Meet Golden Gate Audubon’s Birding the Bay Trail Docents this month. See and learn about the birds in Richmond on these dates:
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Sunday, January 1, 8 – 10:30 a.m.
Ginny Marshall, ginnybirder@sbcglobal.net; Dominik Mosur, polskatata@yahoo.com; Alan Ridley, allanrid@pacbell.net; Helen McKenna, 415.566.3241 (Leaders vary by month.)
Meet at the front gate of the garden in Golden Gate Park, 9th…
Golden Gate Audubon welcomes GGAS member Steve Lombardi as the new volunteer coordinator of our field trips program. Steve and his wife, Carol, have been leading trips for more than a year, both locally to such hotspots as Mitchell Canyon,…
If you do, consider volunteering to assist on Golden Gate Audubon birding-by-bicycle field trips in the East Bay and other locations. Nearly all the trips go to bird-rich habitats that are accessible via the San Francisco Bay Trail and other…
Lake Merritt
August 24, 2011
Leader(s): Hilary Powers and Ruth Tobey
# of participants: 12
# of species: 29
Strolling across Bellevue and into Lakeside Park near the Nature Center, we paused as usual to describe the “magic tree” phenomenon…
Meet at the Berkeley Marina by 9:45 a.m. for departure at 10 a.m. to see the bay by boat. The largest and one of the most important estuaries along the Pacific Flyway is right in our own backyard. We will…
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Sunday, August 7, 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…
Lake Merritt
July 27, 2011
Leader(s): Hilary Powers and Ruth Tobey
# of participants: 9
# of species: 32
July is one of the quiet months at Lake Merritt, but the 4th-Wednesday walk was treated to some unusual sights –…
Jewel Lake
Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley
Friday, September 2, 8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Phila Rogers, Coordinator, 510.848.9156, philajane6@yahoo.com
Monthly first Friday trips at Tilden continue. Meet at the parking lot at the north end of Central Park Dr. for…
I had the pleasure of joining Steve and Renee Margolin on a trip to Panama (June 4 through 12 with an optional 4 day extension).
Being a warm blooded mammal adapted to Bay fog and cool breezes, I was a…
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…
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…
Alameda Creek, Coyote Hills Bicycle Trip
June 25, 2011
Leader(s): Kathy Jarrett
# of participants:
# of species: 49
At the pond by the Fremont BART station east parking lot the large dead tree had an Osprey with a fish,…
Tilden Park
May 28, 2011
Leader(s): Rusty Scalf
# of participants: 22
# of species: 35
This was an experimental evening walk. The goal was to hear dusk bird song, especially Swainson’s Thrush. It was pouring rain at the…
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…
Quarry Lakes/Alameda Creek/Coyote Hills Bicycle Trip
April 30, 2011
Leader(s): Kathy Jarrett
# of participants:
# of species: 52
The water was running swiftly in Alameda Creek and the majority of the birds were Mallards and Canada Geese, but we…
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…
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…
Lake Merritt and Lakeside Park
March 23, 2011
Leader(s): Hilary Powers
# of participants: 3
# of species: 38
Despite the threat of serious rain, three hardy participants showed up ready to go. We were rewarded with Caspian Terns in…
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…
If you are going on a field trip, would you welcome company? Do you have room in your car to take other birders? To help find a ride or offer a ride, sign up with GGA’s carpool group at
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…
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,…
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:
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A great group of GGA members travelled to Honduras for a terrific tour. We stayed at our guide Robert Gallardo’s La Chorcha Lodge just on the outskirts of Copan Ruinas. Robert and his wife Irma are naturalists…
Lake Merritt
February 23, 2011
Leader(s): Hilary Powers and Ruth Tobey
# of participants: 5
# of species: 45
The work on the islands is complete. The Double-crested Cormorants are growing their crests and the first couples are scoping out…
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…
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…
