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New Desert Bird Conservation Plan now available online!
The Desert Bird Conservation Plan (BCP), a collaborative work of PRBO Conservation Science and California Partners in Flight, summarizes the latest research findings for a suite of focal bird species associated with Colorado and Mojave desert habitats. These findings are translated into a list of specific conservation and outreach recommendations, which if implemented, should benefit many desert birds. You can download the plan from PRBO's website to learn more about the status, conservation threats, and recommended actions of desert birds. And, your help is needed - continue contributing your observations of desert birds to California eBird, helping us increase our knowledge of California’s desert birds!
Results Coming in from Christmas Bird Counts!
The 110th season for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count has come to an end. In California, thousands of birders joined in an effort to survey birds at 130 Christmas Bird Count circles across the state. The one-day bird counts provide valuable data about the number of bird species occurring within a set geographic area. Counts range from small groups in hard-to-get to places like Tejon Ranch and Santa Cruz Island, to urban landscapes such as Los Angeles, to large, high organized counts such as Santa Barbara, with over 100 participants.
Orange County Cactus Wren Survey March 2010
Volunteers Needed
for the 2010 Coastal Cactus Wren monitoring effort. This is a unique opportunity for naturalists and birders, beginning through advanced, to learn survey methods from Cactus Wren scientists and to perform urgently needed surveys and nest monitoring at Audubon’s Starr Ranch Sanctuary, Caspers Wilderness Park, Thomas Riley Park, and Nature Reserve of Orange County (NROC) properties. Training, data collection materials, field assistance, and plenty of encouragement will be provided.Sequoia Audubon pelagic tour spots White-chinned Petrel off Half Moon Bay
Sequoia Audubon Society ran their first ever pelagic out of Half Moon Bay, San Mateo on Sunday, Oct. 18th and spotted a White-chinned Petrel, which if accepted is a new record for California! Everyone on the boat had looks and were able to study the features of the species. The bulky structure, short tail, large body, big belly of the bird were noticeably different from a Flesh-footed Shearwater (which was also seen). The previous week, in a pelagic trip run by the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, three species of albatross were seen (Black-footed, Laysan, and Short-tailed.) Additional photos can be found on Alvaro Jaramarillo's website.
Changes in California’s Bird Communities Due to Climate Change
As much as half of California could be occupied by new bird communities by 2070 according to a new study by PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) and partners. The publication entitled “Reshuffling of species with climate disruption: A no-analog future for California birds?” is to be released in the September 2 online issue of PLoS ONE.
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