The three-month anniversary of the Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay is next week, and the good news is that Alameda's Crown Beach and other wetlands are vibrant with birds. "While Crown ...

The Shorebirds of Delaware Bay Are Going Hungry On their migrations north, famished birds stop to feast on eggs laid by horseshoe crabs. But the crabs were overfished, and conservationists say ...

It still feels like summer to people, but for some birds, autumn is well advanced. This is particularly true of the shorebirds, the branch of the avian world whose fall migration first reaches Marin.

Timpie Springs • Off of Interstate 80 in Tooele County and past a mountain of salt from a nearby Cargill plant is ... Lake is literally a matter of life and death for migratory shorebirds.

Summer is generally not thought of as the season for shorebirds in the North Bay. While some waterbirds are here abundantly all year round — herons, egrets, mallards and Canada geese — the ...

Bird lovers count San Francisco bay's shorebirds. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

As quintessential migrants, many shorebirds wend their way between distant breeding and non-breeding grounds, stopping at key wetlands to refuel. Humboldt Bay is one of those critical sites along ...