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San Francisco – short of time and money.

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Redgannet, the blog, has taken a back seat while 10,000 Birds does most of the driving and Mrs Gannet does the navigating, so it has slightly lost its way over the last year or so. Thus it is easy to organise yourself and visit a few sites to catch your target birds. PDA version of Muni public transport services in San Francisco.

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A Birder’s Guide to U.S. Federal Public Lands

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Birders know that some of the finest birding locations in the country are on federal land , which include national parks , wildlife refuges , forests , monuments , and seashores , among others. These lands support countless birds, either year-round, as migratory stopovers, or as breeding grounds. But what else should birders know?

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Honestly, How Much Could It Rain?

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San Francisco averages two-tenths of an inch for the month, while San Jose only averages half that much. I had set aside the morning of Sunday, June 10th to cross the San Francisco Peninsula to the Pacific Ocean town of Half Moon Bay, a mere 25 minute drive away, for a few hours of birding.

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Birds Are Gumming Up the (Public) Works

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As bird lovers, we’re happy that laws exist to protect birds, and that people are especially looking after protected species. But sometimes, what’s best for the birds and what’s best for the humans collide. Environmental officials believe the plan can be reworked so that the Plovers’ habitat is protected.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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This is Jason’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds: Birders were rightly alarmed by the armed occupation of the Malheur NWR in Oregon. One of the nation’s premier birding locations had been overrun by an armed militia and the occupation unexpectedly endured for weeks. Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat.

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A New Wildlife Refuge Pass: Fellow Birders, Help Us Help You

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In conjunction with our concept change, we hired a San Francisco Bay Area graphic artist to design our new logo, and we’ll be ramping up even more, our social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Instagram. To my 10,000 Birds readers, I’d love to get your comments here in response: 1. WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK.

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A Red-naped Sapsucker and a Townsend’s Warbler

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I have been searching through the internet this evening trying to find support for some behaviour that I witnessed at Fort Mason, San Francisco, this week. It was at the bottom of some steps leading from the gun placements at Fort Mason in San Francisco. My first internet search was an attempt to sex the bird.