Redwood Region Audubon Society (RRAS)

05/09/2026

Arcata Marsh Breeding Bird Survey 2026 🦅

Dates: May 7, 21; June 4, 18; July 2, 16, and 30; August 13, 27

Meet: Rob Fowler at 8 am at G Street parking lot at Arcata Marsh for 2-3 hour survey of breeding birds in various areas of the Marsh.
• Help contribute breeding bird data to the Arcata Marsh
• Learn how to look for breeding birds and how to code breeding bird activity
• Learn how to contribute to the statewide California Bird Atlas (California Bird Atlas - Discover a new world of birding..._)
• Anyone can join—from beginner to advanced birders— and start learning how to contribute breeding bird data to the California Bird Atlas while learning more about Arcata Marsh’s breeding birds!
• Contact Rob Fowler at [email protected] for more information.

03/24/2026

We'll be hosting monthly Pelagic trips again this summer!

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: May 10th (Sunday), June 20th (Saturday), July 18th (Saturday), August 15th (Saturday), September 5th (Saturday), October 10th (Saturday), and November 21st (Saturday).

To register, or for more details contact Sean McAllister at [email protected] / (707) 496-8790

photo: https://birdcanada.com/pacific-pelagic-birding-wild-research/

03/04/2026

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Our First Digital Edition of the EcoNews Is Here! Check out the March 2026 now at yournec.org

Our EcoNews team and contributors have been hard at work writing about local issues including Offshore Wind, Conservation Easements in McKinleyville, Wolves in California, Native Plants, and more.

This issue includes submissions from our Member Groups:

- The March 2026 issue of The Sandpiper from Redwood Region Audubon Society (RRAS)

- The March 2026 California Native Plant Society, North Coast Chapter Newsletter

- Environmental Protection Information Center: EPIC 's article on their sponsored legislation to conserve State Demonstration Forests

- Sierra Club Redwood Chapter North Group on the Trump Administration's environmental record

- Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities 's Petition for Safer 4th and 5th Streets in Eureka

01/16/2026

Our Annual Banquet & Auction are quickly approaching! Saturday, February 21st

The silent auction usually features beautiful natural history items, often bird-related, such as carvings, original paintings, special services, as well as a variety of many other items. We will feast on a delicious, gourmet dinner by Cassaro’s Catering, and dessert from Ramone’s Bakery. Ivan’s talk will follow (see image).

Cost: $50/person until February 18, when it goes to $65. Send check made out to RRAS to P.O. Box 1054, Eureka, CA 95502, email [email protected] with Banquet in the subject line, or phone (707) 496-6581. The last day to make reservations is February 19th.

11/29/2025

Please join the Redwood Region Audubon Society for the 2025 Christmas Bird Count. Please contact the compilers below if you would like to participate in their count. Del Norte on December 14, 2022, with Lucas Brug [email protected] ; Arcata on December 20, 2022, with Tony Kurz [email protected]; Willow Creek on December 27, 2022, with Max Brodie [email protected] ; Tall Trees on January 2, with Ken Burton [email protected]; Centerville on January 4, with David Juliano [email protected].

Orientation will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 18, at the Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Road, Arcata. Trip leaders will discuss the Del Norte, Willow Creek, Centerville, Arcata, and Tall Trees counts. All are welcome!

photo: Egrets in the Snow, Ohara Shoson (1877–1945)
https://www.collectingjapaneseprints.com/available-prints/p/ohara-koson/egrets-in-the-snow

10/29/2025

07/29/2025

August's Saturday morning Field Trip Leaders:

2-Aug: Gary Friedrichsen
9-Aug: Tylor Bell-Rogers
16-Aug: Bob Battagin
23-Aug: Kathryn Wendel
30-Aug: Mark Colwell

8:30 am at the foot of I street.

See you there! 🦆

05/30/2025

June 2025 Field Trip Leaders for our FREE, beginner friendly, guided birding walks through the Arcata Marsh 🐦

05/07/2025

May Sandpiper is available here:http://www.rras.org/uploads/SPMay2025-WEB.pdf

04/29/2025

May Marsh Madness!! 🐧🐦🦆🦅🦉

Join the following trip leaders every Saturday in May at 8:30 am. Meet at the foot of I street in Arcata.

May 3:-Jonny Sperling
May 10- Tamar Danufsky
May 17- Dan Greaney
May 24- Kathryn Wendel
May 31- Bob Battagin