SFBBO Science Talk and Demonstration Recordings
We have started expanding our reach by sharing our science talks, presentations, and demonstrations online. If you would like to invite someone from SFBBO to give a talk to your community, please contact outreach@sfbbo.org.
Birdy Hour Speaker Series
We started a series of virtual talks in April 2020 to help connect people interested in birds, science, and conservation. Watch them here.
We started a series of virtual talks in April 2020 to help connect people interested in birds, science, and conservation. Watch them here.
2019 Science Talks
Jasper Ridge Bird Banding Science Talk
David Tattoni, Stanford University
July 23, 2019
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David Tattoni is an undergraduate student at Stanford University. He is a member of Rodolfo Dirzo’s lab which studies defaunation, biodiversity, and conservation science in the Anthropocene. David’s research focuses on the impacts of modern global changes, such as climate change and land cover change, on bird populations. In this science talk, he will present on his current bird banding study analyzing population dynamics along a gradient of habitat fragmentation. His study sites are only 10 miles away from SFBBO’s Coyote Creek Field Station and encompass the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Los Trancos Creek, and Matadero Creek. In this presentation he will discuss the ways historical land use, from dam construction to cattle grazing, has interacted with local topography and climate to shape the current avian assemblages in these areas and present initial findings of his study.
Exploring the Research Potential of Underutilized Wildlife Records
Gabbie Burns, Graduate Student and SFBBO Intern
May 9, 2019
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Professional records, such as those generated by wildlife rehabilitation hospitals, are a valuable and underutilized resource for conservation research. Come hear from graduate student and SFBBO intern Gabbie Burns about her work utilizing rehabilitation records to assess threats to urban wildlife and other potential applications. Gabbie is a Master’s student in Miami University’s Advanced Inquiry Program in partnership with San Diego Zoo Global. Her research focus is on human threats to urban wildlife and how to help mitigate those threats. Gabbie works at SFBBO as our Science Outreach and Colonial Waterbird Intern and volunteers with our citizen science programs.
Jasper Ridge Bird Banding Science Talk
David Tattoni, Stanford University
July 23, 2019
Watch Now!
David Tattoni is an undergraduate student at Stanford University. He is a member of Rodolfo Dirzo’s lab which studies defaunation, biodiversity, and conservation science in the Anthropocene. David’s research focuses on the impacts of modern global changes, such as climate change and land cover change, on bird populations. In this science talk, he will present on his current bird banding study analyzing population dynamics along a gradient of habitat fragmentation. His study sites are only 10 miles away from SFBBO’s Coyote Creek Field Station and encompass the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Los Trancos Creek, and Matadero Creek. In this presentation he will discuss the ways historical land use, from dam construction to cattle grazing, has interacted with local topography and climate to shape the current avian assemblages in these areas and present initial findings of his study.
Exploring the Research Potential of Underutilized Wildlife Records
Gabbie Burns, Graduate Student and SFBBO Intern
May 9, 2019
Watch Now!
Professional records, such as those generated by wildlife rehabilitation hospitals, are a valuable and underutilized resource for conservation research. Come hear from graduate student and SFBBO intern Gabbie Burns about her work utilizing rehabilitation records to assess threats to urban wildlife and other potential applications. Gabbie is a Master’s student in Miami University’s Advanced Inquiry Program in partnership with San Diego Zoo Global. Her research focus is on human threats to urban wildlife and how to help mitigate those threats. Gabbie works at SFBBO as our Science Outreach and Colonial Waterbird Intern and volunteers with our citizen science programs.
Bird Banding Demonstrations at the Coyote Creek Field Station
For more than 35 years, our scientists and citizen scientists have conducted bird banding research on passerines at the Coyote Creek Field Station (CCFS) in Milpitas. Bird banding provides valuable information that helps us study bird dispersal, migration, behavior, social structure, life span, survival rate, reproductive success, and population growth. It also allows us to understand seasonal and long term population patterns of migratory, wintering and year-round resident birds; and track individual birds, which is important in factoring survival, migratory turnover rates, and longevity. Additionally, it allows us to examine bird response to the riparian restoration at CCFS.
Middle School Visit to CCFS
June 19, 2018
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Bay Nature On Air
March 1, 2018
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Jay Goble
June 28, 2013
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For more than 35 years, our scientists and citizen scientists have conducted bird banding research on passerines at the Coyote Creek Field Station (CCFS) in Milpitas. Bird banding provides valuable information that helps us study bird dispersal, migration, behavior, social structure, life span, survival rate, reproductive success, and population growth. It also allows us to understand seasonal and long term population patterns of migratory, wintering and year-round resident birds; and track individual birds, which is important in factoring survival, migratory turnover rates, and longevity. Additionally, it allows us to examine bird response to the riparian restoration at CCFS.
Middle School Visit to CCFS
June 19, 2018
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Bay Nature On Air
March 1, 2018
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Jay Goble
June 28, 2013
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Tidal Marsh Restoration
Since 2011, we've developed and tested strategies to restore habitat in the transition zones between Bay Area tidal marshes and upland areas to help the marshes adapt to sea level rise. This work has encompassed everything from finding seeds and propagating plant species to re-vegetating marsh transitions zones.
Conservation Along the Bay Margin
SFBBO Habitats Program Director David Thomson and Brian Fulfrost
April 9, 2017
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Since 2011, we've developed and tested strategies to restore habitat in the transition zones between Bay Area tidal marshes and upland areas to help the marshes adapt to sea level rise. This work has encompassed everything from finding seeds and propagating plant species to re-vegetating marsh transitions zones.
Conservation Along the Bay Margin
SFBBO Habitats Program Director David Thomson and Brian Fulfrost
April 9, 2017
Watch Now!