{"id":101,"date":"2024-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-post-92"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:21","slug":"on-the-board-walk-meet-bill-whitmer","status":"publish","type":"wingbeat","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wingbeat\/on-the-board-walk-meet-bill-whitmer\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Board Walk: Meet Bill Whitmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/bill-orig_orig.jpg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bI\u2019m not a birder. My wife of nearly 57 years, Jan, is the family Sibley master. While I may not keep a life list, I\u2019ve really enjoyed our many opportunities to appreciate birds and watch their behavior. Most recently, our annual trip to the Central Valley, once again, gave us the joy of watching the mating dance of a pair of Sandhill Cranes and up-close looks at a lovely pair of Hooded Mergansers and many other waterfowl.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n  <div class=\"paragraph\">Since I retired from a tech career in 1997, I\u2019ve enjoyed volunteering with local environmentally oriented nonprofits. My focus in this work has been on finding ways I could help preserve and protect our wonderful Bay Area open spaces.<br\/><br\/>I believe environmental education of young people is critical to the future of our world. Education for adults and, especially, decision makers, is also extremely important. In my short time at SFBBO, I\u2019ve come to value the way we balance our careful documentation of the state of local avian life with efforts to protect their environment through hands-on rehabilitation projects and land use advocacy.<br\/><br\/>It was a joy to be able to experience the bird banding work at Coyote Creek Field Station knowing that our current data combined with that gathered over many years helps us understand, factually, how species populations have been changed by human activities. Our work offers highly credible insight to help land use planners with their decisions.<br\/><br\/>Watching the enjoyment of a group of underserved children as they learned about birds and invasive plant control was also special for me. They had a chance to apply what they were learning to help restore Alviso Marina County Park while they had fun with each other in nature. 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