The initial 400-page Birds of Stanford website was sponsored by Stanford president emeritus Donald Kennedy, produced for the Stanford Alumni Association and posted on its server in 2000. In 2005 the files were transferred to the Stanford server and in 2012 large species photographs were added. The 2016 update adds 100 more pages. Financial assistance from two emeritus Stanford professors and two alumni have made this possible.

The 2016 update includes bringing the code into compliance, giving the site a new “look” adding small photographs to the species accounts and essays, redesigning the Gallery adding a new section, Featured Artists that presents the work of four exceptional artists.

Very special thanks to Stanford professor emeritus Tom Grey and Stanford alum Rohan Kamath who generously provided species photographs and to the four featured artists--Barbara Banthiem, Carel Brest van Kempen, Andrew Denman and Terry Miller--who have generously provided examples of their work. The artwork is presented as Science Art (evocative images of nature that include a caption providing a science lens--in our case sometimes a link to one of the essays from The Birder's Handbook). The work of the featured artists can be seen in the Gallery section and on various webpages.

Very special thanks also to Steve Rottenborn for providing the following overview of changes in campus birds since the initial version of The Birds of Stanford website:

“Few obvious changes in bird populations or communities have been noted at Stanford since 2000, but several trends are noteworthy. The Bayward expansion of several species that are regular in the Santa Cruz Mountains and foothills, but that were scarce or absent as breeders in the lowlands as recently as the 1990s, has continued – numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos, Violet-green Swallows, Western Bluebirds, and Oak Titmice continue to increase on the main campus. Bald eagle sightings on Stanford lands have gradually been increasing over the past decade or so as Central California populations increase in general. This trend culminated in the first-ever local nesting, which occurred near Felt Lake in 2016. Peregrine falcon observations around campus have similarly become more frequent as Bay-area breeding populations of this species increase; might we see nesting at Stanford in the near future, perhaps on Hoover Tower where many of our recent observations have occurred?”

Darryl Wheye, October 2016

(I can be reached at darrylw@stanford.edu or by submitting this form.)

2016 UPDATE OF THE BIRDS OF STANFORD WEBSITE
	The initial 400-page Birds of Stanford website was sponsored by Stanford president emeritus Donald Kennedy, produced for the Stanford Alumni Association and posted on its server in 2000. In 2005 the files were transferred to the Stanford server and in 2012 large species photographs were added. The 2016 update adds 100 more pages. Financial assistance from two emeritus Stanford professors and two alumni have made this possible. The 2016 update includes bringing the code into compliance, giving the site a new “look” adding small photographs to the species accounts and essays, redesigning the Gallery adding a new section, Featured Artists that presents the work of four exceptional artists. Very special thanks to Stanford professor emeritus Tom Grey and Stanford alum Rohan Kamath who generously provided species photographs and to the four featured artists--Barbara Banthiem, Carel Brest van Kempen, Andrew Denman and Terry Miller--who have generously provided examples of their work. The artwork is presented as Science Art (evocative images of nature that include a caption providing a science lens--in our case sometimes a link to one of the essays from The Birder's Handbook). The work of the featured artists can be seen in the Gallery section and on various webpages. Very special thanks also to Steve Rottenborn for providing the following overview of changes in campus birds since the initial version of The Birds of Stanford website: “Few obvious changes in bird populations or communities have been noted at Stanford since 2000, but several trends are noteworthy. The Bayward expansion of several species that are regular in the Santa Cruz Mountains and foothills, but that were scarce or absent as breeders in the lowlands as recently as the 1990s, has continued – numbers of Dark-eyed Juncos, Violet-green Swallows, Western Bluebirds, and Oak Titmice continue to increase on the main campus. Bald eagle sightings on Stanford lands have gradually been increasing over the past decade or so as Central California populations increase in general. This trend culminated in the first-ever local nesting, which occurred near Felt Lake in 2016. Peregrine falcon observations around campus have similarly become more frequent as Bay-area breeding populations of this species increase; might we see nesting at Stanford in the near future, perhaps on Hoover Tower where many of our recent observations have occurred?” Darryl Wheye, October 2016 (I can be reached at darrylw@stanford.edu or by submitting this form.)

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2016 UPDATE OF THE BIRDS OF STANFORD WEBSITE

Very special thanks also to Steve Rottenborn for providing the following overview of changes in campus birds since the initial version of The Birds of Stanford website:

Darryl Wheye, October 2016

(I can be reached at darrylw@stanford.edu or by submitting this form.)