TH13 Shorebird Spectacle at the Marsh 1 | 2020 | $15

Date/Time:
Date - Thursday, 04/16/2020 - Saturday, 04/18/2020
Time - 8:15 am - 11:15 am


Trip Leader(s): Alexa DeJoannis

Total spaces for this event: 12

Total spaces remaining (not yet booked): 11


This event will meet at the Arcata Community Center, out front of the building. Festival headquarters will not be set up there quite yet so just look for others with binoculars and spotting scopes.

Witness the spectacle as flocks of thousands of shorebirds become tens of thousands, and then form a huge milling swarm. North Humboldt Bay is a shorebird staging site clearly of hemispherical significance. The birds are colorful, are sexually charged, and are flying in an energetic manner not seen in fall or winter, plus they often give snatches of summer “song” and other utterances seldom heard at other times. The number of birds on the move is staggering and can be experienced daily during this northward spring migration push. Shorebird species expected include: Western and Least Sandpiper, Dunlin, Marbled Godwit, Willet, dowitchers, Black-bellied Plover and American Avocet. You may want to bring a snack, there are picnic tables and benches available. Bring a spotting scope if you have one. There will be a restroom available. This event repeats as FR30, SA44, SU73, and MO87.

The Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary has accessible trails.

Bookings

Bookings are closed for this event.

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