Deborah Petersen

Deborah Petersen is a writer and editor living in the San Francisco Bay area. She is the former editor in chief of the San Francisco Examiner and SF Weekly. She, too, is a birder.

Articles by Deborah Petersen

Recent ‘Megafires’ Imperil Even Fire-Loving Forest Birds

September 29, 2020 — Many birds, such as owls and woodpeckers, thrive in forest habitats created after fire. But the hotter, bigger, more destructive megafires out West might be too much even for them.

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