As closures and financial losses mount, Bay Area organizations have cut back on staff or science.
Bird Researchers Rescue Generations of Hand-Written Field Notes from Fire’s Path
August 26, 2020 •
The Palomarin Field Station of Point Blue Conservation Science, a small outpost of human infrastructure at the southern boundary of Point Reyes National Seashore, has been a home base for bird studies spanning more than 50 years. Generations of researchers … Read more
Fox Sparrows Plentiful at Palomarin Field Station
December 19, 2013 •
This fall’s government shutdown left a two-week gap in Point Blue Conservation Science’s bird monitoring and banding data. But with the counts now in, the second half of October appears to have been a success, with researchers capturing and banding a surprisingly high number of fox sparrows.