New radio towers are bringing a sea-change in wildlife tracking.
Tag: Golden Gate Raptor Observatory
Fall Issue 2018
Grasslands with Soaring Pacific Views and Hawks
Jenner Headlands Preserve in Jenner. Trail: 15.5 mi, 3,690 ft elevation gain, out & back
Spring Issue 2016
Bay Nature 2016 Environmental Education Award Winner: Allen Fish
The director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory oversees a staff of three, and wrangles 300 volunteers who spend 50,000 hours a year watching the skies and counting raptors.
Bay Nature Local Heroes
2016 Local Hero Award Winner for Environmental Education
Thanks to Allen Fish’s passionate and dedicated leadership, the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory is a recognized leader in both raptor research and the rapidly growing field of citizen science.
Stewardship
With the Government Shut Down, What Happens to Federally Funded Research?
National parks are not only recreational hubs, but they also serve as centers for scientific research and environmental monitoring programs. Since the federal government shutdown, researchers have been unable to continue their work running the risk that months of consistent study could be lost in a few weeks.
Urban Nature, Wildlife
Ospreys taking a liking to San Francisco Bay
Ospreys have been expanding their range in recent years, setting up nests along the San Francisco Bay for the first time.
Wildlife
Migrating hawks break records in sightings
This year has turned out to be an extraordinary one to spot broad-winged hawks, which have been amassing in a way that’s suspiciously like their East Coast siblings.
Fall Issue 2012
When Red-Shouldered Hawks Arrive, You’ll Hear them First and Loudest
The red-shouldered hawk is perhaps California’s noisiest raptor. There’s a reason for it.
Fall Issue 2011
Tag, You’re It!
The hawk trackers of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory go way beyond birding: These citizen scientists take to the highways and back roads, following radio-tagged birds that may roam just to the next valley, or all the way to Mexico. Along the way, the hawk trackers have contributed much to our knowledge of these well-traveled birds.
Fall Issue 2010
Fall Hawk Watch, Open During Construction
Every year for more than a quarter century, the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory has presided over fall hawk watch in the Marin Headlands, when thousands of raptors migrate by, and thousands of people gather to watch. This year, road construction has the hawk watchers shifting slightly, but still out in force.
