Join our Eco-Education staff for family-friendly bird walks! All events are free, geared to kids, and led by staff members Marissa Ortega-Welch or Anthony DeCicco, sometimes with other expert birders. If you don’t have binoculars, we can lend you some. For more information, call Anthony, our Education Director, at (510) 508-1388 or email him at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

Sunday Sept. 21 – Berkeley Waterfront and Bay

Recommended to bring snacks, water, layers of clothes and a lunch for afterward. Restrooms and water faucets available on site.

Tuesday September 23 — Birds and Bats at Lake Chabot (East Bay)

We will explore the birds that are most active at dusk and then look and listen for bats as they come out to hunt at night. A naturalist from East Bay Regional Parks will bring a bat detector to help us hear the high frequency noises made by bats. 

There is a $5 parking fee at Lake Chabot. Please make sure to bring a flashlight for this walk, which is being offered in partnership with the East Bay Regional Park District.

RSVP required – group capped at 20 participants.  Details of the event will be emailed to those families who RSVP. Contact Marissa at mortegawelch@goldengatebirdalliance.org.…

Wouldn’t you like to wake up every morning knowing that you’re doing your part to preserve important bird habitat?

We think it’s such an important choice that we’ve organized a Golden Gate Bird Alliance Coffee Club to make buying and enjoying the right bird-friendly coffee a breeze. And if you’re not already drinking shade-grown organic coffee, you’ll be thrilled by the rich, clean flavor of Birds & Beans coffees. Birds & Beans coffees are certified as bird-friendly by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.

Golden Gate Bird Alliance volunteer Erica Rutherford is coordinating this effort. She will collect your orders. Then you can pick up your coffee once a month at either:

• The GGBA Speaker Series in Berkeley, or
• The GGBA office in Berkeley during office hours.

Birds & Beans is offering a great incentive by waiving the shipping charges for GGBA Coffee Club members. Golden Gate Bird Alliance is not charging any markup on these orders — you are getting the coffee at cost.

Take a look at the options below and join the club today.

Details

• Place your order and mail your check (made out to Birds and Beans Coffee) to Erica by the last day of the month for delivery during the third week of the following month.
  • Erica Rutherford, 17 Windward Hill, Oakland, CA 94618
• Pick up your coffee either at the Speaker Series in Berkeley (every other month) or at the GGBA office.
• Let Erica know if you want your orders to be renewed on a recurring monthly basis.
• Contact Erica to make alternate payment arrangements such as e-check for recurring monthly orders.
• Erica will email all coffee club members upon delivery. If you don’t use email, please assume that orders can be picked up at the Berkeley Speaker Series or the GGBA office during the third week of the month.
• GGBA office hours for coffee pick-up are Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 6 pm, and Fridays by appointment with Ben Sisson, Office Manager (bsisson@goldengatebirdalliance.org).
• The address is 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite G (at Blake) in Berkeley, phone: (510) 843-2222.

Take care of trees — without hurting birds!  Check out our new brochure Healthy Trees, Healthy Birds for tips on how to trim your trees and bushes without damaging nests and birds.

Learn the best time of year to trim trees. (In the Bay Area, that’s between September and February, when you are less likely to encounter nesting birds.) Find out how to detect nests, what to do if you find a nest, pruning techniques to support wildlife, and whom to call for expert or regulatory help.

Want even more information? Check out the new Tree Care and Bird Safety section of our web site for detailed information on the various kinds of nests, laws protecting birds and nests, how to plan your tree project, as well as species such as herons that have special nesting needs.

Thank you to the Britton Foundation and arborist Roy C. Leggitt III for helping us prepare this brochure.

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