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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 Changing Chorus: 50 Years of Bay Area Birds — What the Data Tell Us

    The Changing Chorus: 50 Years of Bay Area Birds — What the Data Tell Us

    Presented by Kenneth Hillan, Whitney Grover, Matt Zlatunich, and Jeff Manker
    Date: June 18, 2026
    Time and Location: 7pm online via Zoom

    Join GGBA Board Member Kenneth Hillan and Conservation Director Whitney Grover as they present a synthesis of long-term San Francisco Bay Area bird population trends, discuss what these changes mean for the future of Bay Area conservation, and introduce Bird Pulse, a tool that will allow birders to contribute directly protecting the birds of our…

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How to Create a Bird-Safe Backyard

by Matthew Hildebrandt As spring rolls in, bird migration ramps up, and birds begin flying north through one of the most important migration corridors, the Pacific Flyway. Each spring and fall, roughly 1 billion birds travel through this route, passing through our homes and making the greater San Francisco Bay Area an important stop along…
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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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