Bring your binoculars and meet trip leader Larry Karsteadt at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) in Arcata for easy-to-walk trails and an opportunity to view a diverse range of species. Fall is an incredible time to bird at the Arcata marsh! Trip-goers may see brown pelicans diving for fish, shorebird murmurations over the bay, the fascinating bill diversity of Pacific Coast shorebirds, and migratory terrestrial species returning for the winter.

Help create bird-friendly native habitats and restore a section of the bay trail by removing invasive plants and trash. The trail section is located behind the Bayshore Mall and volunteers will meet in the parking lot directly behind Walmart. We will provide tools, gloves, and packaged snacks. Please bring your own drinking water. Contact Jeremy Cashen at jeremy.cashen@yahoo.com or 214-605-7368.

Godwit Days Bird Festival is pleased to offer one of the first pelagic birding trips in several years to the Eel River Canyon on Saturday, September 23rd. We’ll travel aboard the Stellar Sunrise, a U.S. Coast Guard-certified vessel with a 360-degree view and bathroom facility. Fall is an excellent time of year for seabird viewing in Humboldt waters, where we have good chances of seeing marbled murrelets, jaegers, rhinoceros auklets, northern fulmars, various species of shearwaters and storm-petrels, black-footed albatross, and possibly many more!  Please join leaders Kathryn Wendel, Gary Friedrichson, and Rob Fowler for this 8-hour trip, weather and ocean conditions permitting. Please bring lunch, plenty of water, sunscreen, and binoculars. Cameras are welcome but spotting scopes are not permitted.  Reservations are required, please visit godwitdays.org to sign up. Cost: $150/person.  Photo of the boat posted below.

Bring your binoculars and meet trip leader Kathryn Wendel at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) in Arcata for easy-to-walk trails and an opportunity to view a diverse range of species. Fall is an incredible time to bird at the Arcata marsh! Trip-goers may see brown pelicans diving for fish, shorebird murmurations over the bay, the fascinating bill diversity of Pacific Coast shorebirds, and migratory terrestrial species returning for the winter.

Join Redwood Region Audubon Society and trip leader Ken Burton to visit the large numbers of fall migrants that use the lush, riparian forests of the Eel River estuary as a refueling stop. Contingent on access conditions, we'll walk downriver from Fernbridge, checking the alder, cottonwood, and willow patches for warblers, vireos, and other passerines and the river itself for shorebirds and waterfowl. This will be a physically demanding outing; be prepared to walk five miles on rough terrain. Meet at the end of Depot St. in Fernbridge (40.615424, -124.200524) for carpooling to the site; contact Ken (shrikethree@gmail.com) with your location at least 24 hours prior if you want to carpool to Fernbridge.