Golden Gate Audubon Society

Golden Gate Audubon Society

Golden Gate Audubon Society

January Speaker Series

Audubon California – Tricolored Blackbird

Samantha Arthur
Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda Berkeley
Thursday, January 17
6:30 p.m. refreshments, 7p.m. program

The Tricolored Blackbird is a colonial breeder that is nearly endemic to California. Historically, these birds bred on wetlands in the Central Valley. As a result of the loss of 90 percent of the wetlands, Tricolors increasingly nest in agricultural fields. When nesting and farmers’ harvest schedules conflict high proportions of the Tricolor population are put at risk.  (Read more …)

What’s New?

New Programs at Lake Merritt

We are proud to be part of the re-opening of the Rotary Nature Center! This month we will be offering new nature education … [Read More...]

Become a Master Birder

Become a Master Birder! Golden Gate Audubon Society and California Academy of Sciences are very excited to offer our … [Read More...]

Winter 2019 Gull is available

  The new edition of The Gull newsletter for Winter 2019 is now available online. Read about Golden Gate … [Read More...]

Upcoming Field Trips

Upcoming Field Trips…

January, 2019 Valle Vista Staging Area, Upper San Leandro Reservoir, Moraga Friday, January 18, 8:30—11:30 a.m. Madeline Brane, mbrane@sbcglobal.net, cell (650) 235-5325; Johan Langewis, jlangewis@sbcglobal.net, cell (510) 541-1353 This EBMUD watershed land features a great variety of habitats: chaparral and scrub, grassland, pine-oak … [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

Cinnamon Winter Beach Beauty

By Miya Lucas The Marbled Godwit is one of my favorite birds and one you can easily identify walking on a beach on a winter day in the Bay Area. Marbled Godwits are large, beautiful orange colored birds, easy to spot on the shoreline. They stand 18 inches tall, with long gray legs and their extended pencil-thin, bi-colored beak makes them easy … [Read More...]

Year-end Countdown: The 2018 Oakland Christmas Bird Count

Eric Schroeder For this year’s Oakland Christmas Bird Count I was allowed to sleep in. It turned out that co-organizers Bob Lewis and Dave Quady had decided to turn over the early morning owling duties in Redwood Regional Park to Maureen Lahiff, who was the count leader for that area. So unlike last year when we met near the Claremont Hotel at 3 … [Read More...]

Manage your GGAS account online

Now you can manage all your GGAS business online — renew your membership, update your contact information, view past donations, or sign up for events such as classes, Birdathon or the Christmas Bird Count. Click here to access your account. (You’ll need to create a login name and password if you don’t have one already. If you forget your password, click on the “forgot your password” link.)

Contact Us

Golden Gate Audubon
2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite G
Berkeley, California 94702

Phone: 510.843.2222

Office hours: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, or by appointment

Email: ggas@goldengateaudubon.org

Our Mission

The Golden Gate Audubon Society engages people to experience the wonder of birds and to translate that wonder into actions which protect native bird populations and their habitats.

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