Special Walks & Trips

These walks (and boat trips) cover areas other than our regularly scheduled walks.

They are also free, and open to the public.

Redwood Region Audubon Society is proud to support the California Bird Atlas Project, a 5 year effort across many government, private and non-profit organizations to catalog the breeding birds of the Golden State.

Check this page to join one of our up-coming guided birds walks to fill in valuable data gaps and help atlas our region. To learn more about how to personally get involved, please visit their website: https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/home

Sunday, October 11, 10 a.m. - Noon 

Lake Tolowa, Del Norte County

Join Redwood Region Audubon Society and the Cal Poly Humboldt Birding Club for a trip to Lake Tolowa. We’ll explore this legendary Del Norte County hotspot with some of the region's top birders as we look for vagrant shorebirds and scan pipit flocks in the Tolowa dunes for goodies. This trip will involve walking on uneven terrain through cattail reeds and cobwebs. Meet at the Fort Dick Market at 10 a.m., or if coming from Eureka/Arcata, consider carpooling or caravan from the Arcata Community Center at 8 a.m. Contact Cedrik von Briel for more information. (650) 315-4968  or cedro.de.bryl (at) gmail.com.

 Pelagic Birding and Whale-watching Trip

Saturday, October 10

Join us on one of our monthly pelagic birding and whale-watching trip aboard the Steller Sunrise with Captain Lowell Wallace, Humboldt Charter Company. The Steller Sunrise is a 43-foot US Coast Guard-inspected vessel featuring a spacious exterior walk-around deck, an enclosed bathroom, and a heated cabin, making it ideal for these 6- to 8-hour trips at sea (depending on conditions). Join us as we go offshore from Humboldt Bay in search of seabirds, whales, dolphins, and other wildlife. RRAS leaders will be on board to help spot and identify wildlife. These are very popular trips, are limited to 15 people per trip, and cost $150 per person, with discounts available for students. Field trip dates include:   October 10th (Saturday), and November 21st (Saturday). To reserve you spot, contact Sean, whiteouters [at] gmail.com.

Sunday, October 18, 3:30 pm

Humboldt Bay Trail North

Join leader Ken Burton (shrikethree@gmail.com) on a late-day, high-tide walk along the Humboldt Bay Trail to the Jacoby Creek delta to observe shorebirds, raptors, and waterfowl. The trail is flat and paved, and we'll be walking about two miles. Meet at the Arcata City Yard entrance on South G Street at 3:30 p.m. There's room for only five vehicles in the lot; arrive early and be prepared to park along the street there or farther north.

Saturday, November 7, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Stone Lagoon

Join trip leader Cedrik von Briel for some dynamic fall birding along Stone Lagoon. Standing along the spit gives us a great view of the lagoon, the sand spit, and the ocean all at once. During the trip, we’ll likely see seabirds, waterfowl, gulls, raptors, and shorebirds and, hopefully, get some good views of pipits, longspurs, and Snowy Plovers. Meet at the Stone Lagoon Visitor's Center on Highway 101. Dress in layers and be prepared for hiking on sand for 1-2 miles each way. Contact Cedrik at (650) 315-4968 or cedro.de.bryl (at) gmail.com.