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Lights Out for BirdsFall Migration: August 15 through October 31, 2010The fall season is here. We are seeing or reading bird blogs about the species that are migrating to or through the San Francisco Bay Area. Many are nocturnal migrants and are confused by lights, especially during foggy or stormy nights. Lights left on in tall buildings attract many birds into fatal collisions, resulting in millions of bird deaths in the United States each year. How to Help?You or your place of work can participate in Lights Out for Birds by turning off lighting after dusk each evening and leaving lights off until daylight. Tenants are encouraged to turn out lights or draw blinds at dusk. This is particularly important for tall buildings and buildings with glass exteriors or windows. Read more here. (Photo by Lee Karney) |
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The 26th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day Saturday, September 25, 2010

California Coastal Cleanup Day is the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country. In 2009, more than 80,600 volunteers worked together to collect more than 1,300,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from our beaches, lakes, and waterways.
Golden…
Volunteers Needed for Environmental Education Program

Golden Gate Audubon, one of California’s oldest conservation groups, needs WEEKDAY volunteers this school year to work in our award-winning Eco-Education Programs based in East Oakland and North Richmond.
Come work with 3rd, 4th and 5th graders during their field trip to the…
Become a Burrowing Owl Docent at Cesar Chavez Park

Western Burrowing Owls inhabit parts of Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. They arrive in the fall and leave in the spring. As they overwinter at the park, Golden Gate Audubon sends out trained docents to show people the owls, and…
Upcoming Field Trips
Sept./Oct. 2010 Field Trips
Jewel Lake
Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley
Friday, September 3, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Phila Rogers, 510.848.9156, philajane6@yahoo.com
We continue our monthly first Friday trips at Tilden. Meet at the parking lot at the north end of Central Park Dr. for a 1-mile, 2-hour-plus stroll through…
Pelagic Birding with Debi Shearwater!
Join Shearwater’s Journeys this summer for numerous pelagic trips leaving from Half Moon Bay.
HALF MOON BAY PELAGIC TRIPS WITH SHEARWATER JOURNEYS
September 13, 17, 18, 19, 28; October 2, 10, 11
Debi Shearwater and the Shearwater Journeys’ leaders, which vary each trip.
The…
Summer Field Trips
Bike Trip: Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Santa Clara County
Kathy Jarrett, 510.547.1233, kathy_jarrett@yahoo.com
Saturday, July 24
Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the Santa Clara/Great America Capitol Corridor Train Station or at 9:10 a.m. at the trailhead. The ride from the…

