• GGBA Board Election — Vote Online or Offline

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    We need your vote! If you’re a member of Golden Gate Bird Alliance, please vote in our 2013 election for our Board of Directors.

    Click here to vote online.

    You can also vote in person at the Birdathon dinner on May 19 or at our Speaker Series events on April 18, May 16 or June 20. Or vote at the GGBA office at 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite G,. Berkeley during our office hours.

    You must be a member in good standing of GGBA in order to vote. Ballots must be received by June 30, 2013.…

  • Birds of Colombia – Thursday April 18 in SF

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    Join us this Thursday April 18th for a photographic tour of Colombia and its birdlife, along with information on the country’s geography, cuisine, culture, and people.

    Our monthly Speaker Series will feature Colombian birding guide Christopher Calonje, sharing images and stories from the country with the world’s longest list of birds, now over 1,890 species (more than North America and Europe combined).

    Much of this diversity is due to the country’s complex topography, which includes three Andean ranges and the valleys between these ranges, Atlantic and Pacific coasts, vast grasslands bordering Venezuela, and a large portion of the Amazon Basin. Chris will discuss Columbia’s improving security situation and how the government, at all levels, has made great strides in bringing peace and prosperity to the country. Birding in Colombia promotes responsible environmental and social ecotourism as well as providing an opportunity of a lifetime for birders.

    Christopher Calonje was born and raised in Cali, Colombia, and earned a degree in natural resources planning from Humboldt State University. He has been conducting birding tours in his native country for many years and has traveled widely throughout the entire country photographing its amazing avian diversity.

    Date: Thursday April 18

    Time: 7 p.m. refreshments, 7:30 pm program

    Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center
    1187 Franklin Street (at Geary), San Francisco

    Cost: Free for GGBA members, $5 for non-members.

    For more information, call us at (510) 843-2222.
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  • Beginning Birding class starts on May 8

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    Ever wonder what those little tweeting yellow guys are in your backyard? Now’s your chance to find out — in our spring Beginning Birding class.

    With four evening classroom sessions and four Saturday morning field trips, this class is a perfect way to start learning about birds or to improve your existing birding skills.

    Anna's Hummingbird / Photo by Rick Lewis

    Instructor Anne Hoff will familiarize you with the tools of the trade — binoculars, field guides, scopes, and more. She’ll show you places to watch birds in the Bay Area, and help you learn to identify the birds of the bay and uplands. Singing, breeding birds in their most colorful plumage make spring a particularly inviting season for birdwatching. Class includes:

    Four Wednesday evenings — 7 to 8:30 p.m. — May 8, 15, 22, 29

    Four Saturday field trips — 8 to 10:30 a.m. — May 11,18, 25, and June 1

    Cost: $85 for Golden Gate Bird Alliance members, $105 for non-members

    This class will take place at the Golden Gate Bird Alliance office at 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite G, in Berkeley (at Blake).

    To register for Beginning Birding online, please click here. Class is limited to 15 participants; then there will be a waiting list in case any registrants drop out.

    Questions? Email Ilana at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

     

    Photo of Western Tanager on GGBA home page by Bob Lewis.…

  • Bird photo show to benefit GGBA

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    Treat yourself to a dose of avian inspiration with the beautiful bird photographs of Diana Rebman and Roseanne Smith!

    Opening on Saturday April 13th with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m., the show will run through June 6th at Nielsen Arts, 1537 Solano Avenue in Berkeley.

    Diana and Roseanne have generously offered to donate a portion of all their sales to Golden Gate Bird Alliance.

    Please join us for the reception on April 13th. Or if you can’t make it that evening, stop by anytime between now and June 9th. More information is available at (510) 525-8968.

    Keel-billed Toucan in Costa Rica photo by Diana Rebman.

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  • Become a Tern Watch volunteer

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    Want a closer and more personal view of California Least Terns than most people in the world will ever have? Want to help protect this at-risk species? Become a Tern Watch volunteer!

    The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is offering four trainings in May and early June for people who want to help monitor the 2013 Least Tern nesting season at the old Alameda naval base.

    Trainings will take place on Wednesday evenings May 1 and 29, and on Saturday mornings May 4 and June 1. (You only have to attend one session.)

    Volunteers are required to attend a training session and put in three Tern Watch shifts of three hours each. You’ll be close enough to see courtship, aerial displays, mating, nesting, raising chicks to fledglings, feeding chicks and mates, and so much more.  Each volunteer is asked to record predator and Least Tern activities on US FWS forms.  It’s fun, easy, and you’ll learn a great deal about the Least Terns and predator species.

    For more information, see the Tern Watch volunteer poster.

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