2025 Birdathon is Here!

With incredible one-of-a-kind birding adventure tours, friends and family fundraising opportunities, the annual Bay Birding Challenge (for the competitive birder in you), an online auction, and an in-person Birdathon celebration event to close out the season, you don’t want to miss the best way to give back to birds

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  • The Winged Heroes of the Night – Bats

    The Winged Heroes of the Night – Bats

    Presented by Corky Quirk
    Date: October 16, 2025
    Time and Location: 7pm online via Zoom

    Bats consume large quantities of insects each night. Learn about these fascinating flying mammals with Mary Jean Quirk, the founder of NorCal Bats. About Our Speaker Mary Jean (Corky) Quirk is the founder of NorCal Bats, an organization that provides care for injured bats and educational programs for libraries, school, nature programs, fairs and other…

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News

EBRPD District Plan Survey Call to Action

The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is preparing a new District Plan and is seeking public comment from Alameda and Contra Costa residents. Make your voices heard and stand up for birds and their habitat by completing the online survey by July 31, 2025.  The District Plan will be a high-level document,summarizing and mapping…
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That Night Feeling

By Whitney Grover It’s dark but only just dark, maybe a street light or a bright moon casts a blue glow over the world. You feel a little lonely but also exhilarated, not at all tired. The first stars twinkle and the vastness of the night sky adds to your mixed emotions, something between melancholy…
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Field Trips

GGAS field trip to Middle Harbor Shoreline Park / Photo by Ilana DeBare

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Join one of the 150+ free bird walks we offer each year! Learn about Bay Area birds and explore the shorelines, meadows, and woods they need to survive. Beginners welcome: See our calendar of upcoming Field Trips. Or join an expert-led birding trip to other regions and continents through our Travel with GGBA program.

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