazine
Salt Ponds to Pickleweed
​September 9, 2017 – Landscape Architecture Magazine
The Open Ocean is the Last Frontier in Birding
June 28, 2017 – Bay Nature Magazine
Elmwood Lockup Gives Real Meaning to ‘Jailbird’
​June 3, 2017 – San Jose Mercury News
Oakland’s Black-crowned Night Herons ‘Just About at Their Peak,’ Says Wildlife Expert
May 4, 2017 – Hoodline
2016 Stories
Cantor Focuses on Community Engagement with Water Bar
November 23, 2016 –  The Stanford Daily
When Birds Hunt Sharks
October 11, 2016 –  Earth Touch News
Scientists Have Just Discovered the First Endemic Bird Species to Go Extinct on the Galapagos Islands, Mongabay
​August 22, 2016 – Mongabay 
Galapagos Islands Face First Ever Bird Extinction
August 10, 2016 – The Science Explorer
Hard to Swallow: Great Blue Herons Eating Gophers in Golden Gate Park
June 23, 2016 – Hoodline
2015 Stories
Baylands Nature Preserve
October 19, 2015 –  Birdwatching Daily
The (Citizen) Science of Bird Banding
​September 14, 2015 – SciStarter
Partnering to Prevent Pollution, Improve Habitat
July 9, 2015 – San Jose Mercury News
Learn a Lesson in Compassion About the Bay Farm Island Egrets
​June 17, 2015 – Alameda Magazine
Mountain View Egrets Return to Googleplex
​April 10, 2015 – San Jose Mercury News
2014 Stories
Effort Underway to Protect Egrets at Google
​July 3, 2014 – San Jose Mercury News
Bay Area Battles Seagull Invasion
June 18, 2014 – CBS Evening News
With Flares and Falcons, Bay Area Battles Seagull Invasion
​June 18, 2014 –  CBS News
Protecting Snowy Plovers Wintering on Urban Beaches
​January 31, 2014 – KQED Science
Sooty Brown Body, Yellow Bill: What Kind of Gull is This?
January 16, 2014 – Bay Nature Magazine ​
2013 Stories
Morris: Oldest California Gull Known Found in Silicon Valley
​August 22, 2013 –  San Jose Mercury News
California Sea Gull Population Explodes, Bringing Flocks of Problems
July 17, 2013 – San Jose Mercury News
Egrets are in Town and They’re Pretty Handy with Tools
​May 24, 2013 – KQED Science
Ways People Can Get Involved with SFBBO
February 6-12, 2013 – KEAR Radio Community Affairs, February 6-12, 2013 

San Francisco Bay Recognized as ‘Wetland of International Importance
​February 5, 2013 – Audubon
More Stories
The Salt Pond Puzzle: Restoring South San Francisco Bay
August 13, 2012 – High Country News
Bird Banding with the SF Bay Bird Observatory
July 4, 2012 – Bay Nature Institute
Studying the Mysteries of Migration
​May 14, 2012 – KQED Science’s Climate Watch
What’s Up with Birds at Pond SF2 in Menlo Park
February 18, 2012 – InMenlo
Are Birds Getting Bigger Because of Global Climate Change
November 7, 2011 – Los Angeles Times
In San Francisco, Look out for Gulls Gone Wild
​August 9, 2011 – NPR
When Game Ends, Gulls Flock to Stands
July 23, 2011 – New York Times
Gulls Threaten South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Work
July 15, 2011 – KQED Science
Seeing the Light with Bird Evangelist Alvaro Jaramillo
July 7, 2011 – Bay Nature Magazine
Wild Neighbors: The State of the Shorebirds
​January 7, 2010 – The Berkeley Daily Planet
Gulls Winning Wetlands Battle 
November 5, 2009 – East Bay Times