Oakland’s bird-safe building rules in the SF Chronicle
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Oakland’s bird-safe building rules in the SF Chronicle

ByGGBA

The S.F. Chronicle ran a nice story on July 8th on Oakland’s new bird-safe building rules, which Golden Gate Bird Alliance suggested and helped develop.

You can read the Chronicle story here.

Or click here for our blog post on the new rules (including a link to the rules themselves), which make Oakland the third major city in North America to adopt such standards.  The other two cities are Toronto and San Francisco.

Thank you, Oakland! And thank you to GGBA staffer Noreen Weeden who worked with Oakland city planners on drafting the rules.…

Memorial for Bei Brown

Memorial for Bei Brown

ByGGBA

Please join friends of Bei Brown on Tuesday July 30 to dedicate a memorial bench in her honor at Jewel Lake in Tilden Park.

Bei was a passionate birder, GGBA member, and volunteer in our Burrowing Owl docent program.

To attend the memorial gathering, meet at the Tilden Park Nature Center (next to the Little Farm) at 10 a.m. For information, please contact Yvette at teachmemac1@me.com.…

PB&J Birders Event for Kids – June 30

PB&J Birders Event for Kids – June 30

ByGGBA

Join us on Sunday morning June 30th for our second PB&J Birders walk for kids and families!

This easy walk around Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park will allow little birders and their parents/guardians to look for cormorants, mallards, juncos, robins, Canada Geese, and Great Blue Herons ­ and more! The walk is on mostly level ground along a developed and paved pathway. Most of the walk is wheelchair accessible.

Bring snacks and binoculars/scopes if you have them. PB&J Birders will bring extra binoculars, birding books, coloring projects/pages and crayons, cameras, and of course peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to share! (Please let us know if you or your kids have allergies.)

PB&J Birders walks are led by a dad (Tom) and his two daughters (Maire and Emma, one of whom designed the PB&J Birders logo). PB&J Birders events are free and open to the public.

Meet at 10 a.m. at the Stow Lake parking lot near the boathouse: http://www.stowlakeboathouse.com/index.php?page=contact.

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Kingdom of Rarities – Thursday June 20

Kingdom of Rarities – Thursday June 20

ByGGBA

When you look out your window, why are you so much more likely to see a robin or a sparrow than a Kirtland’s Warbler or a California Condor? Why are some creatures commonplace and others extremely rare? Come hear Eric Dinerstein address this question and others in San Francisco on Thursday evening June 20, as part of Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s monthly Speaker Series.

Author of the new book “Kingdom of Rarities,” Eric Dinerstein is the lead scientist and vice president for conservation science at the World Wildlife Fund. His specialty areas include tropical mammals, large mammal biology, biogeography, bats, rhinos, seed dispersal, and community ecology.

Date: Thursday June 20
Time: 7 pm refreshments, 7:30 program
Place: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center,
1187 Franklin Street ( at Geary)
San Francisco
Cost: Free for GGBA members, $5 for others.
 
For more information, see https://goldengatebirdalliance.org/education/speaker-series/ or email nweeden@goldengatebirdalliance.org. 
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Return of the Terns tour – June 15

Return of the Terns tour – June 15

ByGGBA

Sign up now for an unforgettable, only-in-the-Bay-Area experience — the annual Return of the Terns bus tour!

Each year, a colony of endangered California Least Terns returns to nest on the tarmac of the old Alameda naval air base. The areas is off limits to the public except for one day — Return of the Terns, when you can take a biologist-led bus tour around the edges of the breeding area. This year it’s on Saturday June 15. See terns sheltering and feeding their chicks, and learn about the challenges these tiny birds face!

Register in advance, because spaces on the three bus tours will fill up quickly. Click here for the flyer with full information.…

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