A male Bufflehead floats on calm water, droplets trailing from its bill after a dive.
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Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary News
California slender salamander curdled up on green moss.
Creature Feature December 2022: California Slender Salamander
December 06, 2022 — A rare visitor at Richardson Bay captured the hearts of everyone lucky enough to catch a glimpse.
CA Richardson Bay Audubon Center
Updated Stairs to Lani's Beach 2022
Richardson Bay Audubon Center Trails and Stairs Renovated!
May 27, 2022 — We are continuing to improve the well loved and worn infrastructure at the Center!
CA Richardson Bay Audubon Center
Audubon Youth Leaders Native Plant Giveway Project Reflection
May 24, 2022 — Arianna Chitsaz, Maggie Jensen, and Eleanor Octavio reflect on their Audubon Youth Leaders project of growing and giving away native plants to the community.
CA Richardson Bay Audubon Center
Audubon California News
Following Tricolored Blackbirds and Their Friends: Farmers, Volunteers, and Biologists
June 06, 2025 — How a truck bed ride and a statewide survey show that protecting one species helps others thrive—and how movement tracking could help guide the next chapter of Tricolored Blackbird conservation.
CA
Listening to the Land—and the Birds
June 03, 2025 — How Counting Birds Like Black-chinned Sparrows and Lazuli Buntings Guides Conservation on California’s Working Ranches
CA
Celebrating 10 Years of BirdReturns
May 30, 2025 — Partnership celebrates creating over 180,000 acres of high-quality wetland habitat where and when it is needed most.
CA
American Avocets wade in a shallow sea.
Water Flows for the First Time at Major Salton Sea Habitat Project
May 20, 2025 — Flooding creates 2,000 acres of habitat, reduces hazardous dust
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