Bring 100 for 100

Bring 100 for 100

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

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

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.   🙂…

Help us introduce adults and kids to nature

Help us introduce adults and kids to nature

Experience the fun and fulfillment of introducing people to the birds and wildlife all around us! We’re holding volunteer trainings over the next few weeks for two docent programs and our Eco-Education program:

Burrowing Owl Docents. Docents provide public education and conduct citizen science work on over-wintering Burrowing Owls in Berkeley and possibly other locations. Training happens just once a year for this program that runs October through March. Training is on Saturday, September 24, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Berkeley.

Birding the Bay Trail Docents. The Bay Trail in Richmond is rich with shorebirds and waterbirds from the fall through the spring.  Trained docents share information on the Bay Trail and birds that can be observed locally. Training is on Wednesday October 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the GGBA office in Berkeley.

Eco-Education volunteers. Help introduce elementary school kids to nature, during field trips led by our award-winning expert Eco-Education staff.  Choose to volunteer in San Francisco, Oakland, or Richmond. Choose one of the following trainings, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on:

  • September 23 at MLK Shoreline in Oakland.
  • September 27 at MLK Shoreline in Oakland
  • September 29 at Pier 94 in San Francisco.
  • October 5 at Point Pinole in Richmond.
  • October 7 at Pier 94 in San Francisco. 

Questions? RSVP for the docent trainings to Noreen at nweeden@goldengatebirdalliance.org by September 5th.

Or RSVP for an Eco-Education training to Anthony at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org

Travel with GGBA in 2017

Travel with GGBA in 2017

Expand your life list and your horizons through birding travel with Golden Gate Bird Alliance! Our 2017 travel program includes guided trips to top birding destinations such as Cuba, Oaxaca, South Texas, Southeast Arizona, the Pacific Northwest, and southern Oregon.

Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s travel program offers world-class birding destinations, expert naturalist guides, comfortable lodging, seamless logistics, and great companionship. No guesswork or worries on your part; just relax and enjoy great birding!

Click here for the full list of trips and dates. Plan ahead since spaces on these great trips are limited! For questions, detailed itineraries, and registration, email Pat at patkirkpatrick14@gmail.com or Rubi at rabrams2@pacbell.net .

Cuban Tody / Photo by Alvaro JaramilloCuban Tody / Photo by Alvaro Jaramillo Western Mexican Chachalaca from Oaxaca trip by Liz & Larry KuoWestern Mexican Chachalaca from Oaxaca trip by Liz & Larry Kuo

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