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 bay area. Rita Sklar’s wildlife paintings have been featured at the Lindsay …Read More
Golden Gate Audubon supports legislation introduced by San Francisco Supervisor Avalos to restore the Sharp Park wetlands and create a new public park in partnership with the National Park Service. We encourage San Francisco members to use this sample letter . Or feel …Read More
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed the Standards for Bird Safe Buildings into law. The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Golden Gate Audubon 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.
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 from dusk to
dawn. This beneficial program saves natural resources, cuts energy bills, and, most importantly, …Read More
Please read the article from the San Francisco Chronicle about Haya and Marina, the two falcons recently found shot in Oakland.…Read More
Golden Gate Audubon’s award-winning Eco-Education program invites nature lovers ages 9-12 to join us for a fun-filled week of exploring local birds and other wildlife and their habitats. We’ll learn how to identify local wildlife, collect and study aquatic organisms, …Read More
Please join Golden Gate Audubon and the National Park Service on Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to noon to prepare the Crissy Field Wildlife Protection Area and Ocean Beach in San Francisco for the return of the Snowy Plovers! …Read More
Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park
Oakland
Wednesday, June 22, 9:30 a.m. – noon
Hilary Powers, 510.834.1066, hilary@powersedit.com; Ruth Tobey, 510.528.2093, ruthtobey@gmail.com
Meet at the large spherical cage near the Nature Center at Perkins and Bellevue. We will bird around there, …Read More
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Sunday, July 3, 8 – 10:30 a.m.
Ginny Marshall, ginnybirder@sbcglobal.net; Dominik Mosur, polskata@yahoo.com
Meet at front gate of garden in Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. at Lincoln Way. This delightful section of the park has …Read More
On May 12th, Birdathon 2011 wrapped up with a highly successful awards dinner at the Brazilian Room in Tilden Park. Guests filled the spectacular room to capacity and enjoyed a wonderful dinner catered by 269 The Arlington, wines …Read More
We will be limiting the Golden Gate Audubon office walk-in hours starting May 16, 2011. If you’d like to come in and buy bird seed, renew your membership, or just browse, please visit us between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m., Monday …Read More
Aboard: Superfish with Shearwater Journeys
Departs from Emeryville at 7:30 AM, Returning approximately 3-4 PM
Leaders: Debi Shearwater & some very special guest leaders
Boat Fee: $129 GGAS members (non-refundable), $152 non-members; fuel …Read More
From dusk until dawn, for the duration of the bird migration, building owners, managers and tenants in San Francisco are being asked to turn off unnecessary lights or close drapes, draw blinds or pull shades to help reduce the incidences …Read More
The Lafayette Library and Learning Center has asked for help from area birders in creating a Beautiful Book Corner, a place to peruse stunning books on gardening, flowers, birds, art, photography and any subject of interest to our patrons. Any …Read More
Every year, thousands of visitors come to Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Martin Griffin Preserve (formerly Bolinas Canyon Preserve) in western Marin County, which has one of the most studied Great Blue Heron and Great Egret nesting sites on the West …Read More
Golden Gate Audubon, the American Bird Conservancy and the San Francisco Planning Department have proposed Standards for Bird Safe Buildings in San Francisco. The standards would apply …Read More
Recently published in Alameda Magazine: Turning Point for the Terns
Golden Gate Audubon has just released the “Western Snowy Plover Monitoring at the Crissy Field Wildlife Protection Area of The Presidio of San Francisco 2009/2010. Read it here.…Read More
This fall, Golden Gate Audubon volunteer docents will be trained on the natural history of …Read More
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…Read More
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 …Read More
Golden Gate Audubon is a member of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network (OWCN) and works closely with the International Bird Rescue Research Center (IBRRC) in Cordelia, CA to prepare for oil spill emergencies in San Francisco Bay.
GGA’s experience surveying …Read More
