Christmas Bird Count – Dec. 15 and 27

Christmas Bird Count – Dec. 15 and 27

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Registration has now closed for our Oakland and San Francisco Christmas Bird Counts. The Oakland count takes place on Sunday December 15 and the SAan Francisco count on Friday December 27.

Participants: You should hear from your team leader with details in the week before your count.

Media: We welcome coverage of the counts! Contact Communications Director Ilana DeBare at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org or (510) 301-5573. For background and history, see our CBC page.

Missed the registration deadline? We hope to count with you next year! In the meantime, please join us for one of our many field trips and birding classes throughout the year.…

Kingdom of Rarities – Thursday June 20

Kingdom of Rarities – Thursday June 20

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When you look out your window, why are you so much more likely to see a robin or a sparrow than a Kirtland’s Warbler or a California Condor? Why are some creatures commonplace and others extremely rare? Come hear Eric Dinerstein address this question and others in San Francisco on Thursday evening June 20, as part of Golden Gate Bird Alliance’s monthly Speaker Series.

Author of the new book “Kingdom of Rarities,” Eric Dinerstein is the lead scientist and vice president for conservation science at the World Wildlife Fund. His specialty areas include tropical mammals, large mammal biology, biogeography, bats, rhinos, seed dispersal, and community ecology.

Date: Thursday June 20
Time: 7 pm refreshments, 7:30 program
Place: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center,
1187 Franklin Street ( at Geary)
San Francisco
Cost: Free for GGBA members, $5 for others.
 
For more information, see https://goldengatebirdalliance.org/education/speaker-series/ or email nweeden@goldengatebirdalliance.org. 
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Beginning Birding class starts on May 8

Beginning Birding class starts on May 8

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Ever wonder what those little tweeting yellow guys are in your backyard? Now’s your chance to find out — in our spring Beginning Birding class.

With four evening classroom sessions and four Saturday morning field trips, this class is a perfect way to start learning about birds or to improve your existing birding skills.

Anna's Hummingbird / Photo by Rick Lewis

Instructor Anne Hoff will familiarize you with the tools of the trade — binoculars, field guides, scopes, and more. She’ll show you places to watch birds in the Bay Area, and help you learn to identify the birds of the bay and uplands. Singing, breeding birds in their most colorful plumage make spring a particularly inviting season for birdwatching. Class includes:

Four Wednesday evenings — 7 to 8:30 p.m. — May 8, 15, 22, 29

Four Saturday field trips — 8 to 10:30 a.m. — May 11,18, 25, and June 1

Cost: $85 for Golden Gate Bird Alliance members, $105 for non-members

This class will take place at the Golden Gate Bird Alliance office at 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite G, in Berkeley (at Blake).

To register for Beginning Birding online, please click here. Class is limited to 15 participants; then there will be a waiting list in case any registrants drop out.

Questions? Email Ilana at idebare@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

 

Photo of Western Tanager on GGBA home page by Bob Lewis.…

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