Wouldn’t you like to wake up every morning knowing that you’re doing your part to preserve important bird habitat?

We think it’s such an important choice that we’ve organized a Golden Gate Bird Alliance Coffee Club to make buying and enjoying the right bird-friendly coffee a breeze. And if you’re not already drinking shade-grown organic coffee, you’ll be thrilled by the rich, clean flavor of Birds & Beans coffees. Birds & Beans coffees are certified as bird-friendly by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center.

Golden Gate Bird Alliance volunteer Erica Rutherford is coordinating this effort. She will collect your orders. Then you can pick up your coffee once a month at either:

• The GGBA Speaker Series in Berkeley, or
• The GGBA office in Berkeley during office hours.

Birds & Beans is offering a great incentive by waiving the shipping charges for GGBA Coffee Club members. Golden Gate Bird Alliance is not charging any markup on these orders — you are getting the coffee at cost.

Take a look at the options below and join the club today.

Details

• Place your order and mail your check (made out to Birds and Beans Coffee) to Erica by the last day of the month for delivery during the third week of the following month.
  • Erica Rutherford, 17 Windward Hill, Oakland, CA 94618
• Pick up your coffee either at the Speaker Series in Berkeley (every other month) or at the GGBA office.
• Let Erica know if you want your orders to be renewed on a recurring monthly basis.
• Contact Erica to make alternate payment arrangements such as e-check for recurring monthly orders.
• Erica will email all coffee club members upon delivery. If you don’t use email, please assume that orders can be picked up at the Berkeley Speaker Series or the GGBA office during the third week of the month.
• GGBA office hours for coffee pick-up are Monday and Wednesday, 9 am to noon and 1 pm to 6 pm, and Fridays by appointment with Ben Sisson, Office Manager (bsisson@goldengatebirdalliance.org).
• The address is 2530 San Pablo Avenue, Suite G (at Blake) in Berkeley, phone: (510) 843-2222.

Take care of trees — without hurting birds!  Check out our new brochure Healthy Trees, Healthy Birds for tips on how to trim your trees and bushes without damaging nests and birds.

Learn the best time of year to trim trees. (In the Bay Area, that’s between September and February, when you are less likely to encounter nesting birds.) Find out how to detect nests, what to do if you find a nest, pruning techniques to support wildlife, and whom to call for expert or regulatory help.

Want even more information? Check out the new Tree Care and Bird Safety section of our web site for detailed information on the various kinds of nests, laws protecting birds and nests, how to plan your tree project, as well as species such as herons that have special nesting needs.

Thank you to the Britton Foundation and arborist Roy C. Leggitt III for helping us prepare this brochure.

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We need your vote! If you’re a member of Golden Gate Bird Alliance, please vote in our 2014 election for our Board of Directors.

Because of the way board terms are staggered, there is only one member up for renewal this year, Board President Laura Gobbi. But we still need your vote to ensure that the board genuinely represents our membership.

Fill out the form below to vote online. You can also vote in person at the Birdathon dinner on May 18 or at our Speaker Series events on May 15 or June 19. Or vote at the GGBA office at 2530 San Pablo Avenue (at the corner of Blake) in Berkeley during our office hours.

You must be a member in good standing of GGBA in order to vote. Ballots must be received by June 30, 2014.

About the Candidate

Laura Gobbi is the Senior Director of Alumnae Relations at Mills College, where she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of volunteer outreach and engagement. After spending ten years as an art history instructor and museum scientist at U.C. Berkeley, she transitioned to advancement in 2003and became Executive Director of the Alumni Association at Oberlin College. Laura is a graduate of GGBA’ Master Birder Program, and has taken numerous classes through GGBA, including Cornell’s Home Study Course in Bird Biology. She has volunteered with GGBA as a field trip leader and docent. Laura received a B.A. in art history and flute performance from Oberlin College and Master’s in medieval art from New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts. She joined the board in 2013 and currently serves as Board President.…