Golden Gate Bird Alliance offers more than 200 free local field trips annually all around the Bay Area. Our trips welcome birders of all skill levels, especially beginning birders. Join us for these guided trips at some of our favorite birding hotspots.
Monthly Birding Trips
Sign up for one of our upcoming birding field trips. Most trips are free but advanced registration is required.
Registration opens each month on the 3rd Tuesday (1pm). Trips are marked “closed” before they open and once they are full.
To cancel your registration for a free field trip please email info@goldengatebirds.org
GGBA Code Of Conduct & Birding Ethics
In order to keep our GGBA community (people and wildlife), feeling safe, welcome and respected please review our Code of Conduct, ABA Birding Ethics, and the NAS Guide to Ethical Bird Photography before attending our field trips.
Seeking Field Trip Leaders
If you’re a birder with favorite spots you’d like to share, consider joining our cadre of volunteer field trip leaders. It might sound a little scary but it’s really fun and quite easy.
We can provide training walks and mentors, help you write trip descriptions, and find background resources on birding spots. You don’t need to be able to identify every bird: You’ll be successful just by organizing an enjoyable walk at an interesting location.
Interested? Contact Field Trip Coordinator, Chris Tarr at fieldtrips@goldengatebirds.org
Field Trip FAQ’s
Golden Gate Bird Alliance Field Trips are sponsored by JoinBIRFA