Spring 2017 Gull is available
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Spring 2017 Gull is available

ByGGBA

The new edition of The Gull newsletter for Spring 2017 is now available online.

Learn about how we helped secure an upgraded haulout for harbor seals, Brown Pelicans and other water birds in Alameda.

Also get the scoop on birding at Vollmer Peak, the secretive Sora, and our Albany shoreline bird survey.

Of course this issue of The Gull also includes GGBA news updates and the calendar for our Speaker Series in April, May, and June!

Click here to read it: TheGull_Spring2017.

P.S. If you’re a GGBA member who receives the printed edition of The Gull by mail but would like to switch to online delivery by email, contact our office at ggas@goldengatebirdalliance.org. It saves postage and paper, plus you’ll get your copy earlier than by post.…

Join or renew your GGBA membership for 2017

Join or renew your GGBA membership for 2017

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It’s time to renew your Golden Gate Bird Alliance membership for 2017. Or if you haven’t become an official supporting member yet… time to join!

Our memberships run on a calendar year basis, from January 1st through December 31st. If you renew now, you can relax and take one item off your year-end to-do list. Plus we won’t have to bug you again!

Next year will be a very special one — the 100th anniversary of GGBA’s founding in 1917. We will have a lot of special events and celebrations, starting in January. Renew or join now to ensure you don’t miss out on any of the fun.

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NOTE: If you’re already a member of National Audubon, please consider joining Golden Gate Bird Alliance too! It costs as little as $35 a year, or $25 for students/seniors.

Although we’re a chapter of National Audubon, we are an independent 501c3 nonprofit and must raise all the funds to support our local conservation, environmental education, and birding activities. We rely on supporting members like you to maintain our role as the leading advocate for Bay Area birds.

As a member of Golden Gate Bird Alliance, you’ll enjoy:

  • Over 150 free expert-led field trips each year.
  • Free admission to our monthly Speaker Series.
  • Discounts on birding classes, pelagic trips, merchandise, and subscriptions to Bay Nature magazine.
  • Our quarterly print Gull magazine and monthly e-Gull e-newsletter.
  • Meaningful and fun volunteer opportunities.
  • Special events like the Christmas Bird Count and Birdathon.
  • Action Alerts with opportunities to speak out for local bries and their critical habitats.
  • Above all: The satisfaction of being part of a community that loves and works to protect Bay Area birds. 

NOTE: As part of our Centennial celebration, we’re hoping to grow!  Our goal is 100 new members in our 100th year. As part of that, we’re offering a special thank-you gift to the first 100 members who convince a friend to join GGBA – a striking cloisonné pin with our Centennial logo, both for you and your friend.

Invite a new member: If you know people who have been coming on GGBA field trips but are not yet members, encourage them to join! The Centennial pin gift makes this a particularly timely opportunity. Tell them how much you enjoy your GGBA membership and invite them to become a member too… you’ll both get a pin.

New members can sign up at https://goldengatebirdalliance.org/join…

Bring 100 for 100

Bring 100 for 100

ByGGBA

Launch a successful second century for Golden Gate Bird Alliance by helping us grow! Our goal is 100 new members in our 100th year. As part of that, we’re offering a special thank-you gift to the first 100 members who convince a friend to join GGBA – a striking cloisonné pin with our Centennial logo, both for you and your friend.

Invite a new member: If you know people who have been coming on GGBA field trips but are not yet members, encourage them to join! The Centennial pin gift makes this a particularly timely opportunity. Tell them how much you enjoy your GGBA membership and invite them to become a member too… you’ll both get a pin!

Gift a new member: A GGBA membership makes a terrific gift for birthdays, retirements, graduations, and other occasions. It’s a great way to introduce a friend to birding, or encourage a novice birder to get more involved. Your friend will receive all the benefits of GGBA membership including The Gull, discounts on classes and boat trips, and free admission to our Speaker Series. And you’ll both receive the Centennial pin.

New members can sign up at https://goldengatebirdalliance.org/join.

Then email us at ggas@goldengatebirdalliance.org and tell us both your name and the name of the new member whom you invited. We will send Centennial pins to both of you!

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Thank you for supporting Golden Gate Bird Alliance as we enter our second 100 years. With your help we will be larger, stronger, and even more effective as advocates for Bay Area birds and wildlife.

Note: To be eligible for the Centennial pin gift, the new member must be someone who has never been a member of Golden Gate Audubon Society before. National Audubon Society members are eligible if they have not previously been supporting members of the Golden Gate Bird Alliance chapter. …

Create a bird-friendly backyard

Create a bird-friendly backyard

ByGGBA

Turn your backyard into a welcoming place for birds! You’ll bring countless hours of joy and beauty into your daily life. And in today’s world of dwindling open spaces, backyards can provide key habitat to help birds survive and thrive.

Golden Gate Bird Alliance is delighted to release an updated version of our Inviting Wildlife Into Your Backyard brochure — new editions for San Francisco, the East Bay, and in Spanish. Click to download:

The brochure provides resources and tips for wildlife-friendly gardens, as well as a list of local nurseries that specialize in native plants.

Meanwhile, National Audubon Society has just rolled out an impressive new web site focused on bird-friendly gardens: Plants for Birds. They offer a searchable database of locally native plants and the birds they attract, as well as advice about gardens as habitat.

San Francisco’s Department of the Environment has a good website on planting for pollinators — birds, bees, and butterflies. See sfenvironment.org/article/protect-our-local-pollinators.

Have you already created a garden that attracts lots of birds? Tell us what you’ve done! We can share it with other GGBA members on our blog. Email Ilana at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

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Winter 2016 Gull is available
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Winter 2016 Gull is available

ByGGBA

The new edition of The Gull newsletter for Winter 2016 is now available online. Read it to learn to learn how Golden Gate Bird Alliance is working to prevent bird-building collisions in the Bay Area.

Also get the scoop on birding at Glen Canyon Park; Cedar Waxwings; and the GGBA Board of Directors.

And of course it includes the calendar for our Speaker Series in January, February, and March!

Click here to read it:  TheGull_Winter2016

Note: Because this is a large file, it may take a minute or two to download. Be patient.   🙂…

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