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However, solar advocates argue that current state policies block this from happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Incentivizing nonresidential solar is really, really valuable if you’re worried about access to solar energy in disadvantaged communities,” said Ram Rajagopal, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford and an author of the study. “Alongside that, we definitely need to demand and incentivize the extension of these solar [utility] systems into microgrids that can power communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Energy consumption in homes and businesses was responsible for an estimated 31% of the nation’s total greenhouse gas emissions \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions#commercial-and-residential\">in 2022\u003c/a>. In \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/downtown-office-energy-use-19361292.php\">San Francisco\u003c/a>, 43 of the highest 100 energy users that year were office buildings — the largest group — many sitting vacant since the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11983622,news_11982884,science_1991404\" label=\"Related Stories\"]In a recent study published in \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01485-y\">Nature Energy\u003c/a>, Rajagopal and his colleagues evaluated data from DeepSolar, an innovative public database created by researchers at the university that analyzes satellite images to identify where solar photovoltaic panels are located across the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The research team estimates that 63% of the nation’s disadvantaged communities, as identified by the federal government for lack of investment and pollution, can support 20% of household electricity demand. That’s if rooftop solar panels were installed on buildings over 10,000 square feet. Rajagopal noted that, when placed on schools and hospitals, these solar installations would benefit these institutions by bringing costs down. He also said they should be connected to households through microgrids so nearby residents could receive electricity directly. A neighborhood with a microgrid can isolate itself from the main grid during a power outage, making the energy system more resilient to disruptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elena Krieger, director of research at PSE Health Energy, an Oakland-based energy policy research group, said this research is important for understanding where there are opportunities to develop solar in low-income areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The DeepSolar model helps fill some important data gaps that we have on solar adoption across the country. This approach provides one of the best methods to get a reasonable national estimate,” Krieger said, who was not involved in the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that it’s important that effective policies support the transition of low-income neighborhoods to clean energy without burdening households that can’t afford to go solar. For example, she offered that if a group of buildings in one neighborhood were fully electrified but left renters on the old gas distribution system, the renters’ rates could rise because there would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992348/is-it-time-for-an-essential-california-energy-code-to-get-a-climate-edit\">fewer people paying to maintain the gas system\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11898992/states-proposed-cut-to-rooftop-solar-incentives-also-aims-to-protect-lower-income-residents\">The state made a controversial cut to the incentives for installing solar panels\u003c/a> through changes to its net energy metering program last year. The California Public Utilities Commission reduced the amount rooftop solar producers receive for the extra energy they sell to the grid by up to 80%, \u003ca href=\"https://solarrights.org/nem3appeal/\">solar advocates said\u003c/a>. 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She said the new rule removed the incentive for building owners to install solar panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why would anybody go solar under those conditions?” Del Chiaro said. “Amidst all of the rhetoric and claims that we’re a clean energy leader, our actions are going in the opposite direction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rooftop solar sales dropped 61% in January compared to 2022 sales, causing an estimated 17,000 layoffs, according to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/01/california-solar-demand-plummets/\">industry estimates\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, the \u003ca href=\"https://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov/search/case/mainCaseScreen.cfm?dist=0&doc_id=2919696&doc_no=S283614&request_token=OCIwLSEnXkw7WyBNSCMtSENIUFQ0UDxTKyIuXztSPDtMCg%3D%3D\">California Supreme Court\u003c/a> will hear a case brought by environmental groups fighting the net energy metering changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rajagopal said that for solar to expand meaningfully into disadvantaged communities, there must be community buy-in and state subsidies. “We hope people can build around this data and around these methods to actually increase the adoption of this super important technology,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, President Joe Biden announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund/solar-all\">“Solar for all” grant awards\u003c/a>, distributing $7 billion to 60 applicants that will create new or expand existing low-income solar programs across the country. 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"content": "\u003cp>On a recent bright, gusty day, Matt Larsen welcomed guests at a picnic table near the bathrooms. The tiny group assembled with sturdy shoes, water bottle and wind jackets, ready for a walking tour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen, a docent with San Francisco City Guides, is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://sfcityguides.org/tour/climate-change-at-crissy-field/\">new tour: climate change at Crissy Field\u003c/a>. It’s a look at what came before at Crissy Field, what’s coming next, and what that tells us about the future of our lives under a changing climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Climate change is often something that people think of as happening in the future,” Larsen said. “More and more people understand that it’s happening now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He motioned around himself. “This, I would say, is one of our most iconic places in San Francisco. We’ve got the Golden Gate Bridge. And behind you is Angel Island. And over there is Alcatraz.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay cities sprawled along the hills in the distance, on the far side of the blue choppy water, while the Presidio, green and tidy, covered the nearby hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a million people a year visit Crissy Field, he told the group. One of the first of these individuals to make this area famous — post-Western settlement — was someone who grew up in San Francisco: Ansel Adams. On an iPad, Larsen showed an image of a photo taken by Adams of the mouth of the Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge under construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#A\">\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: See interactive then-and-now photos of Crissy Field\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Adams was four years old during the 1906 earthquake. During one of the aftershocks, he was thrown into a garden wall and broke his nose. The injury stayed with him his whole life. Larsen showed a picture of Adams as an older man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And you can see, even as a much older person, his nose still looks pretty mangled,” he said. “That was one of the factors that led to him being kind of solitary and taking up a lot of time in nature.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was not necessarily a more genteel time back then. “Kids bullied him in school,” he added. “They treated him poorly and teased him about his nose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he grew, he developed a remarkable gift for capturing natural beauty in black-and-white photography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take our hats off to Ansel Adams and thank him for highlighting the beauty of this area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Expensive challenges ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the group moved further up the field toward the bridge, Larsen advised care and awareness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do want to warn you that, as you’ve noticed by now, we do have a fair number of bicycles moving by,” he said. “And not all of them are highly skilled riders. So keep an eye out so you don’t get run over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After alerting guests to the physical area and its physical dangers, Larsen conjured up what Crissy Field looked like 15,000 years ago. Mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and giant ground sloths roamed the area. A mammoth tooth was even found atop Twin Peaks, which must have been hosting some mighty fine forage to have inspired a large animal to make such a trek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it was at the end of the last glacial period, more water was tied up in ice and sea levels were around 400 feet lower in San Francisco Bay. What we know as the Bay then was a large grassy valley with a river running through it out to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the Bay is currently rising at the rate of about a quarter of an inch a year. That doesn’t feel like much to worry about year over year, but think about the world over the lifespan of today’s kids, and it becomes alarming. The state \u003ca href=\"https://opc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SLR-Guidance-DRAFT-Jan-2024-508.pdf\">estimates it could rise by as much as 6.6 feet (PDF)\u003c/a> by the end of the century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sea-level rise doesn’t affect all areas equally. As a near example, Larsen pointed to Alcatraz and compared it to Crissy Beach. The first is surrounded by steep rocky cliffs, the latter is low-lying and much more vulnerable. It’s a problem common in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here in San Francisco, of course, we’ve got a lot of low-lying areas. We’re standing in one of them,” Larsen said. “If you go around the Embarcadero, the city is now in the process of planning a new seawall. We’ve got a big challenge for many of those piers and the Embarcadero itself is barely above sea level. We’ve got some big and expensive challenges ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new seawall, projected to cost $5 billion, will extend from Fisherman’s Wharf around the Embarcadero to the Giant’s ballpark. It’s paid for in part with a taxpayer-approved bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen predicted that residents of coastal areas, especially those in expensive neighborhoods like the nearby Marina District, will lobby heavily in future years for the city, state and government to take action. This raises the question of whether people in less economically endowed neighborhoods don’t deserve the same protections — perhaps more, as they’re less financially able to adapt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And if you multiply this out across the world, with all the low-lying cities that are like Miami and New Orleans and New York, it’s a major, major challenge that the country faces.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water is rising primarily because of two reasons. One is the melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. About 400 billion tons of water per year enters the oceans. The other is thermal expansion. Warm water takes up more space than cold water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Bay is also predicted to become saltier,” Larsen said. “We’re going to see less inflow of river water from the central Valley of the Sierra. The warmer it is, the more water evaporates and the less that’s going to be in the rivers flowing down to us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen showed the walkers one of his favorite scientific figures: the Keeling Curve. It’s a line of sine curve wiggles trending inexorably upward, charting the decadeslong rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations as read at the remote Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The data set was started by Charles David Keeling in 1958.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Larsen, a trained geologist who formerly led the \u003ca href=\"https://stri.si.edu/scientist/matthew-larsen\">Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute\u003c/a>, the interest is both professional and personal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This graph is actually so important to communicating and understanding climate change that it’s written carved in stone in the wall of the foyer or the entrance to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. As a scientist, I often contemplated getting a tattoo.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has not ruled it out. But where would he put it?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because I’d want to add a data point every couple of years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would have to rise across his torso, toward his head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so then I thought, well, maybe it’ll go up my neck. I still haven’t gotten the tattoo, but who knows. It may happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Not hopeless\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Contemplating climate change is always sobering. “Change is scary,” the saying goes, and climate change is the mother of all scary changes. It’s poised to alter everything we know about living on Earth. But when we look at the future, Larsen said, all is not bleak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Largely, we know what we need to do to improve our future: stop burning fossil fuels, run our economies on cleaner electrons, inch our lifestyles toward sustainable choices and give the natural world a hand in helping us out. We are now in the midst of a clean energy transition and most climate experts believe there is no turning back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chrissy Field is a powerful testament to the human ability to fix environmental problems when we set our minds and wallets to it. Equally, it’s a testament to the natural world’s ability to bounce back when it’s given a chance to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time of the 1906 earthquake, Crissy Field was a brackish tidal marsh. Much of the rubble from the quake was dumped into the marsh, filling it in. It became a site for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition. It then became part of the Presidio military base (which the U.S. Army controlled beginning in 1846) and as the primary airfield used by the U.S. on the West Coast from 1921 to 1936.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Crissy of Crissy Field was Major Dana H. Crissy, a Presidio artilleryman who loved flying. He died during a multi-pilot effort to be the first to cross the United States by plane. His plane crashed near Salt Lake City, Utah. The Army named the airstrip, which sat on the site of the current restored marsh, in his honor. The landing strip was in operation until the ’70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the National Park Service acquired it in the early ’90s, Larsen said, “it was essentially a hazardous waste site.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Military use had left contaminated soil. Many tons of asphalt and concrete had to be removed. Remediation took years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now there is once again a marsh at Crissy Field, albeit a rehabilitated one. Wildlife has returned to the area, including California halibut, Pacific staghorn sculpin and dozens of other fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Snowy plovers, once locally extinct, nest again in the dunes of Crissy Field. They’re ground nesters, which is why it’s important to keep dogs on leashes and out of the dunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, Larsen said, 135 bird species visit the area. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He motioned around himself. “This, I would say, is one of our most iconic places in San Francisco. We’ve got the Golden Gate Bridge. And behind you is Angel Island. And over there is Alcatraz.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay cities sprawled along the hills in the distance, on the far side of the blue choppy water, while the Presidio, green and tidy, covered the nearby hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over a million people a year visit Crissy Field, he told the group. One of the first of these individuals to make this area famous — post-Western settlement — was someone who grew up in San Francisco: Ansel Adams. On an iPad, Larsen showed an image of a photo taken by Adams of the mouth of the Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge under construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#A\">\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: See interactive then-and-now photos of Crissy Field\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Adams was four years old during the 1906 earthquake. During one of the aftershocks, he was thrown into a garden wall and broke his nose. The injury stayed with him his whole life. Larsen showed a picture of Adams as an older man.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And you can see, even as a much older person, his nose still looks pretty mangled,” he said. “That was one of the factors that led to him being kind of solitary and taking up a lot of time in nature.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was not necessarily a more genteel time back then. “Kids bullied him in school,” he added. “They treated him poorly and teased him about his nose.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As he grew, he developed a remarkable gift for capturing natural beauty in black-and-white photography.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We take our hats off to Ansel Adams and thank him for highlighting the beauty of this area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Expensive challenges ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As the group moved further up the field toward the bridge, Larsen advised care and awareness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do want to warn you that, as you’ve noticed by now, we do have a fair number of bicycles moving by,” he said. “And not all of them are highly skilled riders. So keep an eye out so you don’t get run over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After alerting guests to the physical area and its physical dangers, Larsen conjured up what Crissy Field looked like 15,000 years ago. Mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and giant ground sloths roamed the area. A mammoth tooth was even found atop Twin Peaks, which must have been hosting some mighty fine forage to have inspired a large animal to make such a trek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it was at the end of the last glacial period, more water was tied up in ice and sea levels were around 400 feet lower in San Francisco Bay. What we know as the Bay then was a large grassy valley with a river running through it out to the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, the Bay is currently rising at the rate of about a quarter of an inch a year. That doesn’t feel like much to worry about year over year, but think about the world over the lifespan of today’s kids, and it becomes alarming. The state \u003ca href=\"https://opc.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SLR-Guidance-DRAFT-Jan-2024-508.pdf\">estimates it could rise by as much as 6.6 feet (PDF)\u003c/a> by the end of the century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sea-level rise doesn’t affect all areas equally. As a near example, Larsen pointed to Alcatraz and compared it to Crissy Beach. The first is surrounded by steep rocky cliffs, the latter is low-lying and much more vulnerable. It’s a problem common in the Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here in San Francisco, of course, we’ve got a lot of low-lying areas. We’re standing in one of them,” Larsen said. “If you go around the Embarcadero, the city is now in the process of planning a new seawall. We’ve got a big challenge for many of those piers and the Embarcadero itself is barely above sea level. We’ve got some big and expensive challenges ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new seawall, projected to cost $5 billion, will extend from Fisherman’s Wharf around the Embarcadero to the Giant’s ballpark. It’s paid for in part with a taxpayer-approved bond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Larsen predicted that residents of coastal areas, especially those in expensive neighborhoods like the nearby Marina District, will lobby heavily in future years for the city, state and government to take action. This raises the question of whether people in less economically endowed neighborhoods don’t deserve the same protections — perhaps more, as they’re less financially able to adapt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And if you multiply this out across the world, with all the low-lying cities that are like Miami and New Orleans and New York, it’s a major, major challenge that the country faces.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water is rising primarily because of two reasons. One is the melting of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. 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Ingestion of only two milligrams can be fatal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the new federal data revealed some good news for some states on the East Coast, like Massachusetts and Maine, where overdose deaths fell last year, the fentanyl overdose tally in California is nearly 12% higher than it was back in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It warms me to see so much action in the state to address the rising overdose crisis,” said Dan Ciccarone, professor in addiction medicine at UCSF.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he added that “west of the Mississippi River, the fentanyl epidemic is not over. I feel like we’re not even to the halfway point yet. 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It passed the Assembly unanimously and is now before the Senate.[aside postID=news_11987665 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240524-REGIONALMEDICAL-JG-4_qut-1020x680.jpg']“This is so important as it involves removing barriers to the most effective and cost-effective medications,” Ciccarone said. “Prior authorization is a barrier at the clinical level as it provides just enough frustration to the clinician and the patient to dampen care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other bills would increase access to medications that can reverse an opioid overdose instantaneously. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1976\">AB 1976\u003c/a> would require businesses to carry \u003ca href=\"https://www.dea.gov/onepill/save-lives#:~:text=Naloxone%20is%20a%20medicine%20that,because%20of%20an%20opioid%20overdose.\">naloxone nasal spray\u003c/a> in first aid kits by July 2027. \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1841\">AB 1841\u003c/a> would provide two doses of naloxone to residential advisors at California’s public colleges. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you’re a Bay Area wildlife watcher, you might be familiar with the American Avocet — slender shorebirds with a talent not just for color changes but also their elegant courting that’s been described as a “love dance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Bay Area teen wildlife photographer Parham Pourahmad was able to capture the beauty of these native California shorebirds in a series of stunning photographs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1921\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-2048x1537.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-1920x1441.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An avocet walks on a muddy island. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been trying to capture their mating ritual for, like, two years now,” said Pourahmad, 14, who also shared that it can be “really challenging” given the available light and the positioning of the birds themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Pourahmad won the\u003ca href=\"https://cawatchablewildlife.org/photos2023/winnerpage2023.php?wm=2023-09-10\"> California Watchable Wildlife, \u003c/a>a photography competition with a photo of a red-shouldered hawk in Santa Cruz. He then started his \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wildphotop/\">Instagram account to showcase his images of Bay Area wildlife\u003c/a>, where he’s been posting his avocet photographs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992993\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1705px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992993\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1705\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-scaled.jpg 1705w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-800x1201.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-768x1153.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-1364x2048.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1705px) 100vw, 1705px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The male wraps his wing over the female as the dance comes to a close. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the breeding season, around April through July, avocets undergo a fascinating transformation through a partial molting process: Their usual white and gray feathers are replaced with a striking orange hue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their bodies turn a beautiful brownish-pink. 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-1920x2400.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the avocet’s mating kiss. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1buf3kd/avocet_mating_ritual_in_the_bay_info_in_comments/\">It’s one of my favorite shots of the year,\u003c/a>” Pourahmad said. “The Bay Area is full of amazing sights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to spot these spectacular shorebirds for yourself, Pourahmad recommends locations like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don-edwards-san-francisco-bay\">Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/coyote-hills\">Coyote Hills Regional Park\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Open-Space-Parks/Neighborhood-Parks/Baylands-Nature-Preserve\">Baylands Nature Preserve\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>“A lot of people in the San Francisco Bay don’t realize the rich, beautiful environment we have,” Parsons said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992990\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992990\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0195-8.16.22-PM-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0195-8.16.22-PM-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0195-8.16.22-PM-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0195-8.16.22-PM-1020x680.jpg 1020w, 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href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11804822/a-beginners-guide-to-birding-in-the-bay-area\">For a guide to birding in the Bay Area for beginners, check out KQED’s guide from 2020\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992994\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992994\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0450-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0450-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0450-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0450-1-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0450-1-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0450-1-768x768.jpg 768w, 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Avocets often nest on sandy shores or mud flats. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you’re a Bay Area wildlife watcher, you might be familiar with the American Avocet — slender shorebirds with a talent not just for color changes but also their elegant courting that’s been described as a “love dance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Bay Area teen wildlife photographer Parham Pourahmad was able to capture the beauty of these native California shorebirds in a series of stunning photographs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992992\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992992\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1921\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-2048x1537.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0960-1920x1441.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An avocet walks on a muddy island. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been trying to capture their mating ritual for, like, two years now,” said Pourahmad, 14, who also shared that it can be “really challenging” given the available light and the positioning of the birds themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Pourahmad won the\u003ca href=\"https://cawatchablewildlife.org/photos2023/winnerpage2023.php?wm=2023-09-10\"> California Watchable Wildlife, \u003c/a>a photography competition with a photo of a red-shouldered hawk in Santa Cruz. He then started his \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/wildphotop/\">Instagram account to showcase his images of Bay Area wildlife\u003c/a>, where he’s been posting his avocet photographs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992993\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1705px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992993\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1705\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-scaled.jpg 1705w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-800x1201.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-1020x1531.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-768x1153.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-1023x1536.jpg 1023w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0422-1-1364x2048.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1705px) 100vw, 1705px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The male wraps his wing over the female as the dance comes to a close. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During the breeding season, around April through July, avocets undergo a fascinating transformation through a partial molting process: Their usual white and gray feathers are replaced with a striking orange hue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their bodies turn a beautiful brownish-pink. It’s really pretty,” said Amy Parsons, a water bird biologist at the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1992991\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1992991\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-800x400.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-1020x510.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-160x80.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-768x384.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-2048x1024.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0856-2-1920x960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An avocet protects its nest from a black-necked stilt. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While many birds molt at various life stages, the avocets’s color change is a dramatic example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the fall and winter, their heads are a dull gray, and they don’t really stand out,” Pourahmad said. “But starting about [mid-March] and lasting until mid-summer, their heads turn a vibrant orange, making them look really cool.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The avocet mating ritual, often described as a dance, features the pair moving in unison with their bills intertwined after mating. “Their bills cross to look like a kiss,” Pourahmad said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993023\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2048px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993023\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-scaled.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-1020x1275.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-160x200.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-768x960.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/05/DSC_0557-1-2-1920x2400.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up of the avocet’s mating kiss. \u003ccite>(Parham Pourahmad)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“\u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1buf3kd/avocet_mating_ritual_in_the_bay_info_in_comments/\">It’s one of my favorite shots of the year,\u003c/a>” Pourahmad said. “The Bay Area is full of amazing sights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you want to spot these spectacular shorebirds for yourself, Pourahmad recommends locations like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don-edwards-san-francisco-bay\">Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/coyote-hills\">Coyote Hills Regional Park\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca 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