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Lights Out For Birds

 

August 15 through November 30 is fall migration and the time to encourage businesses to participate in Lights Out for Birds by turning off unnecessary lights from dusk to

dawn. This beneficial program saves natural resources, cuts energy bills, and, most importantly, can save the lives of numerous birds. To sign up or learn more about Lights Out, go to

www.goldengatebirdalliance.org/conservation or e-mail mlynes@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

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Calling all nature lovers! Spaces still available for Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s Junior Birders Summer Camp July 18-22.

Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s award-winning Eco-Education program invites nature lovers ages 9-12 to join us for a fun-filled week of exploring local birds and other wildlife and their habitats. We’ll learn how to identify local wildlife, collect and study aquatic organisms, build bird kites, explore local parks, meet live raptors & mammals, play games, sing songs and more! Sites include Arrowhead Marsh at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Shoreline, Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, Lake Merritt, and the Lindsey Wildlife Museum!

Our 11 year old education program strives to foster a love and understanding of science and the natural world through hands-on student-led exploration in the outdoors. Our teachers are experienced environmental educators and student-staff ratio is 7:1. If your child loves to have fun and explore in the outdoors, this is the camp for them!

Program is 9am-4pm; extended morning/evening hours of care available.  Click here to download the flier.
$225/week.  10% discount if you sign up with a friend or sibling. Scholarships available.

Please contact Anthony DeCicco at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org or call (510) 508-1388…

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RETURN OF THE SNOWY PLOVERS

Please join Golden Gate Bird Alliance and the National Park Service on Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to noon to prepare the Crissy Field Wildlife Protection Area and Ocean Beach in San Francisco for the return of the Snowy Plovers!  Participants can sign in at our table at Crissy Field on the promenade near the Gulf of the Farallones Building  or at  Ocean Beach near the Great Highway and Judah Street.  We will be picking up trash and improving the habitat for the plovers and other shorebirds.

We recommend that you dress in layers, bring sunscreen and a bottle of water.  All other necessary supplies and snacks will be provided. For more information, please contact Noreen Weeden at 510-301-0570 or  nweeden@goldengatebirdalliance.org by July 7 to sign up to participate.…

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