Enjoy the extended light of the summer months to view marsh birds in the evening! In the summer many resident and migratory breeding birds take advantage of the long days to get some feeding and singing in.

In addition to our regularly scheduled activiities, which are listed lower in this column, we have three special early evening bird walks this month:

Tuesday, June 13 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Arcata Marsh

Thursday, June 22 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m Palco Marsh

Tuesday, June 27 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Arcata Marsh

Details on all our walks and field trips are available here.

Regularly scheduled bird walks and work days:

Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary 

Every Saturday! 8:30 - 11 a.m.

Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

2nd Sunday

Eureka Waterfront Birdwalk

3rd Sunday

Wigi Wetlands Restoration Work Day

4th Saturday.

Student Bird Art Contest

This year, 650 pieces of art were submitted from Humboldt County students in grades K through 12!

Some 41 cash prizes totaling $650, plus 39 honorable mentions, were awarded in a ceremony at the Arcata Community Center in mid-April. All entries were displayed during the Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival.

If you didn't get a chance to see them, or would like to enjoy some of them again, here is your opportunity.

Second Grade Winners in Bird Art Contest

Student Nature Writing Contest

Entries of essays and poems remained steady for the third straight year, at approximately 90 submissions. RRAS awarded six cash prizes (totaling $100) plus five Honorable Mentions to students who explored the topic, “What Nature Means to Me.”

Photo from Northern California Condor Restoration Program Facebook Page

Condors are flying over Northern California! The Yurok Tribe was and is instrumental in making this happen. 

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Treat yourself to a guide book to birds you're likely to find here, or a bird-finding guide to Humboldt County!

The purposes and objectives of this corporation shall be to engage in such educational, scientific, investigative, literary, historical, philanthropic, and charitable pursuits as may be part of the stated purposes of the National Audubon Society, of which this corporation shall function as a Chapter.

Mailing Address:

PO Box 1054 Eureka,

CA 95502