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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  • Ocean Beach: Fog, Fauna, Flora

    Ocean Beach: Fog, Fauna, Flora

    Presented by Eddy Rubin
    Date: August 21, 2025
    Time and Location: 7pm @ The David Brower Center (2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA) @ 7pm

    In this talk, Eddy Rubin delves into the human and natural forces—biological and physical—that have shaped San Francisco’s western shoreline. Through a blend of scientific analysis and personal narrative, he explores the interactions of members of this vibrant coastal ecosystem, with particular emphasis on the birds of Ocean Beach. About Our Speaker Eddy Rubin is…

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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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