What’s New?
Vote for 2019 Board of Directors
Golden Gate Audubon Society is a membership organization, so once each year we ask our members to vote for members of GGAS’s board. Voting may take place online, in our Berkeley office, or at our monthly Speaker Series beginning in May and must be completed by June 30, 2019. Members can also call the office at 510-843-2222 … [Read More...]
Spring 2019 Gull is available
The new edition of The Gull newsletter for Spring 2019 is now available online. Read about the contributions of GGAS volunteers and everything they do for Bay Area birds. Also read about the Lesser Goldfinch, community science through SFBayOspreys.org, and everyone who is going above and beyond by fundraising and leading … [Read More...]
Upcoming Field Trips
Upcoming Field Trips…
Photo by Ilana De Bare May 2019Golden Gate Audubon’s “100 Years of Protecting Bay Area Birds” exhibit just arrived on the Cal Campus. Check it out on the 2nd floor of the Valley Life Sciences Bldg (VLSB), just about 30 feet from the T-Rex’s head.Briones East Bay Regional Park, LafayetteThursday, May 23, 8:30 a.m.–noonCathy … [Read More...]
Field Trips…
Golden Gate Audubon offers more than 175 field trips annually for birders of all levels. Our trips explore local areas from Golden Gate Park to the East Bay shoreline and hills, as well as such wildlife-rich destinations as California’s Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada. We also sponsor trips to other parts of the U.S. and to international … [Read More...]
GOLDEN GATE BIRDER – THE GGAS BLOG
Making a Difference with Monofilament Recycling
By Karen James I spend a lot of time at Heather Farm Park watching the wildlife that lives and visits the lake, gardens and wild areas. Over the past many years, I have felt privileged to see otters, foxes, several species of ducks, cormorants, grebes, coots, hawks and other birds of prey, as well as small … [Read More...]
Bird Passports: A Collaboration
Text and photos by Alisa Golden Editor's Note: This blog originally posted at https://makinghandmadebooks.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-collaboration-letters-of-transit.html I met Dianne Ayres through the Live Chat group that accompanies GGAS’s Osprey nest camera at sfbayospreys.org. Also known affectionately as … [Read More...]