Naturalist Training - Bird Families of Santa Clara County Diversity goes deeper than the feathers. We're exploring survival strategies of some of the birds that call Santa Clara County home in the spring. Santa Clara County is home to an amazing number of species, and spring is a great time to witness it. With their brightest feathers and most complicated songs, birds are happy to announce themselves at this time of year. We're taking a different look at bird diversity with some of the species that spend spring raising the next generation in our neighborhoods. From cross-species communication to literal community building, long-term residents to frequent flyers, we're looking at five species trying to survive and thrive in Silicon Valley. This video is the 10th Naturalist Training. You can view the full series at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDmox4fiBlouwq-K2q6l9N2LJxdp37yo Co-hosts are Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful, BioBlitz Club and Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance. Recording date: 3/19/25 == RESOURCE LIST Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful: - Website: KeepCoyoteCreekBeautiful.org - Facebook: @CoyoteCreekSJ - Instagram: @CoyoteCreekSJ BioBlitz.club - Website: https://www.bioblitz.club/ - Facebook: @bioblitz.club Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance - Website: https://scvbirdalliance.org - Facebook: @scvbirdalliance - Instagram: @scvbirdalliance == BIRD SPECIFIC - What to do if you find a baby bird: https://scvbirdalliance.org/s/BABY-BIRD-CHART-1.pdf - Hooded Oriole Abundance Map: https://bit.ly/4hw0Yih - Bird Alliance videos: https://scvbirdalliance.org/videos == BIRD-FRIENDLY IDEAS - Growing Natives Garden Tour, https://gngt.org/GNGT/index.php - California Native Plant Society - Santa Clara Valley : https://www.cnps-scv.org - Grassroots Ecology Nursery: https://www.grassrootsecology.org/nursery - Bringing Back the Natives Tour: https://bringingbackthenatives.net - "Backyard Bird Chronicles" by Amy Tan: https://amytan.net/backyard-bird-chronicles == iNATURALIST PROJECTS - Bird Food: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bird-food - Coast live oak project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/the-wonderful-diversity-of-life-on-coast-live-oak - The amazing biodiversity on Valley Oak: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/the-amazing-biodiversity-on-valley-oak - SF Bay Area Bugs and Birds: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sf-bay-area-bugs-and-birds - South Bay BioBlitz Events: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/south-bay-bioblitz-events - KCCB and BioBlitz Club BioBlitz events: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/kccb-and-bioblitz-club-bioblitz-events

Naturalist Training - On the Wing In our 9th Naturalist training, we talk about bird migrations. Seasonal migrations can be marvels of biology, some spanning oceans, continents, or even the entire globe, while others can be as simple as descending from a mountain. Whether big or small, migration alters the brains, bodies, and behaviors of the birds we love, driving them to accomplish incredible feats of endurance, roll the dice on the chances food availability and poor weather, and can whittle individuals into mere shadows of their former selves. So why is migration a phenomena we see throughout the natural world? What rewards are worth the risks, and how do birds, some as small as your hand, manage to accomplish such journeys? We'll be discussing who is migrating to and through the San Francisco Bay Area at this time, what is driving them to make the journey, and how they manage to accomplish such a task. This is part 9 of an ongoing series. Presenters are Deb Kramer at Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful, Merav Vonshak at BioBlitz Club, and Carolyn Knight at Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance. Recording date 12/11/24 Part 1 - Community Science and Introduction to iNaturalist @ https://youtu.be/ty2Fu7Trz8o Part 2 - A Deeper Dive into Inaturalist @ https://youtu.be/_7kJBpDutpg Part 3: Leaf Miners, Galls, and Other Creatures on Plants @ https://youtu.be/VJuyz19K4rQ Part 4: Nature Interpretation for the Rest of Us @ https://youtu.be/JqvADIulSQA Part 5: Serpentine Grasslands and iNaturalist Projects @ https://youtu.be/FKbxTt08bMA Part 6: Why City Nature Challenge Matters @ https://youtu.be/DYIyLdOmsSM Part 7: Aquatic Macroinvertebrates @ https://youtu.be/CivYOrl5vRE Part 8: Incredible Insects @ https://youtu.be/UbH8s59X--s == CHAPTERS 3:12 - Documenting Migrating Birds 7:01 - Migrating Birds 52:14 - Summer Migrating Birds 1:02:46 - Questions == RESOURCE LIST Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful: - Website: KeepCoyoteCreekBeautiful.org - Facebook: @CoyoteCreekSJ - Instagram: @CoyoteCreekSJ BioBlitz.club - Website: https://www.bioblitz.club/ - Facebook: @bioblitz.club Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance - Website: https://scvbirdalliance.org - Facebook: @scvbirdalliance - Instagram: @scvbirdalliance == WEBSITES - Birdcast live maps: https://birdcast.info/migration-tools/live-migration-maps/ - Hawk Hill: https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/hawk-hill - Geese sounds: https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/greater-white-fronted-goose - Ruby-crowned Kinglet sounds: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/sounds - SCVBA Environmental Action Committee (EAC): https://scvbirdalliance.org/getinvolved - South Bay Birds: https://groups.io/g/southbaybirds - Hooded Merganser nest: https://feederwatch.org/birdspotter-2018/female-hooded-merganser/ - Christmas Bird Count data: https://www.audubon.org/community-science/christmas-bird-count/where-have-all-birds-gone - Sequoia Audubon: https://www.sequoia-audubon.org/ == ARTICLES - World Trade Center: https://nycbirdalliance.org/blog/ensuring-this-year-s-9-11-tribute-in-light-was-safe-for-birds - More info about bird migration studies on eBird - https://science.ebird.org/en/status-and-trends/abundance-animations == iNATURALIST PROJECTS - Bird Food - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bird-food - Bird-Window Collisions - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bird-window-collisions - Dead Birds - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/dead-birds - Albino & Leucistic Birds - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/albino-leucistic-birds - Found Feathers - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/found-feathers - Bird Tracks and Signs - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bird-tracks-and-signs

During our 6th installment of our Naturalist Training series, we discuss the City Nature Challenge (CNC), a four-day global iNaturalist event, happening every year on the last weekend of April. Started in 2016, hundreds of cities from around the world come together in a friendly competition to document the most species and observations by the highest number of people. Topics covered help you to: 1. Understand what is the CNC and different ways you can participate. 2. Learn how to host your own event. 3. Gather some tips and tricks on how to find more biodiversity around you. This is part 6 of an ongoing series. Part 1 - Community Science and Introduction to iNaturalist https://youtu.be/ty2Fu7Trz8o Part 2 - A Deeper Dive into iNaturalist https://youtu.be/_7kJBpDutpg Part 3: Leaf Miners, Galls, and Other Creatures on Plants https://youtu.be/VJuyz19K4rQ Part 4: Nature Interpretation for the Rest of Us https://youtu.be/JqvADIulSQA Part 5: Serpentine Grasslands and iNaturalist Projects https://youtu.be/FKbxTt08bMA Presenters are Merav Vonshak and Deb Kramer == RESOURCE LIST Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful: keepcoyotecreekbeautiful.org BioBlitz Club: BioBlitz.Club iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CalAcademy City Nature Challenge website: https://www.calacademy.org/community-science/city-nature-challenge City Nature Challenge 2024 San Francisco iNaturalist project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-san-francisco-bay-area == GLOBAL CITY NATURE CHALLENGE City Nature Challenge: https://www.citynaturechallenge.org/ Global CNC project (if don’t live in a CNC city, and you’d need to join the project for your observations to count): https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-global-project Two global umbrella projects with all the cities: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-eurasia-africa-oceania https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-north-and-south-america == HOW TO HOST A BIOBLITZ Nerds for Nature, 10 Steps to BioBlitz: https://blog.nerdsfornature.org/post/64452358890/10-steps-to-bioblitz National Geographic, How to Host BioBlitz: https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/NationalGeographicBioBlitzGuide.pdf Recorded 4/17/2024