Meet Golden Gate Audubon’s Birding the Bay Trail Docents this month. See and learn about the birds in Richmond on these dates:
Would you like to help grow the next generation of birders? Golden Gate Audubon is partnering with this new family birding event in which youth ages 8 to 15 and their families will join experienced birders for a taste of...Read More
Castle Rock Regional Park
Sunday, July 24, 2011, 8:30-11:00
Trip Leaders: Steve and Carol Lombardi, hot-rock@sbcglobal.net, Cell 925/785-0130
We’ll spend the morning looking for typical summer East Bay birds in Castle Rock Regional Park in Walnut...Read More
Thor Hanson at Books Inc. 1760 Fourth Street in Berkeley, CA 94710
Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. Their story begins in the Jurassic period and leads through the development of flight to high fashion—from leaping dinosaurs to...Read More
San Francisco Nature Education and Golden Gate Audubon partnered on the Lake Merritt Docent Program in Oakland. This program allows the public to view local birds and learn about this park’s fascinating history. Please stop by to see some of the birds, hear about the...Read More
You can check out everything coming up in May on one page – just click here!
A new field trip has been added: Point Reyes – Saturday, May 21st. 9:00AM to about 2:00/ 3:00 P.M.
Martha Wessitsh, 415 681 8059; cell: 415 533 4470, martha@wessitsh.com
This is a great time of year for migrants particularly around...Read More
Families enjoying Earth Stroll 2011- celebrating Earth Day and the 10th anniversary of Crissy Field's transformation
Saturday, April 23, 10 AM–3 PM
Crissy Field Center at 1199 East Beach in the Presidio, San...Read More
Golden Gate Audubon is sponsoring a nest box building event on Saturday, April 9, from 10:00am-1:00pm in the Berkeley REI store Community Room. Chestnut-backed chickadees, western bluebirds, tree swallows, flycatchers and other cavity nesting birds depend on cavities within decaying parts...Read More
Big Break and Marsh Creek Trail Bicycle Trip
Oakley-Eastern Contra Costa County
Leaders: Kathy and Blair Jarrett
Tel. 510-547-1233, e-mail kathy_jarrett@yahoo.com
Meet at EBRPD Big Break trailhead in Oakley at 9 am.
Each year,...Read More
With scopes in hand, GGA docents show trail users the resident and migratory shorebirds, share information about the various species, and inspire people about the wildlife and the bayside habitat.
Upcoming dates:
Mines Road/San Antonio Valley
January 29, 2011
Leader(s): Carol and Steve Lombardi, Rich Cimino
# of participants: 21
# of species: 52
The highlights of this trip included Bald Eagle, Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, Yellow-billed Magpie, California Thrasher, Phainopepla and...Read More
Jewel Lake
Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley
Friday, April 1, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Phila Rogers, Coordinator, 510.848.9156, philajane6@yahoo.com
Monthly first Friday trips continue at Tilden. Meet at the parking lot at the north end of Central Park Dr. for...Read More
The 2010 Oakland Christmas Bird Count was very successful, despite the rain. Click here for more information.
Heron’s Head Park
San Francisco
Saturday, March 5
Beginning at 10 a.m., tours led by interns from Lowell and Lincoln High Schools equipped with spotting scopes will leave every 30 minutes, with the last tour at 11:30 a.m. Join them...Read More
Snowy Plovers-L.Karney
At Crissy Field’s wildlife protection area in San Francisco, 66% of dog walkers in the area leave their dogs off-leash despite signs informing them that leashes are required because dogs pose a threat...Read More
With scopes in hand, GGA docents will show trail users the resident and migratory shorebirds, share information about the various species, and inspire people about the wildlife and the bayside habitat. Our docent program covers the San Francisco Bay Trail...Read More
Whether your gift list includes longtime birders or beginners, the Golden Gate Audubon Nature Store carries items appropriate for all budgets. Remember that GGA members receive a 10 percent discount on store purchases—and that the proceeds help fund our conservation...Read More
With scopes in hand, GGA docents will show trail users the resident and migratory shorebirds, share information about the various species, and inspire people about the wildlife...Read More
San Francisco Bay with Dolphin Charters
Saturday, November 27, 9:45 – 4 p.m. Trip Leader: Eddie Bartley
This re-schedule trip now has seats open for lucky birders in search of a last-minute Thanksgiving weekend adventure. We will cruise...Read More
Join your birding friends and take part in Golden Gate Audubon’s 2010 Christmas Bird Counts: Oakland on Sunday, December 19, and San Francisco on Tuesday, December 28. Act now! Sign-up deadline for the Oakland count is November 28;...Read More
Saturday October 16, 2010 at 10:00am
Golden Gate Audubon Bird Walk at the Albany Mudflats and the Albany Bulb with Rusty Scalf – The Albany Mudflats and the...Read More
Half Moon Bay Pelagic Trips
October 2, 10, 11, 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Debi Shearwater and Shearwater Journeys leaders, debi@shearwaterjourneys.com
These seabird trips offered by Shearwater Journeys are aboard the new Captain Pete and leave from...Read More
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,...Read More
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...Read More
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Golden Gate Park
Sunday, May 2, 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Alan Ridley, allanrid@pacbell.net; Helen McKenna, 415.566.3241; Ginny Marshall; Dominik Mosur, polskatata@yahoo.com
Meet at the front gate of the garden in Golden Gate Park, 9th...Read More
Hayward Regional Shoreline
Hayward, Alameda County
Saturday, June 5, 8:45 a.m. – noon
Rusty Scalf, rscalf@sonic.net, 510.666.9936 (email preferred)
We will meet at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center on Breakwater Avenue (www.haywardrec.org/hayshore.html). At 9 a.m., we will proceed to...Read More
