Matthew Gumz of Barstow faces charges in connection with taking and killing a California condor in violation with the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

http://www.turnto23.com/news/local-news/barstow-man-charged-with-killing-california-condor-in-kern-county

Brown pelicans are graceful fliers and are often seen flying in long stretched-out lines very close to the water. They rise up with each flap of their wings and then glide down to be close to the water again.

http://www.chinookobserver.com/co/outdoors/20170801/birdwatching-where-have-the-brown-pelicans-gone

Global Shorebird Counting will take place between 1-7 September 2017.

https://worldshorebirdsday.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/world-shorebirds-day-2017-is-approaching/

A scientific debate is intensifying over whether too much money and too many lives are lost fighting forest fires.

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/science/let-forest-fires-burn-what-the-black-backed-woodpecker-knows.html?referer=https://www.google.com/

Based on climate projections for the Southwest, small birds such as the lesser goldfinch may face lethal dehydration on average 25 days per year by the end of the century. Larger songbirds, such as curve-billed thrashers and Abert’s towhees, lose water at a lower rate, so they won’t be as vulnerable to dehydration until temperatures get much higher. But even bigger birds face risks: For some, small ranges restrict them to hot deserts and unpredictable water sources.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/08/heat-waves-could-silence-the-southwests-songbirds/

Working with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, Audubon California, Western United Dairymen, Dairy Cares, California Farm Bureau, and Sustainable Conservation, farmers have helped save over 200,000 birds in the past four years, Anita Brown of the NRCS reported on Thursday.

http://www.dailydemocrat.com/article/NI/20170810/NEWS/170819984

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is conducting an art contest to select the design for the state’s 2017-2018 upland game bird stamp.

https://www.ammoland.com/2017/08/artists-sought-california-upland-game-bird-stamp-art-contest-2/#axzz4q6y53IEY

California scrub-jays, along with crows, are considered “bully birds.”

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/08/23/backyard-bully-do-scrub-jays-drive-other-birds-from-the-neighborhood/