SFBBO is in the News
In addition to sharing our research with resource managers, universities, conservation organizations, and the public, we also share our stories with the media. Please see below for some of our recent coverage.
2022
Keeping Up with the Flyers: Wildlife Tracking Breakthroughs, Bay Nature Magazine, Sept. 1, 2022
Species to Look for in Summer 2022, Bay Nature, June 28, 2022
Learning More about Injured Birds Could Improve Their Welfare, Earth.com, May 16, 2022
2021
Global CSR Report: Facebook Journeying into a Zero Carbon Economy, The CFR Journal, October 19, 2021
Mixed Odds for Wildlife in Severe Drought, Point Reyes Light, Aug. 4, 2021
Mystery of Seagulls Feasting on Oracle Park Leftovers Revealed, NBC Sports, June 11, 2021
Fowl Ball: The Secret Life of Seagulls at Oracle Park, NBC Bay Area, June 10, 2021
Dr. Yiwei Wang - Bird Observatories, Plovers, and Puma's, Oh My!, Nature's Archive, May 24, 2021
Where Birds Count and Fish Sell, Climate Online Redwood City, May 2021
2020
South Bay Teen Birder Wins Audubon Photography Award, San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 20, 2020
Is Oakland Failing its Official Bird?, The Oaklandside, Aug. 4, 2020
Jan Hintermister - Volunteering to Grow Your Impact, Nature's Archive Blog and Podcast, July 6, 2020
Nature "Without Us"...Looks Like Nature With Us? Bay Nature, April 7, 2020
Barbara Coll Discovers Bird Photography After a Lifetime of Wildlife Watching, In Menlo, Feb. 14, 2020
2019
The Birds Come Back to the Bay, Bay Nature, Sept. 27, 2019
Opinion: Are Sea Gulls Friend or Foe in La Jolla?, La Jolla Light, Sept. 4, 2019
Not Your Average Seagull, NorCal Public Media Bay Area Bountiful, Aug. 26, 2019
A Chain Reaction Brought Gulls to the Bay ... Now They Are Eating Other Birds, KALW Crosscurrents, Aug. 15, 2019
Walking the Entire Bay, Bay Nature, June 23, 2019
The Napa Sonoma Marshes are Rebounding with Wildlife, Napa Valley Register, May 6, 2019
This Scientist Thinks She Has the Key to Curb Climate Change: Super Plants, The Guardian, April 16, 2019
How the Government Shutdown is Bringing Out the Best in (most) People in Bay Area National Parks and Public Lands, Bay Nature, January 11, 2019
For the Birds: Menlo Park Offers an Avian-Themed January, Palo Alto Online, Jan 3, 2019
2018
Crows are Wicked Smart, Bay Nature Magazine, Winter 2019
Lending Nature a Hand: Rescued Water Birds Return to Their Habitat, San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 10, 2018
Shorebird SOS, Ranger Rick Magazine, August 2018
How Drawbridge is Drowning - and What it Means for our Future, San Jose Mercury News, July 17, 2018
Almaden Lake Work Effective But More Protection Needed, San Jose Mercury News, July 8, 2018
John Kelly on Conservation Science, Point Reyes Light, July 5, 2018
Bair Island Welcomed Back to the Neighborhood by Local Residents, Field Notes, June 24, 2018
These Fish Keep Forests Alive: and Fishing Threatens Them, National Geographic, June 12, 2018
The Bird Counter at Shadow Cliffs, Pleasanton Weekly, May 17, 2018
Songbids Have a Story to tell About Climate Change, KQED News, March 16, 2018
Bird Banding with SFBBO, Bay Nature on the Air, March 1, 2018
Mist Nets and Feather Quest: Native Birds of San Francisco Bay, Tri City Voice, January 23, 2018
2017
Timing of Migration is Changing for Songbirds on the Pacific Coast, Science Daily, December 7, 2017
Exploring the Wonder of Birds Through the Migratory Shorebird Project, Discover's Citizen Science Salon, November 28, 2017
Exploring the Wonder of Birds Through the Migratory Shorebird Project, SciStarter, November 22, 2017
Just Like Millennials, Raven, Crow Populations Have Exploded in the Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 2017
Understanding the Basics of Bird Molts, Audubon, November 16, 2017
Hurricane Impacts on Caribbean Birds with Alvaro Jaramillo, American Birding Association, November 2, 2017
Fire-Stricken Birds are Fleeing the Smoky North Bay. Here's Where They're Roosting, San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2017
Bird Banding with SFBBO, Bay Nature on the Air, October 10, 2017
Salt Ponds to Pickleweed, Landscape Architecture Magazine, September 9, 2017
Shorebirds 101: What to Look for When Your Hit the Water, Audubon, August 4, 2017
The Open Ocean is the Last Frontier in Birding, Bay Nature, June 28, 2017
Wetland Restoration IS Working, The Bulletin, June 14, 2017
Ellmwood Lockup Gives Real Meaning to 'Jailbird', San Jose Mercury News, June 3, 2017
Oakland's Black-crowned Night Herons 'Just About at Their Peak,' Says Wildlife Expert, Hoodline, May 4, 2017
Protecting Bay Area Western Snowy Plovers, Albatross, March/April 2017
Banding Plover Chicks, Sebastian Kennerknecht Nature and Conservation Photography, February 9, 2017
Help SFBBO Protect the Western Snowy Plover, Eco-Logic, February 2017
2016
Help San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Raise Funds for it's 'Protect Our Plovers' Campaign, Tideline, December 2016
Cantor Focuses on Community Engagement with Water Bar, The Stanford Daily, November 23, 2016
Silicon Valley Environmental Projects Receive $1.5 Million From Open Space Tax, San Jose Mercury News, November 19, 2016
Kỹ năng săn cá mập da báo thiện nghệ của chim diệc, Kham Pha, Oct. 10, 2016
When Birds Hunt Sharks, Earth Touch News, October 11, 2016
Why Birds Matter: New Book Shows the Many Ways Birds Keep Ecosystems Healthy, Phys.org, Sept. 7, 2016
Scientists Have Just Discovered the First Endemic Bird Species to Go Extinct on the Galapagos Islands, Mongabay, Aug. 22, 2016
Newfound Galapagos Bird Species Already Went Extinct, Live Science, Aug. 12, 2016
Galapagos Islands Face First Ever Bird Extinction, The Science Explorer, August 10, 2016
Alvaro Jaramillo on Birding, Golden Gate Birder, July 5, 2016
Milpitas OK's New Industrial Development West of I-880, San Jose Mercury News, June 30, 2016
Hard to Swallow: Great Blue Herons Eating Gophers in Golden Gate Park, Hoodline, June 23, 2016
Egrets Breeding at the Google Campus in Mountain View, YouTube, April 10, 2016
2015
SF Bay Bird Observatory Colonial Waterbird Monitoring Training January 2016, The Quail, December 2015
Searching for Western Snowy Plovers, Wild Expectations, November 3, 2015
Free Movie with SFBBO - "The Last Ocean," Pacifica Beach Coalition, November 2, 2015
Baylands Nature Preserve, Birdwatching Daily, October 19, 2015
The (Citizen) Science of Bird Banding, Discover's Citizen Science Salon, September 14, 2015
The (Citizen) Science of Bird Banding, SciStarter, September 14, 2015
Partnering to Prevent Pollution, Improve Habitat, San Jose Mercury News, July 9, 2015
Learn a Lesson in Compassion About the Bay Farm Island Egrets, Alameda Magazine, June 17, 2015
Local Egret and Heron Research Aids Land Conservation Efforts and Encourages Public Participation, Tideline, Summer 2015
Mountain View Egrets Return to Googleplex, San Jose Mercury News, April 10, 2015
Burrowing Owl Surveys at Warm Springs, (Bio)Accumulation, April 2015
2014
Connecting People to Nature Through Citizen Science, Field Notes, September 29, 2014
A Glimpse into the Life of a Snowy Plover, Save the Bay, July 29, 2014
Effort Underway to Protect Egrets at Google, San Jose Mercury News, July 3, 2014
Bay Area Battles Seagull Invasion, CBS Evening News, June 18, 2014
With Flares and Falcons, Bay Area Battles Seagull Invasion, CBS News, June 18, 2014
Protecting Snowy Plovers Wintering on Urban Beaches, KQED Science, January 31, 2014
Sooty Brown Body, Yellow Bill: What Kind of Gull is This?, Bay Nature, Jan, 16, 2014
2013
Morris: Oldest California Gull Known Found in Silicon Valley, San Jose Mercury News, August 22, 2013
California Gull Making Great Strides in Rehabilitation is Found to be the Oldest in North America, Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley, August 21, 2013
California Sea Gull Population Explodes, Bringing Flocks of Problems, San Jose Mercury News, July 17, 2013
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Passive Banding Passarines, YouTube, June 28, 2013
Egrets are in Town and They-re Pretty Handy with Tools, KQED Science, May 24, 2013
A Look into Alameda's Egret Colony, Alameda Patch, May 13, 2013
Ways People Can Get Involved with SFBBO, KEAR Radio Community Affairs, February 6-12, 2013
San Francisco Bay Recognized as 'Wetland of International Importance, Audubon, February 5, 2013
2012
The Salt Pond Puzzle: Restoring South San Francisco Bay, High Country News, August 13, 2012
Bird Banding with the SF Bay Bird Observatory, Bay Nature Institute, July 4, 2012
Studying the Mysteries of Migration, KQED Science's Climate Watch, May 14, 2012
What's Up with Birds at Pond SF2 in Menlo Park, InMenlo, February 18, 2012
2011
Are Birds Getting Bigger Because of Global Climate Change, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 7, 2011
Big Bird, Conservation Magazine, Nov. 1, 2011
Bigger Birds in California Courtesy of Climate Change, Science Daily, October 31, 2011
The State of the Birds San Francisco Bay, Point Blue and the SF Bay Joint Venture, October 18, 2011
In San Francisco, Look out for Gulls Gone Wild, NPR, August 9, 2011
Adorable, But Threatened, Chicks Call Cargill Old Salt Ponds Home, Treehugger, August 8, 2011
When Game Ends, Gulls Flock to Stands, New York Times, July 23, 2011
Bird Banding at Coyote Creek, Milpitas Patch, July 16, 2011
Gulls Threaten South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Work, KQED Science, July 15, 2011
Bird Banding at Coyote Creek, Milpitas Patch, July 14, 2011
Seeing the Light with Bird Evangelist Alvaro Jaramillo, Bay Nature, July 2011
One Beautiful Birds Survival Represents Success for Numerous Bay Area Wildlife Organizations, International Bird Rescue, June 9, 2011
Birders Urged to Help Track California Gull, USGS Sound Waves, April/May 2011
Besieged by Birds, Leader-Telegram, March 4, 2011
2010
Bird Banding at SFBBO, Growing Up With My Kids, July 31, 2010
Wild Neighbors: The State of the Shorebirds, The Berkeley Daily Planet, January 7, 2010
2009
Gulls Winning Wetlands Battle, East Bay Times, November 5, 2009
Alvaro Jaramillo on Gull Watching, YouTube, January 28, 2009
Keeping Up with the Flyers: Wildlife Tracking Breakthroughs, Bay Nature Magazine, Sept. 1, 2022
Species to Look for in Summer 2022, Bay Nature, June 28, 2022
Learning More about Injured Birds Could Improve Their Welfare, Earth.com, May 16, 2022
2021
Global CSR Report: Facebook Journeying into a Zero Carbon Economy, The CFR Journal, October 19, 2021
Mixed Odds for Wildlife in Severe Drought, Point Reyes Light, Aug. 4, 2021
Mystery of Seagulls Feasting on Oracle Park Leftovers Revealed, NBC Sports, June 11, 2021
Fowl Ball: The Secret Life of Seagulls at Oracle Park, NBC Bay Area, June 10, 2021
Dr. Yiwei Wang - Bird Observatories, Plovers, and Puma's, Oh My!, Nature's Archive, May 24, 2021
Where Birds Count and Fish Sell, Climate Online Redwood City, May 2021
2020
South Bay Teen Birder Wins Audubon Photography Award, San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 20, 2020
Is Oakland Failing its Official Bird?, The Oaklandside, Aug. 4, 2020
Jan Hintermister - Volunteering to Grow Your Impact, Nature's Archive Blog and Podcast, July 6, 2020
Nature "Without Us"...Looks Like Nature With Us? Bay Nature, April 7, 2020
Barbara Coll Discovers Bird Photography After a Lifetime of Wildlife Watching, In Menlo, Feb. 14, 2020
2019
The Birds Come Back to the Bay, Bay Nature, Sept. 27, 2019
Opinion: Are Sea Gulls Friend or Foe in La Jolla?, La Jolla Light, Sept. 4, 2019
Not Your Average Seagull, NorCal Public Media Bay Area Bountiful, Aug. 26, 2019
A Chain Reaction Brought Gulls to the Bay ... Now They Are Eating Other Birds, KALW Crosscurrents, Aug. 15, 2019
Walking the Entire Bay, Bay Nature, June 23, 2019
The Napa Sonoma Marshes are Rebounding with Wildlife, Napa Valley Register, May 6, 2019
This Scientist Thinks She Has the Key to Curb Climate Change: Super Plants, The Guardian, April 16, 2019
How the Government Shutdown is Bringing Out the Best in (most) People in Bay Area National Parks and Public Lands, Bay Nature, January 11, 2019
For the Birds: Menlo Park Offers an Avian-Themed January, Palo Alto Online, Jan 3, 2019
2018
Crows are Wicked Smart, Bay Nature Magazine, Winter 2019
Lending Nature a Hand: Rescued Water Birds Return to Their Habitat, San Jose Mercury News, Aug. 10, 2018
Shorebird SOS, Ranger Rick Magazine, August 2018
How Drawbridge is Drowning - and What it Means for our Future, San Jose Mercury News, July 17, 2018
Almaden Lake Work Effective But More Protection Needed, San Jose Mercury News, July 8, 2018
John Kelly on Conservation Science, Point Reyes Light, July 5, 2018
Bair Island Welcomed Back to the Neighborhood by Local Residents, Field Notes, June 24, 2018
These Fish Keep Forests Alive: and Fishing Threatens Them, National Geographic, June 12, 2018
The Bird Counter at Shadow Cliffs, Pleasanton Weekly, May 17, 2018
Songbids Have a Story to tell About Climate Change, KQED News, March 16, 2018
Bird Banding with SFBBO, Bay Nature on the Air, March 1, 2018
Mist Nets and Feather Quest: Native Birds of San Francisco Bay, Tri City Voice, January 23, 2018
2017
Timing of Migration is Changing for Songbirds on the Pacific Coast, Science Daily, December 7, 2017
Exploring the Wonder of Birds Through the Migratory Shorebird Project, Discover's Citizen Science Salon, November 28, 2017
Exploring the Wonder of Birds Through the Migratory Shorebird Project, SciStarter, November 22, 2017
Just Like Millennials, Raven, Crow Populations Have Exploded in the Bay Area, San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 2017
Understanding the Basics of Bird Molts, Audubon, November 16, 2017
Hurricane Impacts on Caribbean Birds with Alvaro Jaramillo, American Birding Association, November 2, 2017
Fire-Stricken Birds are Fleeing the Smoky North Bay. Here's Where They're Roosting, San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 2017
Bird Banding with SFBBO, Bay Nature on the Air, October 10, 2017
Salt Ponds to Pickleweed, Landscape Architecture Magazine, September 9, 2017
Shorebirds 101: What to Look for When Your Hit the Water, Audubon, August 4, 2017
The Open Ocean is the Last Frontier in Birding, Bay Nature, June 28, 2017
Wetland Restoration IS Working, The Bulletin, June 14, 2017
Ellmwood Lockup Gives Real Meaning to 'Jailbird', San Jose Mercury News, June 3, 2017
Oakland's Black-crowned Night Herons 'Just About at Their Peak,' Says Wildlife Expert, Hoodline, May 4, 2017
Protecting Bay Area Western Snowy Plovers, Albatross, March/April 2017
Banding Plover Chicks, Sebastian Kennerknecht Nature and Conservation Photography, February 9, 2017
Help SFBBO Protect the Western Snowy Plover, Eco-Logic, February 2017
2016
Help San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Raise Funds for it's 'Protect Our Plovers' Campaign, Tideline, December 2016
Cantor Focuses on Community Engagement with Water Bar, The Stanford Daily, November 23, 2016
Silicon Valley Environmental Projects Receive $1.5 Million From Open Space Tax, San Jose Mercury News, November 19, 2016
Kỹ năng săn cá mập da báo thiện nghệ của chim diệc, Kham Pha, Oct. 10, 2016
When Birds Hunt Sharks, Earth Touch News, October 11, 2016
Why Birds Matter: New Book Shows the Many Ways Birds Keep Ecosystems Healthy, Phys.org, Sept. 7, 2016
Scientists Have Just Discovered the First Endemic Bird Species to Go Extinct on the Galapagos Islands, Mongabay, Aug. 22, 2016
Newfound Galapagos Bird Species Already Went Extinct, Live Science, Aug. 12, 2016
Galapagos Islands Face First Ever Bird Extinction, The Science Explorer, August 10, 2016
Alvaro Jaramillo on Birding, Golden Gate Birder, July 5, 2016
Milpitas OK's New Industrial Development West of I-880, San Jose Mercury News, June 30, 2016
Hard to Swallow: Great Blue Herons Eating Gophers in Golden Gate Park, Hoodline, June 23, 2016
Egrets Breeding at the Google Campus in Mountain View, YouTube, April 10, 2016
2015
SF Bay Bird Observatory Colonial Waterbird Monitoring Training January 2016, The Quail, December 2015
Searching for Western Snowy Plovers, Wild Expectations, November 3, 2015
Free Movie with SFBBO - "The Last Ocean," Pacifica Beach Coalition, November 2, 2015
Baylands Nature Preserve, Birdwatching Daily, October 19, 2015
The (Citizen) Science of Bird Banding, Discover's Citizen Science Salon, September 14, 2015
The (Citizen) Science of Bird Banding, SciStarter, September 14, 2015
Partnering to Prevent Pollution, Improve Habitat, San Jose Mercury News, July 9, 2015
Learn a Lesson in Compassion About the Bay Farm Island Egrets, Alameda Magazine, June 17, 2015
Local Egret and Heron Research Aids Land Conservation Efforts and Encourages Public Participation, Tideline, Summer 2015
Mountain View Egrets Return to Googleplex, San Jose Mercury News, April 10, 2015
Burrowing Owl Surveys at Warm Springs, (Bio)Accumulation, April 2015
2014
Connecting People to Nature Through Citizen Science, Field Notes, September 29, 2014
A Glimpse into the Life of a Snowy Plover, Save the Bay, July 29, 2014
Effort Underway to Protect Egrets at Google, San Jose Mercury News, July 3, 2014
Bay Area Battles Seagull Invasion, CBS Evening News, June 18, 2014
With Flares and Falcons, Bay Area Battles Seagull Invasion, CBS News, June 18, 2014
Protecting Snowy Plovers Wintering on Urban Beaches, KQED Science, January 31, 2014
Sooty Brown Body, Yellow Bill: What Kind of Gull is This?, Bay Nature, Jan, 16, 2014
2013
Morris: Oldest California Gull Known Found in Silicon Valley, San Jose Mercury News, August 22, 2013
California Gull Making Great Strides in Rehabilitation is Found to be the Oldest in North America, Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley, August 21, 2013
California Sea Gull Population Explodes, Bringing Flocks of Problems, San Jose Mercury News, July 17, 2013
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Passive Banding Passarines, YouTube, June 28, 2013
Egrets are in Town and They-re Pretty Handy with Tools, KQED Science, May 24, 2013
A Look into Alameda's Egret Colony, Alameda Patch, May 13, 2013
Ways People Can Get Involved with SFBBO, KEAR Radio Community Affairs, February 6-12, 2013
San Francisco Bay Recognized as 'Wetland of International Importance, Audubon, February 5, 2013
2012
The Salt Pond Puzzle: Restoring South San Francisco Bay, High Country News, August 13, 2012
Bird Banding with the SF Bay Bird Observatory, Bay Nature Institute, July 4, 2012
Studying the Mysteries of Migration, KQED Science's Climate Watch, May 14, 2012
What's Up with Birds at Pond SF2 in Menlo Park, InMenlo, February 18, 2012
2011
Are Birds Getting Bigger Because of Global Climate Change, Los Angeles Times, Nov. 7, 2011
Big Bird, Conservation Magazine, Nov. 1, 2011
Bigger Birds in California Courtesy of Climate Change, Science Daily, October 31, 2011
The State of the Birds San Francisco Bay, Point Blue and the SF Bay Joint Venture, October 18, 2011
In San Francisco, Look out for Gulls Gone Wild, NPR, August 9, 2011
Adorable, But Threatened, Chicks Call Cargill Old Salt Ponds Home, Treehugger, August 8, 2011
When Game Ends, Gulls Flock to Stands, New York Times, July 23, 2011
Bird Banding at Coyote Creek, Milpitas Patch, July 16, 2011
Gulls Threaten South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Work, KQED Science, July 15, 2011
Bird Banding at Coyote Creek, Milpitas Patch, July 14, 2011
Seeing the Light with Bird Evangelist Alvaro Jaramillo, Bay Nature, July 2011
One Beautiful Birds Survival Represents Success for Numerous Bay Area Wildlife Organizations, International Bird Rescue, June 9, 2011
Birders Urged to Help Track California Gull, USGS Sound Waves, April/May 2011
Besieged by Birds, Leader-Telegram, March 4, 2011
2010
Bird Banding at SFBBO, Growing Up With My Kids, July 31, 2010
Wild Neighbors: The State of the Shorebirds, The Berkeley Daily Planet, January 7, 2010
2009
Gulls Winning Wetlands Battle, East Bay Times, November 5, 2009
Alvaro Jaramillo on Gull Watching, YouTube, January 28, 2009