Great Backyard Bird Count – Feb. 15-18

Great Backyard Bird Count – Feb. 15-18

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Get ready for the Great Backyard Bird Count! Co-sponsored by National Audubon and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the GBBC is an annual chance to discover and help the birds in your community.

Take as little as 15 minutes to count the birds in a spot of your choice — your own backyard, a park, etc. Then post your results to eBird or the GBBC web site, to help create a snapshot in time of bird populations throughout North America.

We at Golden Gate Bird Alliance are sponsoring a Kids’ Bird Count at Lake Merritt on Saturday morning Feb. 16 as part of the GBBC. We’ll meet at the Rotary Nature Center by Lake Merritt. Time and more details to come soon.

For information on the Kids’ Bird Count, email Eco-Education Director Anthony DeCicco at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

Or to learn about the Great Backyard Bird Count, click here:

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Sign up for our Raptors in Winter class

Sign up for our Raptors in Winter class

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Learn about eagles, falcons, kites and hawks in our Raptors in Winter class, starting on Sunday January 20th. Taught by Eddie Bartley, the class includes an initial session at Golden Gate Raptor Observatory in the Marin Headlands, plus three all-day field trips to Pt. Reyes, the San Mateo coast, and the Sacramento Delta.

Relatively mild temperatures and productive food sources make California an ideal destination for raptors in winter. Enjoy these magnificent birds of prey at some of the state’s best birding spots. For more information,  see our Classes page.

Photo of Red-tailed Hawk in flight by Bob Lewis.…

Explore exotic Texas birding with GGBA

Explore exotic Texas birding with GGBA

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Want to broaden your birding horizons and see an astonishing array of new species? Join our trip to South Texas in late February.

The nine-day trip – guided by Naturalist Journeys, experts in Texas birds — will include many subtropical species whose northern range extends just past the Mexican border, as well as many migrants in breeding plumage.

“South Texas may be the most exotic winter birding destination in North America, and the chance to also see endangered Whooping Cranes in good number puts this tour over the top,”  said GGBA Travel Coordinator Pat Kirkpatrick.

GGBA member Pamela Clark describes her own great birding experiences in South Texas in a recent blog post. You can read the itinerary and other details of the trip here.  It runs from Feb. 26 through March 6th.

Questions? Email Pat Kirkpatrick at  patkirkpatrick14@gmail.com. Or see the GGBA Travel web page for info on other upcoming trips.…

January 2013 Gull is available
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January 2013 Gull is available

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The new edition of The Gull newsletter for January 2013 is now available online, with  a report by Bob Lewis on bird population trends in the Oakland Christmas Bird Count, an open letter from former GGBA Executive Director Arthur Feinstein, upcoming field trips and speaker events,  and more.

 

 

Click here to read it in color:  Gull – Jan 2013

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Christmas Bird Count is here!

Christmas Bird Count is here!

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Time for Audubon’s 114th annual Christmas Bird Count!  Golden Gate Bird Alliance members and friends will take part in an Oakland CBC on Sunday Dec. 16th and a San Francisco CBC on Thursday Dec. 27th.

Registration is now closed for both counts, but you can still join us at the celebratory dinner after each count. See our CBC web page for details, and email us at ggas@goldengatebirdalliance.org if you would like to sign up for the dinner. The dinner costs $20 at the door.

Press: Want to cover the Oakland or San Francisco CBC? Contact Communications Director Ilana DeBare at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org for logistical information. You can also download our CBC 2012 Press Release.…

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