Great Backyard (Family!) Bird Count – Feb. 15 and 16

Great Backyard (Family!) Bird Count – Feb. 15 and 16

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Join Golden Gate Bird Alliance and our partners as we engage in the annual nationwide citizen science event, the Great Backyard Bird Count!

We’re offering two dates and two locations for this free event – Saturday February 15 in Oakland and Sunday February 16 in San Francisco. Details below.

Kids and family members will survey each site to record the incredible birdlife. During lunch the group will work together to input the data collected into Cornell Laboratory’s eBird.The results will be seen instantly on the website’s graphs and compared with other young scientists across the nation–cool stuff! 

East Bay:

Saturday 2/15 at Lake Merritt in Oakland. 
9:30 a.m. -11:30 a.m.
Group lunchtime included. Bring your own lunch.
Meet at the Rotary Nature Center.

Download a flyer to share with friends by clicking here: GBBC Lake Merritt 2014

 
San Francisco:

Sunday 2/16 at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens.
9 a.m. to noon
Group lunchtime included – bring your own lunch.)\
Meet at the front gate of the garden in Golden Gate Park, 9th Ave. at Lincoln Way.

Golden Gate Bird Alliance will have quality binoculars and field guides available. Restrooms and water faucets available on site.

Questions? Email Anthony at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org.

Download a flyer to share with friends by clicking here: GBBC SF flyer

 

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PB&J Birders Event for Kids – Jan. 12

PB&J Birders Event for Kids – Jan. 12

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Join us on Sunday morning January 12th from 10 a..m. until noon for a PB&J Birders family bird walk at Heron’s Head Park in San Francisco!

This easy walk at Heron’s Head Park will bring little birders and their parents/guardians to the SF Bay shore look for egrets, gulls, ducks, Great Blue Herons, and more! The walk is on mostly level ground along a developed and paved pathway. Most of the walk is wheelchair accessible.

Share the fun of exploring nature — download a flyer and share it with your child’s class or preschool!

PB&J flyer – January 2014

Meet: At 10 a.m. at the Heron’s Head Park parking lot – Jennings Street and Cargo Way, San Francisco.

Bring:  Snacks, water, layers of clothes,a lunch for afterward and binoculars if you have them. We will also have quality binoculars and field guides available, along with crayons and coloring projects and snacks. (Let us know if you or your kids have food allergies.) 
This event is free and open to families with kids of all ages.

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Winter 2014 Gull is available
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Winter 2014 Gull is available

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The Gull - Winter 2014

 

The new edition of The Gull newsletter for Winter 2014 is now available online. Read it to learn about the battle over dog management policies in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (and how you can speak up for wildlife there).

You can also learn about GGBA’ work creating bird habitat in schoolyards; birding in Claremont Canyon; and how to differentiate female duck species. And of course it includes the calendar for our Speaker Series in January, February and March!

Click here to read it:  Gull_Winter2014

Note: Because this is a large file, it may take a minute or two to download. Be patient!   🙂

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PB&J Birders Event for Kids – Dec. 8

PB&J Birders Event for Kids – Dec. 8

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Join us on Sunday morning December 8th from 10 a..m. until noon for our fourth PB&J Birders walk for kids and families — this time in Berkeley!

Our fun, friendly nature education staff will lead us in scouting for wintering waterfowl and shorebirds along the Berkeley waterfront. We’ll start at Aquatic Park — looking for pelicans, ducks and more — and then cross the bike bridge to look for shorebirds.

Share the fun of exploring nature — download a flyer and share it with your child’s class or preschool!

PB&J Birders flyer

Meet: At 10 a.m. in front of the playground at the south end of Bolivar Drive. Bolivar Drive runs north to south and can be accessed by two perpendicular streets, either Addison or Bancroft. Bancroft is closer to the playground. Parking is available along Bolivar or in the small parking lot next to the playground. The area is easily accessible by bicycle.

Bring:  Snacks, water, layers of clothes,a lunch for afterward and binoculars if you have them. We will also have quality binoculars and field guides available. Restrooms and water faucets available on site.
This event is free and open to families with kids of all ages.
For questions, email Anthony at adecicco@goldengatebirdalliance.org

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