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In December, teams of birders spread across Alameda and Bay Farm Island to collect data for the Christmas Bird Count, a citizen science project that has been going strong since 1900. Doug Henderson and Rusty Scalf share the experience and their findings. Photo by Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/alamedas-2025-christmas-bird-count/

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In December, teams of birders spread across Alameda and Bay Farm Island to collect data for the Christmas Bird Count, a citizen science project that has been going strong since 1900. Doug Henderson and Rusty Scalf share the experience and their findings. Photo by Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/alamedas-2025-christmas-bird-count/

#alameda #BayFarmIsland #birding #birds #birdwatching #FriendsOfTheAlamedaWildlifeReserve #GoldenGateBirdAlliance

In December, teams of birders spread across Alameda and Bay Farm Island to collect data for the Christmas Bird Count, a citizen science project that has been going strong since 1900. Doug Henderson and Rusty Scalf share the experience and their findings. Photo by Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/alamedas-2025-christmas-bird-count/

#alameda #BayFarmIsland #birding #birds #birdwatching #FriendsOfTheAlamedaWildlifeReserve #GoldenGateBirdAlliance

In December, teams of birders spread across Alameda and Bay Farm Island to collect data for the Christmas Bird Count, a citizen science project that has been going strong since 1900. Doug Henderson and Rusty Scalf share the experience and their findings. Photo by Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/alamedas-2025-christmas-bird-count/

#alameda #BayFarmIsland #birding #birds #birdwatching #FriendsOfTheAlamedaWildlifeReserve #GoldenGateBirdAlliance

In December, teams of birders spread across Alameda and Bay Farm Island to collect data for the Christmas Bird Count, a citizen science project that has been going strong since 1900. Doug Henderson and Rusty Scalf share the experience and their findings. Photo by Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/alamedas-2025-christmas-bird-count/

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In the conclusion to her three-part series on Alameda shorebirds, Linda Carloni spotlights the three largest sandpipers that frequently take a pit stop on the island. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/common-alameda-sandpipers-big-ones/

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"Migrating birds, particularly many shorebirds, define the fall/winter season differently than most humans do," writes Linda Carloni. "Fall migration is in full swing in early August for many birds, and our beaches are already supporting many new migrant arrivals." Here's how to identify them. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/peeps-alameda/

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Look at all those mouths to feed! Marjorie Powell introduces the beautiful barn swallow. You may see these small birds zipping through the air at Crab Cove visitors center, Jean Sweeney Park, and beyond. Check out these great photos by Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/buildings-bridges-barn-swallows/

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Small, iconic, and endangered, California least terns return every year to Alameda. In the early 1970s, the NAS Alameda base commander’s wife noticed and protected about 10 pairs of birds. In 2024, over 500 nests were recorded. Sharol Nelson-Embry tells their story with photos by Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/31-yearsf-return-terns-bus-tours-alameda/

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Alameda Point is home to a very important breeding site for a colony of endangered California least terns. Rick Lewis reports back from an excursion to the site with photos of the "small, resilient, and entertaining birds" and their camouflaged chicks.

https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/return-of-the-terns/

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Cooper's hawks have been in Alameda news recently, after APD animal control officer Alaina Onesko rescued a young Cooper's hawk that had become stuck in sap. Rick Lewis highlights these birds of prey and gives tips for how to spot them.

https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/keep-an-eye-out-coopers-hawks-around-alameda/

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Spring is here, and chicks are too! Great blue herons and snowy egrets are nesting in trees around the island of Alameda and Bay Farm Island. Marjorie Powell highlights these species, with photos of the babies and nests by Rick Lewis.

https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/baby-birds-abound/

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There may be many more birds nesting in your neighborhood than you realize! Michael Charnofsky introduces a multitude of our local feathered friends, accompanied by stunning photos from Rick Lewis. https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/birds-nesting-crab-cove/

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Rick Lewis shares photographs of black skimmers at Crab Cove. Also called a scissor-beak, cut-water, or seadog, these striking birds are experts at snagging fish while in non-stop flight.

https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/black-skimmers-their-strange-bills-amaze-us/

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As a lover of both cats and birds, Deborah Crooks urges Alamedans to keep kitties indoors to save the lives of our feathered friends. Outdoor cats — be they pets, strays, or ferals — kill at least 1.4 billion wild birds annually.

https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/meet-our-wild-birds-keep-them-safe-by-keeping-cats-inside/

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Look at those shocking aquamarine eyes! Rick Lewis introduces this remarkable bird, "When onshore observers see a feeding frenzy in the distance, with many blackish birds flying, splashing, and diving, many of these energetic birds are most likely double-crested cormorants." https://alamedapost.com/features/nature/otherworldly-breeding-double-crested-cormorants/

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