Oregon Shorebird Festival

August 29 - 31, 2008

Land-based Field Trips

Bandon/New River
Date: August 30 and 31, 2008
Time: 7:30 am to 3:00 pm
Directions: Meet in parking lot across from OIMB to carpool
This expertly guided trip will hit a few good bird spots throughout Bandon. Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge will have an abundance of fall migrating shorebirds including commonly seen Black-bellied plover, Semi-palmated plover, Dunlin, Western and Least sandpiper, Whimbrel, Long-billed dowitcher, and red-necked phalarope. Rare shorebirds have also been seen and include Ruff, Mongolian plover and Hudsonian godwit. At the south jetty expect Surfbirds, Wandering tattler, Black turnstone, and possibly Red knot and Ruddy turnstone. If time permits you will visit estuarine habitat at the New River to get views of sandpipers, Western snowy plover and Baird's sandpiper.

Coos Bay/Pony Slough
Date: August 30 and 31, 2008
Time: 7:30 am to 3:00 pm
Directions: Meet in parking lot across from OIMB to carpool

This field trip will visit all of the hot spots around Coos Bay. Stops will include the North Spit where Pacific Loon, Western grebe, and many species of waterfowl can be seen. Next you will visit Pony Slough in North Bend. Marbled godwits, Pacific golden-plover and other birds including Peregrine falcon, Bald eagle, Great egret. The trip will end at Millicoma Marsh. Fresh water marshes, ponds and a tidal marsh all attract plovers, sandpipers, waterfowl, rails and kites.

Pelagic Trip

Date: August 30, 2008 (ONLY)
Time: 6:30 am - 12:00 pm : trip length is five hours
Cost: $67 per person
Directions: Meet at the Betty Kay at 6:30 am for a 7:00 am departure.
Please pre-register for this event with
The Bird Guide, Inc.
123 NW Bailey Avenue
Hillsboro OR 97124
greg@thebirdguide.com
http://thebirdguide.com/pelagics

Especially for beginners! The Bird Guide, Inc. is proud once again to host the pelagic trip for the Oregon Shorebird Festival. This shorter trip on a large 50-foot boat should allow all to get a taste of a typical pelagic trip, while offering quite a few of the seabirds possible on longer trips. Expected seabirds include Black-footed Albatross, Parasitic Jaeger, Sabine's Gull, Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, Sooty & Pink-footed Shearwater, Northern Fulmar, Pomarine Jaeger, Red-necked Phalarope, Cassin's Auklets, and more! As with all our trips, on-board guides will point out birds and other marine life and describeJuly 23, 2008