Events

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• Field Trips

• Lectures

• Conservation Committee Meetings

• Annual Banquet

• Godwit Days
  

• Special Events

  
  

Field Trips

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We welcome new and experienced birders on our fieldtrips. These trips take place throughout our entire membership area and over 100 are held each year. Lengths range from a few hours to several days.  We also offer one or two low-cost pelagic trips each fall.

Fieldtrips are led by experienced volunteers. Field trips may be more general or concentrate on looking for certain types of birds (e.g., owls, shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors, vagrants).

We recommend newcomers check weather conditions and dress appropriately. Much of bird watching involves watching, not walking. When in doubt, dress warmly. Bring binoculars or spotting scopes if you have them.

Regularly scheduled walks are held at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary (every Saturday at 8:30 a.m. from South I Street parking lot); Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge (every second Sunday); Southern Humboldt Community Park (every third Sunday); and Eureka (aka PALCO) Marsh (every third Sunday).

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Lectures
RRAS sponsors a free monthly lecture series (held the second Friday, September-May). These programs – which feature speakers on birds and their conservation – are intended for the general public.

Where: Humboldt County Office of Education near the intersection of Myrtle Avenue and West Avenue in Eureka
When: Second Friday September-May; starting at 7:30 p.m.

The December program is a bird identification brush-up for the ensuing Christmas Bird Counts. Check the calendar's details to see if we're organizing a potluck dinner before the lecture.

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Conservation Committee Meetings

Many of the Chapter's conservation efforts stem from discussions held during the monthly Conservation Committee meeting, held the third Thursday of each month at noon at the Golden Harvest Café in Arcata. Long-term efforts have included Trinity River restoration; Klamath Basin management and dam removal; fighting plans to build Waterfront Drive through the Eureka (Palco) Marsh; and OHV regulation on local beaches (South Spit, Clam Beach).

Other topics of discussion have included hunting and grazing at Tolowa Dunes State Park; Lake Earl breaching; management of state wildlife areas; establishment of Important Bird Areas (IBAs); Eureka's proposed Marina Center Project; removal of billboards on the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge; Humboldt Bay dredging; and creation of Marine Life Protected Areas (MLPAs) off the northern California coast.

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Annual Banquet
RRAS holds an Annual Banquet, usually in February. The format includes a speaker, silent and live auction fundraisers, presentation of awards (Volunteer of the Year and Conservation), and an announcement of election results.

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Godwit Cafe at Godwit Days
RRAS operates the Godwit Café at the Godwit Days festival in April. Godwit Days is a three-day spring migration bird festival celebrating the Marbled Godwit and all the birds of the coastal redwoods, bays, marshes, and mudflats of California's Redwood Coast.

Besides providing hot food and drinks to visitors, RRAS sells merchandise and answers questions about the organization.

The 2012 Godwit Days Festival will take place April 19-25.

Learn more on the new Godwit Days website: www.godwitdays.org. Note the new url ending--.org not .com!

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Special events are listed on our Special Events Page and upcoming special events are listed on our Calendar.