Fall 2018 Gull is available
The fall issue of our Gull newsletter is now available, featuring the Bay Area's key role in fall migration
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Spring/Summer 2018 Gull is now available
Our Spring/Summer 2018 Gull newsletter shares GGBA's Chalk it Up for the Year of the Bird Festival and offers updates on Oakland's heron relocation. -
Join the Conversation
Please share your memorable GGBA experiences! Did you participate in an event, volunteer for a program, or lead a great trip? Did you snap a few pictures or take a quick video with your phone? We’d love to share your moments on our social media platforms. Please email photographs and/or video with a description of 20 words or less to lweir@goldengatebirdalliance.org. Please ensure that the people photographed have signed a volunteer waiver or field trip sheet and let us know who to credit for the photo or film clip. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and watch for your posts.…
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2018 Birds of the Bay Area photo calendar
Bring the beauty of Bay Area birds into your home or office every day with our 2018 Birds of the Bay Area photo calendar! Enjoy stunning photos of eagles, warblers, owls, shorebirds, hummingbirds, and more, by dozens of the Bay Area’s most talented wildlife photographers.
At just $20 plus tax/shipping, the calendar makes a great holiday gift for anyone who loves nature. Pick one up at our Berkeley office or our monthly Speaker Series. Or order conveniently and securely online:
The cover photo by Andrew Carothers-Liske shows a Black-necked Stilt watching over its two chicks at Berkeley’s Aquatic Park. More bird families are featured inside the calendar, including a Bald Eagle and chick in their nest in Milpitas, a Coot feeding its brightly-colored youngster, and a trio of Burrowing Owl siblings.
Thank you to all the photographers who contributed their work! All proceeds benefit Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s conservation and education programs.
Calendar cover – Black-necked Stilt and chicks
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Travel with Golden Gate Bird Alliance in 2018
See the birds of the world with us! We’ve just rolled out our exciting roster of guided birding trips in 2018. Destinations include:
Baja California, including whale watching – Click BAJA 2018 Flyer to view the full itinerary!
Denali and Glacier Bay National Parks in Alaska
Peru, from the Amazon rainforest to the Andes
Costa Rica
Oaxaca (Mexico)
South Texas for spring migration (NEW second session just added!), and
Southern Oregon.
Our trips are carefully chosen to offer world-class birding destinations, expert birding guides, comfortable lodging, seamless logistics, and great companionship. Expand your life list. Discover beautiful and exotic new locations. Explore the local cultures. Make new birding friends. And all the while, relax, knowing you are in the hands of knowledgeable and experienced guides who know the best times and places to find the birds you want to see.
View the full list of trips and dates at goldengatebirdalliance.org/travel or click here to print out a PDF. Then for detailed itineraries and other information, contact our Travel Coordinators Pat Kirkpatrick at patkirkpatrick14@gmail.com or Rubi Abrams at rabrams2@pacbell.net.
All Golden Gate Bird Alliance trips help fund out conservation and environmental education programs…. just another reason to do your birding travel with us.
Hoatzin, one of the target birds on our Peru trip
Meeting a gray whale calf in Baja / Photo by Juan-Carlos Solis
Turquoise-browed Motmot in Costa Rica by Jerry Johnson
Machu Picchu on Peru trip, by Laura Hare
Orange-breasted Bunting on Oaxaca trip, by Ed Eder…
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