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Birds in the Golden Gate National Parks

Learn more about birds and birding in the parks.

A white and brown Broad-winged Hawk soars against a blue sky.
Conservation

Where do Broad-winged Hawks go in California?

We don't know much about Broad-winged Hawks' migration along the Pacific Flyway, so GGRO volunteers tracked the journeys of five. Where did they go?
Parks

Peregrine Falcon nest webcam on Alcatraz Island

Tune into the livestream from The Rock to see their fledgling Peregrine Falcon family grow before your very eyes.
A brown-colored Merlin flying wings spread against a pale blue sky
Conservation

Messy eaters: what's on Merlins' migration menu?

A novel technique collecting songbird DNA from migratory raptors, and using DNA barcoding to identify prey species, helps quantify raptor diet during migration and track trends through time.
A peregrine falcon with its chicks in a rocky nest on Alcatraz Island in spring 2024.
Parks

Watch the Peregrine Falcon nest webcam on Alcatraz Island

Tune into the livestream from Alcatraz to see the fledgling Peregrine Falcon family grow before your very eyes.
Bald Eagle
Article

Bald Eagle sightings in the Bay Area on the rise: Here's why

“This is a super exciting time for Bald Eagles in the Bay Area. We must be doing something right for Bald Eagle ecology."
Lidia D'Amico opens a window to the ocean on Alcatraz.
Gateways Article

Ask a park scientist: Lidia D'Amico, the bird biologist of Alcatraz

National Park Service biologist Lidia D’Amico works, in short, for the birds.
Black and yellow peregrine falcon with white fluffy chicks in rocky nest
Conservation

Photos: Peregrine falcons on Alcatraz

All the fluffiness of the peregrine falcon chicks and their parents on Alcatraz...

In 2020, for the first time in recorded history, peregrine falcon chicks were born on Alcatraz Island. The peregrines returned in subsequent years and, in 2023, four chicks were born on the island!
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Sharp-shinned Hawk Illustration by Lora Roame
Our Work

GGRO 2022 Season Summary: Outreach

Although full interpretive talks weren’t possible in 2022, we did arrange our weekend schedules so that one GGRO staff person would also be a greeter to informally talk to people about the migration on Hawk Hill, and the results were wonderful.
Illustration of soaring Turkey Vulture looking downward.
Our Work

GGRO 2022 Season Summary: Turkey Vulture Study

Beyond being widely misunderstood by the general public, Turkey Vultures are often misunderstood from an ecological perspective as well.