Point Blue Conservation Science
@pointblue.bsky.social
Our mission is to conserve birds, other wildlife, and ecosystems through science, partnership, and outreach. We find nature-based, community-driven solutions to climate change and biodiversity loss. Learn more at www.pointblue.org.
🌎💧🧪Effective water management is key to California’s ecological and economic health. We’re participating in powerful partnerships like #FloodplainForward & #BirdReturns to collaborate on multi-benefit solutions for wildlife & people. Read & discover more #CaliforniaWater wins: shorturl.at/6sD07
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🌎💧🧪Effective water management is key to California’s ecological and economic health. We’re participating in powerful partnerships like #FloodplainForward & #BirdReturns to collaborate on multi-benefit solutions for wildlife & people. Read & discover more #CaliforniaWater wins: shorturl.at/6sD07
What can #birds tell us about the health of the #SanFranciscoBay? A lot, it turns out! We’re proud to see Point Blue’s SF Bay Program Leader, Julian Wood, featured in @kqedscience.bsky.social for his insights on the newly launched #SFBayStateOfTheBirds website! 🌎🧪Learn more: shorturl.at/DVYXZ
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What can #birds tell us about the health of the #SanFranciscoBay? A lot, it turns out! We’re proud to see Point Blue’s SF Bay Program Leader, Julian Wood, featured in @kqedscience.bsky.social for his insights on the newly launched #SFBayStateOfTheBirds website! 🌎🧪Learn more: shorturl.at/DVYXZ
🦉🌎🧪 Why #birds? They provide important information about the health of our habitats. Track population trends and see how restoration and conservation efforts are making a difference in San Francisco Bay. Visit sfbaystateofthebirds.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🦉🌎🧪 Why #birds? They provide important information about the health of our habitats. Track population trends and see how restoration and conservation efforts are making a difference in San Francisco Bay. Visit sfbaystateofthebirds.org
#SFBayStateOfTheBirds made it into Maven's Notebook! Read the daily digest: shorturl.at/CuEnR 🦉🌎🧪💧
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
#SFBayStateOfTheBirds made it into Maven's Notebook! Read the daily digest: shorturl.at/CuEnR 🦉🌎🧪💧
🦉🌎🧪 The new San Francisco Bay State of the Birds website is live! See how #bird populations are changing across the Bay and what it means for habitat health. This data will inform important restoration and land management decisions. sfbaystateofthebirds.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🦉🌎🧪 The new San Francisco Bay State of the Birds website is live! See how #bird populations are changing across the Bay and what it means for habitat health. This data will inform important restoration and land management decisions. sfbaystateofthebirds.org
🌎 With support from the Point Blue Roots Program, White Buffalo Land Trust has launched an 80-acre #WatershedRestoration project at Jalama Canyon Ranch. We are so proud to support this project advancing #HabitatRestoration and watershed resilience on CA’s Central Coast! Shorturl.at/HGBU2
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🌎 With support from the Point Blue Roots Program, White Buffalo Land Trust has launched an 80-acre #WatershedRestoration project at Jalama Canyon Ranch. We are so proud to support this project advancing #HabitatRestoration and watershed resilience on CA’s Central Coast! Shorturl.at/HGBU2
🔥🐦🌎🧪Can fire boost bird populations!? A new study found that population density of some #bird species grew rapidly in burned areas. While high-intensity megafires threaten birds, low to moderate intensity #prescribedburns may have benefits. Learn more: shorturl.at/coEC6 #GoodFire #FireEcology
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🔥🐦🌎🧪Can fire boost bird populations!? A new study found that population density of some #bird species grew rapidly in burned areas. While high-intensity megafires threaten birds, low to moderate intensity #prescribedburns may have benefits. Learn more: shorturl.at/coEC6 #GoodFire #FireEcology
🧪💻 🌎 Want to use #techforgood? We’ve teamed up w/ #HackForSocialImpact to present a pressing conservation issue: massive biodiversity datasets are underused despite potential to direct policy + funding. Can #AI & impact tracking unlock the power of this data? Register: www.hackforsocialimpact.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🧪💻 🌎 Want to use #techforgood? We’ve teamed up w/ #HackForSocialImpact to present a pressing conservation issue: massive biodiversity datasets are underused despite potential to direct policy + funding. Can #AI & impact tracking unlock the power of this data? Register: www.hackforsocialimpact.com
We made it onto the front page of the #IUCNCongress website! Check out this top moment from #IUCN2025 in Abu Dhabi: Point Blue Impact Strategist Debra Stein is pictured in action at the #IUCN Members' Assembly. 🇦🇪🗳️🌍 See more: iucncongress2025.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We made it onto the front page of the #IUCNCongress website! Check out this top moment from #IUCN2025 in Abu Dhabi: Point Blue Impact Strategist Debra Stein is pictured in action at the #IUCN Members' Assembly. 🇦🇪🗳️🌍 See more: iucncongress2025.org
🌍🧪 Point Blue is in Abu Dhabi for the 2025 #IUCN World Conservation Congress! We’re thrilled to join thousands of leaders, practitioners, and advocates from around the world to help shape global nature policy, advance equitable solutions, and drive lasting #conservation impact. 🌐💙 #IUCN2025
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🌍🧪 Point Blue is in Abu Dhabi for the 2025 #IUCN World Conservation Congress! We’re thrilled to join thousands of leaders, practitioners, and advocates from around the world to help shape global nature policy, advance equitable solutions, and drive lasting #conservation impact. 🌐💙 #IUCN2025
A #BlackpollWarbler banded on the Farallones surprises birders 400 miles away in Los Angeles! Farallones vagrants are seldom resighted and some scientists think they are misorienting towards the Pacific with fatal consequences. This #bird defied the odds by making it safely back to the mainland! 🦉🌎🧪
October 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A #BlackpollWarbler banded on the Farallones surprises birders 400 miles away in Los Angeles! Farallones vagrants are seldom resighted and some scientists think they are misorienting towards the Pacific with fatal consequences. This #bird defied the odds by making it safely back to the mainland! 🦉🌎🧪
Ed Yong introduces us to the pirates of the sky: #ParasiticJaegers. Masters of the chase, they steal fish mid-flight with outrageous twists, turns, and daring aerial maneuvers. Their motto? “I’m going to take your stuff and look great while doing it!”🏴☠️🐦🦉
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ed Yong introduces us to the pirates of the sky: #ParasiticJaegers. Masters of the chase, they steal fish mid-flight with outrageous twists, turns, and daring aerial maneuvers. Their motto? “I’m going to take your stuff and look great while doing it!”🏴☠️🐦🦉
We mourn the loss of #JaneGoodall, whose research revolutionized #science, transformed the study of animal behavior, & paved the way for generations of field researchers. A tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world, her legacy inspires conservationists everywhere. 🌎 🧪
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We mourn the loss of #JaneGoodall, whose research revolutionized #science, transformed the study of animal behavior, & paved the way for generations of field researchers. A tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world, her legacy inspires conservationists everywhere. 🌎 🧪
What bird made you fall in love with birding? For #AmyTan, it was a tiny, fierce Anna’s Hummingbird that once fed straight from her hand. Have a #sparkbird of your own? Let us know in the comments! 🦉
September 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What bird made you fall in love with birding? For #AmyTan, it was a tiny, fierce Anna’s Hummingbird that once fed straight from her hand. Have a #sparkbird of your own? Let us know in the comments! 🦉
🌎🦉🧪 #Science that changes the conversation. This year, #MigratoryShorebirdProject data directly informed #IUCNRedList updates—proof that coordinated monitoring can shape policy. As a new #IUCN member, we’re excited to keep contributing data that drives #conservation impact. 🔗 shorturl.at/Nc0JB
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌎🦉🧪 #Science that changes the conversation. This year, #MigratoryShorebirdProject data directly informed #IUCNRedList updates—proof that coordinated monitoring can shape policy. As a new #IUCN member, we’re excited to keep contributing data that drives #conservation impact. 🔗 shorturl.at/Nc0JB
🌍 Point Blue is now a member of the #IUCN & will be participating in the #2025WorldConservationCongress! The IUCN is the world’s largest and most influential environmental network & this membership amplifies our ability to shape global conservation agendas. Learn more 👉 shorturl.at/xl3Xa
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🌍 Point Blue is now a member of the #IUCN & will be participating in the #2025WorldConservationCongress! The IUCN is the world’s largest and most influential environmental network & this membership amplifies our ability to shape global conservation agendas. Learn more 👉 shorturl.at/xl3Xa
✨🦉 🧪 🌎 Ready, set, #bird! The 47th Annual Rich Stallcup Bird-A-Thon is officially here! From Sept 15–Oct 15, join America’s longest-running Bird-A-Thon and spot birds while raising vital funds for #conservationscience. 🔗 www.pointblue.org/birdathon
September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
✨🦉 🧪 🌎 Ready, set, #bird! The 47th Annual Rich Stallcup Bird-A-Thon is officially here! From Sept 15–Oct 15, join America’s longest-running Bird-A-Thon and spot birds while raising vital funds for #conservationscience. 🔗 www.pointblue.org/birdathon
📰🌍🦉 In case you missed it — the Sacramento Bee recently published a fantastic feature on #BirdReturns, a program that has been transforming California’s Central Valley for more than a decade. Read: “Can we help birds find their way home? How flooding farms provides a guide” 👉 shorturl.at/u3Ze1
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
📰🌍🦉 In case you missed it — the Sacramento Bee recently published a fantastic feature on #BirdReturns, a program that has been transforming California’s Central Valley for more than a decade. Read: “Can we help birds find their way home? How flooding farms provides a guide” 👉 shorturl.at/u3Ze1
🌊🐋 #HumpbackWhales have arrived in #Pacifica! 👀✨ Catch Point Blue’s Jamie Jackne (Director, California Current Group) at 1:05–he explains how and why whales are utilizing coastal habitat more than ever before. 🧪🌎 🦑 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTx8...
Pacifica shore continues to be visited by humpback whales
Max Darrow reports on humpback whales near the Pacifica shore.
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September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
🌊🐋 #HumpbackWhales have arrived in #Pacifica! 👀✨ Catch Point Blue’s Jamie Jackne (Director, California Current Group) at 1:05–he explains how and why whales are utilizing coastal habitat more than ever before. 🧪🌎 🦑 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTx8...
The #CrestedAuklet previously spotted in the Farallons turned up again, this time in a restricted access area offshore at #VandenbergSpaceForceBase–that's over 280 miles away! Kudos to Point Blue’s Julie Howar, who spotted this #rarebird during routine #seabird monitoring. 📸: Julie Howar. 🦉🧪🦑🌎
September 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The #CrestedAuklet previously spotted in the Farallons turned up again, this time in a restricted access area offshore at #VandenbergSpaceForceBase–that's over 280 miles away! Kudos to Point Blue’s Julie Howar, who spotted this #rarebird during routine #seabird monitoring. 📸: Julie Howar. 🦉🧪🦑🌎
🧪🌎 In case you missed it! @sfchronicle.com covered the recent #FarallonIslands mega-rarity: a #CrestedAuklet sighting, the first in California since 1995. Read what Point Blue biologist Amanda Spears has to say about this elusive #seabird. 🦑🦉
👉 shorturl.at/djcbm
👉 shorturl.at/djcbm
September 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🧪🌎 In case you missed it! @sfchronicle.com covered the recent #FarallonIslands mega-rarity: a #CrestedAuklet sighting, the first in California since 1995. Read what Point Blue biologist Amanda Spears has to say about this elusive #seabird. 🦑🦉
👉 shorturl.at/djcbm
👉 shorturl.at/djcbm
🌊📊 Celebrating 100 years of daily ocean monitoring! Did you know that the #FarallonIslands Shore Station has tracked sea surface temps & salinity data since 1925 (with only a brief pause during WWII)? Thanks to secured funding, there will be no gap in 2025! 🧪 🦑 🌎 #FarallonFriday
August 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🌊📊 Celebrating 100 years of daily ocean monitoring! Did you know that the #FarallonIslands Shore Station has tracked sea surface temps & salinity data since 1925 (with only a brief pause during WWII)? Thanks to secured funding, there will be no gap in 2025! 🧪 🦑 🌎 #FarallonFriday
🌎🔥🌐🧪 From record heat to fires to floods, Californians feel the effects of #ClimateChange daily. The good news? Nature offers some of the best solutions. Cristina Garcia & Point Blue’s Sam Veloz call for sustained funding for #NatureBasedSolutions via #AB1757. 👉 Read more: shorturl.at/QUZzp
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August 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🌎🔥🌐🧪 From record heat to fires to floods, Californians feel the effects of #ClimateChange daily. The good news? Nature offers some of the best solutions. Cristina Garcia & Point Blue’s Sam Veloz call for sustained funding for #NatureBasedSolutions via #AB1757. 👉 Read more: shorturl.at/QUZzp
🌊🦉 We’ve partnered with #birdcollective to celebrate the #FarallonIslands. Point Blue staff are all in, rocking the new collection from the ocean to the office. Shop the full collection & show your support for Point Blue’s #conservation work!
🔗 shorturl.at/AowoX
🔗 shorturl.at/AowoX
August 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌊🦉 We’ve partnered with #birdcollective to celebrate the #FarallonIslands. Point Blue staff are all in, rocking the new collection from the ocean to the office. Shop the full collection & show your support for Point Blue’s #conservation work!
🔗 shorturl.at/AowoX
🔗 shorturl.at/AowoX
🌎🦉🧪 Our Farallon Islands #CrestedAuklet has been making waves in the media! Listen to Point Blue Biologist Amanda Spears chat about this #rarebird on the @kqednews.kqed.org CA Morning Report: shorturl.at/HwNkr or read about this special #seabird sighting in the @sacbee.com shorturl.at/RriHx
August 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🌎🦉🧪 Our Farallon Islands #CrestedAuklet has been making waves in the media! Listen to Point Blue Biologist Amanda Spears chat about this #rarebird on the @kqednews.kqed.org CA Morning Report: shorturl.at/HwNkr or read about this special #seabird sighting in the @sacbee.com shorturl.at/RriHx