Sign up now for GGBA Summer Camp

Sign up now for GGBA Summer Camp

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We’re excited to announce our weeklong Wildlife Discoverers summer day camp! Kids from 7 through 12 are invited to join in a week of Bay Area wildlife exploration filled with fun and games. Led by our award-winning Eco-Education staff, they’ll learn to identify local birds, animals and plants; collect marine life like plankton and crabs; explore beautiful local parks; build animal kites and puppets; make art, sing songs and more.

Wildlife Discoverers camp will run from July 9 through July 13. Hours are 9 am to 4 pm, but extended care is available.

Sites include MLK Jr. Shoreline Park, Wildcat Canyon, Point Pinole Shoreline, and Lake Merritt (all in the East Bay).

Cost is $225. Space is limited to fifteen participants and may fill up fast. Sign up early!

For more information, contact ggaseducation@gmail.com or (510) 508-1388.…

Bay Area bird photo contest

Bay Area bird photo contest

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Our first-ever Birdathon Photo Contest is up and running on Facebook — and will continue throughout the month of April!

Photographers: Submit up to four of your best shots of Bay Area birds taken during the month of April.

Bird lovers (or photography lovers): Vote for your favorite photos! You can vote once each week during April.

See our Photo Contest page on Facebook to submit photos, view photos and vote.

The four winners (one each week) will receive a Golden Gate Bird Alliance baseball cap, an 11×14 color print of their winning photo from Ritz Camera in Rockridge, a $50 Snapfish gift certificate, and recognition at our Birdathon award dinner on May 10th.

Questions? Email Ilana at GGBA.  Or for information on guided bird walks, team competitions and other fun Birdathon events during April, see the Birdathon web site at http://birdathon.dojiggy.com.

And… mark your calendar for the Birdathon Celebration Dinner in Tilden Park on May 10th. We’re excited to announce  Chronicle outdoors columnist Tom Stienstra as the guest speaker, along with a special exhibit/auction of the amazing bird sculptures of Aimee Baldwin.

 

(Above photo by Mike Baird)…

ACTION ALERT! – Alameda Wildlife Refuge

ACTION ALERT! – Alameda Wildlife Refuge

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An 18-year-long conflict over a key Alameda breeding site for California Least Terns is close to a positive solution -- but we need your help to ensure that the plan becomes a reality! Call or email the Alameda City Council before March 20th urging them to approve a win-win agreement that includes creation of a wildlife refuge for permanent protection of the colony of endangered terns at Alameda Point.
Docents in the field

Docents in the field

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Learn more about local birds and see them at local parks.  Golden Gate Bird Alliance Docents will be out in the field in March.

Lake Merritt Docents in Oakland – in partnership with SF Nature Education:

March 17 from 10am-12noon

March 31 from 10am-12noon

Birding the Bay Trail Docents in Richmond

March 16 from 8:30am-10:30am at Vincent Park (Cancelled due to heavy rain)

March 20 from 1pm-3pm at Meeker Slough

March 24 from 3pm-5pm at Vincent Park

 

(Photo on home page of Black-crowned Night Heron by Eddie Bartley)

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