Field Trip: Humboldt Bay

Date: Saturday November 12, 2016

Time: 7:30 AM

Join us for a two-day fall birding trip to the Humboldt Bay area, from 7:30 a.m. Nov. 12 - 13. (NSAS Event)

Details:

Leader: Rob Fowler, Fowlerope Birding Tours. Rob Fowler moved to Humboldt County in 2003 to pursue a Wildlife degree at Humboldt State University and loved the area so much he became a permanent resident! Rob has worked as a field biologist on various bird monitoring projects in the region since 2003 and is also one of the region's most active birders. In 2013 Rob started "Fowlerope Birding Tours" and has greatly enjoyed guiding birders in the region on customized birding tours. Rob is also the eBird reviewer for Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity Counties and is one of four regional editors for the Northern California Region of the quarterly publication, North American Birds.

Description: On this two-day birding trip, we'll spend Saturday birding along the coastal slope of the Humboldt Bay region exploring the diversity of habitats: bottomland pastures, coastal riparian, rocky shoreline, the Humboldt Bay estuary, coastal spruce and Douglas Fir forest, and second-growth redwood forest in Arcata.

We'll end late afternoon east of the Blue Lake looking for Ruffed Grouse, Rock Sandpiper, Gray Jay and Black-capped Chickadee. Expect a good number of shorebirds in Humboldt Bay, various species of waterfowl, rocky coast shorebirds, gulls, and other various passerine species.

Sunday birding will be decided by the group, depending on where we went on Saturday.

There is a $15 charge per person for this trip. The trip is limited to 12 people. Please RSVP by November 4, 2016 to Bruce Thomsen at brucecthomsen@yahoo.com or home phone: (707) 224-1906 or cell phone: (209) 728-4631. If responding by email, please include your home and cell phone numbers.

Bring: Prepare for cool damp weather. This is the north coast, and although this is a nice time of the year, it can be rainy, cool windy, or beautiful.

Directions: Meet at 7:30 am at Jitter Bean Coffee Co. (Coffee Shop) 4950 Valley W Blvd. (in the Valley West Shopping Center at the junction of Highways 101 & 299) Arcata, Ca.

Coordinator: Bruce Thomsen at brucecthomsen@yahoo.com.

A reminder from the Field Trip Coordinator: Car-poolers will share driving expenses (recommended $.40/mi to be split by the number of riders).

submitted on August 31, 2016, at 01:13 AM PST

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