GGBA Member & Volunteer Dominik Mosur Sets New SF Big Year Record – Click here to learn more!…

It’s going to be a big year for birding and Golden Gate Bird Alliance when 20th Century Fox releases The Big Year in theatres Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. The new movie, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black, prominently features the sport of birding...

An exhibit of paintings of birds of the San Francisco Bay Area, by award-winning local artist  Rita Sklar (www.ritasklar.com) highlights the vanishing birds of the bay area.  Rita Sklar’s wildlife paintings have been featured at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum, the Oakland Zoo, and Tilden Park Education Center.  Her paintings have been selected into national shows by acclaimed jurors.  She has received over twenty-five awards for artistic excellence.

When:  October 3 to October 31, 2011

Where:  Orinda Library, 26 Orinda Way

Hours:  Open daily.  Mon-Thurs 10 am- 8 pm.  Fri-Sat 10 am-6 pm.  Sun. 1pm-5pm.  Free and open to the public.  Wheelchair accessible

Reception:  SUNDAY, October 16 from 3 pm to 5 pm.  Meet the Artist and hear from the Golden Gate Bird Alliance and the Mount Diablo Audubon Society.…