We are gathering volunteer opportunities that need the help of bird lovers like you. Sign-up to volunteer here and we will send you emails that share events near you. Here are events for San Francisco Bay Area residents:

Pounding for Plovers party with Pacifica Audubon

The Pacifica Shorebird Alliance hopes to reverse the birds' 75% decline during the past twelve years. The project will involve pounding in posts, stringing cable between them, and attaching signs made by local school children. The area to be protected is a fifty foot wide sliver of beach west of the dunes north of Crespi Drive at Highway.

WHEN: Friday, August 15, 8:30 a.m.- noon (or earlier)

WHERE: Pacifica State Beach (Linda Mar Beach). Meet on the beach at the Crespi entrance, across from the Community Center, near the tree

RSVP: For more information or to RSVP, please email shore_birds@yahoo.com or margstan@sbcglobal.net or leave a message for Margaret at 650-355-9654

Wetland restoration with Golden Gate Audubon

Work to plant native shrubs and weed out the invasives at our site adjacent to Arrowhead Marsh in East Oakland. Brown Pelicans swoop into the bay and Clapper Rails chatter in the marsh.

WHEN: Saturday, August 16, 2014 from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline Park, Oakland. From I-880 in Oakland, exit at Hegenberger Road and head west. Turn right onto Doolittle Drive (Hwy. 61) and right again onto Swan Way. You will then turn left into the park and drive to the last parking lot near the observation tower. See attached map 

RSVP: No RSVP needed

Crissy Field – Beach Cleanup with Golden Gate Audubon

In partnership with the National Park Service, monthly beach cleanups for the Snowy Plover and other shorebirds are held at Crissy Field in San Francisco.  All equipment (gloves, pickers and buckets) are provided by the NPS. A commitment to learn more about the Snowy Plovers and their environment and assistance at six or more beach cleanups per year is requested.

WHEN: Monday, August 11, 2014 from 10 a.m. - noon

WHERE: Volunteers meet at 10am at the Warming Hut, 983 Marine Dr, San Francisco CA 94129

RSVP: No RSVP needed

Thank you to the chapters who shared these opportunities!