New San Francisco Big Year Record!
GGBA Member & Volunteer Dominik Mosur Sets New SF Big Year Record – Click here to learn more!
Make it Your Big Year- go birding with Golden Gate Bird Alliance
It’s going to be a big year for birding and Golden Gate Bird Alliance when 20th Century Fox releases The Big Year in theatres Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. The new movie, starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black, prominently features the sport of birding…
Don’t Miss GGBA member Rita Sklar’s Upcoming Art Exhibit!
An exhibit of paintings of birds of the San Francisco Bay Area, by award-winning local artist Rita Sklar (www.ritasklar.com) highlights the vanishing birds of the
San Francisco – Support Restoring Sharp Park Wetlands
Golden Gate Bird Alliance supports legislation introduced by San Francisco Supervisor Avalos to restore the Sharp Park wetlands and create a new public park in
Standards for Bird Safe Buildings – Signed by Mayor
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed the Standards for Bird Safe Buildings into law. The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Golden Gate Bird Alliance hailed the signing into law of new Standards for Bird Safe Buildings by San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee. The signing follows the unanimous approval of the bill by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors last month.
The Standards will greatly reduce bird deaths and injuries resulting from collisions with buildings in the city. They include sections on safer windows, night lighting, and the construction of wind turbines in the urban environment.
This Month At Golden Gate Bird Alliance
See what’s happening in September at Golden Gate Bird Alliance!
Coastal Cleanup in SF and Oakland – it’s BYO on Saturday, September 17, 9am-noon
Join us to clean the coast at either M.L.K. Jr. Shoreline Park in Oakland or Pier 94 in San Francisco. The theme this year is “Bring Your
Lights Out For Birds
August 15 through November 30 is fall migration and the time to encourage businesses to participate in Lights Out for Birds by turning off unnecessary lights
Reward Offered in Shooting of Peregrine Falcons
Please read the article from the San Francisco Chronicle about Haya and Marina, the two falcons recently found shot in Oakland.