President's Column

by Hal Genger

Hello everyone and welcome to another issue of the Sandpiper. Redwood Region Audubon Society is proud of the many activities it generates. In this issue, I'd like to review what we offer to the general public in terms of field trips.

Every Saturday morning for decades, we have led docent walks at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary. These walks are for the beginning toadvanced birder and cover topics from birds and natural history to waste water treatment. Walks last a few hours and are often composed of all age groups, and will often experience all types of weather! Bring your friends and family and join us! (See Field Trips for more info)

For the past few years, Jude Power and David Fix have led trips the second Sunday of the month (Oct-April) at the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. These trips are also open to all age groups and all levels of experience! (See Field Trips for more info)

We also organize longer trips. We have traveled to Klamath Lake to view waterfowl and hundreds of Bald Eagles. We have also visited Wildlife Areas in the Sacramento Valley.

Recently RRAS offered two pelagic trips out of Humboldt Bay which were very successful (see elsewhere in this issue), and we will continue to do so at an affordable price.

Often we offer local trips to see other creatures such as our reptile-and-amphibian trip or our butterfly watching trip.

I really enjoy going out into nature to look and listen, and this column is a partial thanks to all of those people who help make it possible!

Please call me if you have any suggestions for field trips.

Redwood Region Audubon Society
P.O. Box 1054, Eureka, CA 95502
Last updated October 1998