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Thursday, 04/13/2023

Time	Event	Total Spaces	Spaces Left	Event Leader(s)	Cost of Event
All Day	*START HERE - Registration Fee 2023 - REQUIRED for Each Registrant	400	279		$35.00
6:30 am - 8:30 am	TH01 Dawn Chorus – Arcata Marsh Field Trip 1 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $10	15	13	Carol Wilson	$10.00
7:00 am - 3:00 pm	TH02 PELAGIC TRIP - NEW \| 2023 \| $150 - SOLD OUT	15	0	Rob Fowler, Keith Slauson & Kathryn Wendel	$0.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	TH03 Elk River Estuary & Wildlife Sanctuary - NEW \| 2023 \| $20 - SOLD OUT	15	0	Gary Falxa and Cliff Feldheim	$0.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	TH04 Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| FREE	15	7	Cashell Villa & Denise Seeger	$0.00
8:30 am - 3:30 pm	TH05 Godwit Days Mystery Tour - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $30	15	11	IT’S A MYSTERY, SILLY!	$30.00
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	TH06 Shorebird Spectacle at the Arcata Marsh 1 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	13	Tom Leskiw	$15.00
9:30 am - 1:30 pm	TH07 Coastal Birding Warm-up - NEW \| 2023 \| $15	15	12	Ken Burton	$15.00
10:00 am - 2:00 pm	TH08 Arcata Ridge Trail & Aldergrove Pond \| 2023 \| FREE	15	3	George Ziminsky	$0.00
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	TH09 Spotted Owls on Green Diamond Land 1 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $25 - SOLD OUT	15	0	Green Diamond Resource Co Biologists	$0.00
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm	TH10 Nighttime Owls - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15 - SOLD OUT	15	0	Sandra Hunt-Von Arb	$0.00

Friday, 04/14/2023

Time	Event	Total Spaces	Spaces Left	Event Leader(s)	Cost of Event
6:30 am - 8:30 am	FR11 Dawn Chorus – Arcata Marsh Field Trip 2 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $10	15	3	Chet Ogan	$10.00
7:30 am - 3:00 pm	FR12 Southern Humboldt Community Park & Bald Eagle Nest Viewing (includes a bag lunch) - GOLD - NEW \| 2023 \| $60	10	10	Ann Constantino & Andrew Orahoske	$60.00
7:45 am - 1:00 pm	FR13 Sue-Meg State Park - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| FREE	15	3	Moe Morrissette	$0.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	FR14 Eureka Hotspots - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	15	Ian Gledhill	$20.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	FR15 Ocean Ranch & South Spit 1 - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	14	Ken Burton	$20.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	FR16 Russ Ranch & Lost Coast Headlands - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	7	Leisyka Parrott & Russ Namitz	$20.00
8:15 am - 12:15 pm	FR17 Freshwater Farms Reserve Trail \| 2023 \| FREE	15	9	Kate Howard & Matt Morasutti	$0.00
8:30 am - 12:30 pm	FR18 Seawood Cape Preserve - NEW \| 2023 \| FREE	15	1	Jessie Bunkley & Carol Wilson	$0.00
8:30 am - 12:30 pm	FR19 North Jetty Sea Watch & Woodley Island - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $20	15	15	Jude Power	$20.00
9:00 am - 3:00 pm	FR20 Birding North to Trinidad with Lunch at Seascape - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $25 - SOLD OUT	15	0	Gary Bloomfield	$0.00
9:00 am - 3:00 pm	FR21 Birding South to Ferndale with Lunch at Eel River Brewery - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $25	15	3	Rob Fowler	$25.00
9:00 am - 12:00 pm	FR22 Shorebird Spectacle at the Arcata Marsh 2 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	10	Larry Karsteadt	$15.00
9:30 am - 12:30 pm	FR23 Fay Slough Wildlife Area - NEW \| 2023 \| $15	15	14	Kathryn Wendel	$15.00
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	FR24 Spotted Owls on Green Diamond Land 2 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $25 - SOLD OUT	15	0	Green Diamond Resource Co Biologists	$0.00
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm	FR25 Opening Reception \| 2023 \| FREE	200	167		$0.00
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm	FR26 Friday Night Lectures \| 2023 \| FREE	200	155	Tiana Williams-Claussen & Chris West	$0.00
7:45 pm - 9:15 pm	FR27 Arcata Marsh Night Walk \| 2023 \| $10	15	8	Christine Champe & Lauren Dusek	$10.00

Saturday, 04/15/2023

Time	Event	Total Spaces	Spaces Left	Event Leader(s)	Cost of Event
5:00 am - 8:30 am	SA28 Marbled Murrelets 1 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	7	Moe Morrissette	$15.00
6:30 am - 8:30 am	SA29 Dawn Chorus – Arcata Marsh Field Trip 3 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $10	15	10	Chet Ogan	$10.00
6:30 am - 12:00 pm	SA30 Blue Lake Cottonwoods & Mad River Hatchery - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $20	15	12	Greg Gray	$20.00
7:00 am - 11:30 am	SA31 Birding by Ear Basics: Workshop & Field Trip - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	12	David Juliano	$15.00
7:00 am - 12:00 pm	SA32 Call an Audible: Anything Goes! - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	13	Emmett Iverson	$20.00
7:00 am - 12:30 pm	SA33 Horse Mountain & High-Elevation Habitats - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $20	15	7	Jim McIntosh	$20.00
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	SA34 Birding the 101 for 101+ Species (includes a bag lunch and bus transportation) - GOLD \| 2023 \| $100	14	10	Scott Carey & Mary Severdia	$100.00
7:15 am - 1:15 pm	SA35 Birding with the Keynote Speakers (includes a gourmet catered lunch) - GOLD \| 2023 \| $100	10	10	Lisa Ballance, Bob Pitman, CJ Ralph	$100.00
7:30 am - 4:00 pm	SA37 Humboldt’s Best Birding Spots (includes a bag lunch) - GOLD - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $80	10	4	Keith Slauson	$80.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	SA38 Arcata Hotspots - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	15	TBD	$20.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	SA39 Ocean Ranch & South Spit 2 - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	7	TBD	$20.00
8:00 am - 4:00 pm	SA40 California Condors in Humboldt County! (includes a bag lunch) - GOLD - NEW \| 2023 \| $125 - SOLD OUT	10	0	Rob Fowler & Chris West	$0.00
8:30 am - 12:30 pm	SA41 School Road (Baduwa't) Restoration Area - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	14	Mary Burke and Cliff Feldheim	$20.00
8:45 am - 1:45 pm	SA42 King Salmon to Humboldt Bay National WIldlife Refuge - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	6	Frank Fogarty	$20.00
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	SA43 Slow Birding the V Street Loop \| 2023 \| $15	15	10	Ken Burton	$15.00
9:30 am - 11:30 am	SA44 Kids’ Birding Trip at the Arcata Marsh \| 2023 \| FREE	15	15	Mark Wilson	$0.00
9:30 am - 2:30 pm	SA45 Herpetology Field Trip - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $20	15	9	Matt Kluber	$20.00
9:30 am - 2:30 pm	SA46 Late Risers Birding Trip - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	11	Kathryn Wendel	$20.00
10:30 am - 1:30 pm	SA47 Shorebird Spectacle at the Arcata Marsh 3 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	12	Carol Wilson	$15.00
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm	SA48 Dune Ecology & the Humboldt Coastal Nature Center \| 2023 \| FREE	15	8	John St. Marie	$0.00
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm	SA49 Native Plant Walk \| 2023 \| FREE	15	12	TBD	$0.00
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	SA50 Spotted Owls on Green Diamond Land 3 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $25 - SOLD OUT	15	0	Green Diamond Resource Co Biologists	$0.00
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm	SA51 Field Sketching Workshop & Field Trip \| 2023 \| $15	15	12	Gary Bloomfield	$15.00
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm	SA52 Binoculars & Scopes Lecture \| 2023 \| FREE	15	13	Marilyn Rose, Out of This World	$0.00
5:00 pm - 6:45 pm	SA53 Banquet \| 2023 \| $45	70	55	Cassaro's Catering	$45.00
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm	SA54 Keynote Lecture \| 2023 \| FREE for Registrants; $10 stand-alone ticket	200	169	Lisa Ballance & Robert Pitman	$10.00

Sunday, 04/16/2023

Time	Event	Total Spaces	Spaces Left	Event Leader(s)	Cost of Event
5:00 am - 8:30 am	SU55 Marbled Murrelets 2 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	6	Brit O'Brien	$15.00
6:30 am - 8:30 am	SU56 Dawn Chorus – Arcata Marsh Field Trip 4 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $10	15	12	Samantha Bacon	$10.00
6:45 am - 4:00 pm	SU57 Del Norte Tufted Puffins (includes a bag lunch) - GOLD - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $80 - SOLD OUT	10	0	Lucas Brug & Bob Brown	$0.00
7:00 am - 3:00 pm	SU58 Birding the 5-Mile Radius (includes a bag lunch) - GOLD - NEW \| 2023 \| $70	10	10	Kathryn Wendel	$70.00
7:15 am - 3:00 pm	SU59 Trinity River & Willow Creek - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $30	15	13	Tom Leskiw	$30.00
7:30 am - 11:30 am	SU60 Humboldt Bay Bird Observatory Banding - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	14	HBBO Staff	$15.00
7:30 am - 12:00 pm	SU61 Birding by Ear – Beyond the Basics: Workshop & Field Trip - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $20	15	14	David Juliano	$20.00
8:00 am - 9:30 am	SU62 Arcata Marsh Virtual Birding \| 2023 \| FREE	400	397	Gary Bloomfield & Rob Fowler	$0.00
8:00 am - 12:00 pm	SU63 McKinleyville Hotspots - NEW \| 2023 \| $20	15	8	TBD	$20.00
8:00 am - 4:00 pm	SU64 Conifers & Birds of Horse Mountain (Includes $25 book credit) \| 2023 \| $50	15	6	Michael Kauffmann	$50.00
8:30 am - 12:30 pm	SU65 Arcata Marsh Birding & Wastewater Tour \| 2023 \| FREE	15	4	George Ziminsky & WWTP Staff	$0.00
9:00 am - 4:00 pm	SU66 Humboldt Restoration Projects Tour (includes a bag lunch) - GOLD - NEW \| 2023 \| $60	10	6	Ken Burton & Chet Ogan	$60.00
10:00 am - 11:00 am	SU67 Owl Pellet Dissection Workshop for Kids \| 2023 \| FREE	15	13	Karen Reiss	$0.00
10:30 am - 1:30 pm	SU68 Shorebird Spectacle at the Arcata Marsh 4 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $15	15	9	Jude Power	$15.00
10:45 am - 3:00 pm	SU69 Dragonflies Workshop \| 2023 \| FREE	15	12	Sandra Hunt-von Arb	$0.00
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	SU70 Kids’ Art Workshop \| 2023 \| FREE	15	13	Gary Bloomfield	$0.00
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm	SU71 Lanphere Dunes - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| FREE	15	11	Barbara Reisman	$0.00
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	SU72 Spotted Owls on Green Diamond Land 4 - CLASSIC \| 2023 \| $25	15	5	Green Diamond Resource Co Biologists	$25.00
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	SU73 Sunday Evening Social \| 2023 \| FREE	30	20	Godwit Days Board of Directors	$0.00