From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Apr 13 09:31:32 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3DGSl0V028547 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:28:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home.humboldt1.com (home.humboldt1.com [206.13.45.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i3DGRE2D028484 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:27:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from winston (ppp719-pm7.humboldt1.com [216.100.38.75]) by home.humboldt1.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i3DGR7gn018622 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <025801c42174$27e330a0$4b2664d8@winston> From: "Robert Hewitt" <[[email protected]]> To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 09:27:02 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: [SBB] California Festivals - Godwit Days - Arcata X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Dear Birders, There are three if not four festivals lined up from Godwit Days, Yuma AZ, Heron Days Apr 24th , Lake County and Kern Biofest May 1st, actually there are five, because there is the newest festival planned in Yosemite April 24th. Support one-suppoort them all. I wanted to let everybody know the specific status of our event (Godwit Days) coming next weekend. In fact it starts early on Thursday. To date we almost have 250 pre-registrants. This surpasses all but our best year ever in 2003 and that will be exceeded shortly. Of all trips we have sold more than 50% of our capacity so I have outlined some areas for our local birders to encourage some early sign-ups to avoid disappointment on Friday night during registration. THURSDAY Owl Scouting is Sold Out Picnic at the Marsh has 12 spots left, but I'm sure more can join Tracy and Gretchen in the lunch hour to get the social aspects of the event rolling. These two leaders will also help host on the Madaket Sunset Cruise around Humboldt Bay. We got the wine and cheese today and that event has 11 slots left. The real surprise is the Mystery Tour - as of today there are 8 spots left, but as we have confirmed Stan as our mystery leader for the morning portion I'm sure these won't last. FRIDAY Dawn Chorus with Tristan, Scouting with Rob, Eel River Bottoms, and the nighttime owls are all Sold Out. There is just one slot left on the Eureka Waterfront trip, and three left for the Night Hike around the Arcata Marsh. The evening presentation and reception are open to all, we will have a "Look back on Humboldt Birding 1980-85" Several of the greats will be on hand to recall past times and a short slide show will remind us of the birds and the special "hot" locations. SATURDAY High Elevation, Simpson Spotted Owls and the Pelagic trip are Sold Out. There is one space left on the Birding Locations trip with Dave Fix and Jude Power, only three left on the South Fork Trinity with John Hunter, and one slot left on the Trinidad and Mad River County Park event. The Big Day Bus still has a good amount of room. At $35 it does provide transportation, a packed lunch and the chance to see up to 125 different species. Special news is that long time Humboldt birder John Sterling hopes to join recent Humboldt phenom Rob Fowler with Mary Severdia as the third trip leader....highly recommended if you want to see birds, birds, birds. SUNDAY Fern Canyon and the Del Norte trips are both Sold Out. The Grouse trip I has two spaces left with Mark Higley, the Grouse overnight with Rob has 8 spots left. This is a good shot for the elusive ruffed grouse and best chance you will have all weekend. Northern Specialties with Sean McAllister has a final slot left. OWLS IN GENERAL For owls that are always popular we have already sold out most of the trips. There is one slot left on the Sunday Simpson Spotted owls. Now, there are a few other trips that encounter owls. We've been up at Prairie Creek State Park with the murrelets all last week and we usually heard Northern Pygmy Owl at dawn, a Barred Owl is also reported form the nearby Cal Barrel Road. So, try this Marbled;ed Murrelet "Old Growth" experience if you can get up that early, for a chance at some other owls. The Arcata Community Forest trip (if it visits the Jacoby Creek property) will also have a chance for a daytime encounter with Spotted Owls, and if you want to see Great Horned owls nesting come on the NE California Trip Monday and Tuesday, we saw three last month and there are still 8 spots left on that trip. BOAT TRIPS Usually very popular our adventuresome boat trips are a little undersigned. They do cost a little more due to the equipment and firms that we have provide this for us, but still this is a less expensive way to enjoy these activities than usual. They also have a specific bird emphasis by association with the festival. Stone Lagoon Paddle with Center Activities has 10 spots left, Kayak trips have 11, 16, and 10 spots left on Sat, Sun and Mon. The Rafting trips (new last year have 18 and 17 spots left for the Trinity River (Sun) and the Klamath River (Mon). The Bike and Bird the bottoms event could also use some birding outdoors folk. The Sunday Pelagic trip has 9 spots left. Ron LeValley will lead, and this remains one of a very few chances for the public to get off-shore in Humboldt waters. PLANTS Other nature activities, apart from birding have been requested to provide variety and the EthnoBotany of the Redwoods has 15 and 7 spots left, while the Lanphere dunes trip has lots of space both days. These trips will certainly be focused on plants and we hope this aspect of the festival can continue to grow. So, as I've said in the past, come one, come all ----- this next weekend will be a blast, and do your bit to support these events or spread the "bird" word. Just visit the Arcata Community Center Saturday or Sunday to see what its all about. All the best, Rob Robert W. Hewitt Director, LBJ Enterprises www.birdjobs.com 1707 E Street #5, Eureka, CA 95501 (707) 442-0339, fax (707) 260-0632, cell (707) 845-3189 [[email protected]] Godwit Days Steering Committee www.godwitdays.com April 16-19, 2004 9th Annual, 232 species cumulative _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]