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Schedule of Events
Friday, August 24
4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. - - Registration at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology or OIMB - - Directions.
7:00 p.m. - - Evening Program
- Opening remarks
- Field Trip Announcements
- Presentation:
Noah Strycker
Bird author, photographer, researcher; associate editor of "Birding" magazine
"Among Penguins": Ice, penguins, and the cold comforts of living and working in Antarctica will be featured in a lively slide show by Oregon birder and author Noah Strycker, 26, at the Oregon Shorebird Festival on Friday, August 24. Strycker spent three months during the Antarctic summer researching and photographing a quarter-million Adélie Penguins. He slept in a tent in below-freezing temperatures, endured howling blizzards, and spent his days in the 24-hour sunshine watching loud, active, and smelly two-foot-tall penguins go about their business nesting, fighting, incubating, waddling, feeding, napping, sliding, diving, and swimming. Strycker recounts his experiences on the coldest, windiest, driest, least populated, highest, and most remote continent in his book, Among Penguins: A Bird Man in Antarctica (Oregon State University Press, 2011).
Saturday, August 25
6:30 a.m. - Pelagic Trip
Meet at Betty Kay Charters in the Charleston Boat Marina at 6:30 am for a five hour trip
7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Water-based Field Trips
Birding the Slough via Canoe - 3 spaces available, early registration is required. Please call Dawn at 541-867-4550 to sign up for this free trip
Meet in parking lot across from OIMB
7:45 a.m. -- Land-based Field Trips
Meet in parking lot across from OIMB to carpool
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. -- SEA watches for marine mammals and seabird at Simpson Reef Overlook
5:30 p.m. - - Sustainable Seafood Buffet Dinner at OIMB Cafeteria - - Directions to OIMB
7:00 p.m. -- Evening Program
- Review of birds seen
- Field Trip Announcements
- Presentation:
Sunday, August 26
7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Water-based Field Trips
Birding the Slough via Canoe ** Trip is Full**
Meet in parking lot across from OIMB - Space is limited, please call Dawn at 541-867-4550 to sign up for this free trip
7:45 a.m. - - Land-based Field Trips
Meet in parking lot across from OIMB to carpool
Registration
To register, download the registration form and mail the completed form to Oregon Shorebird Festival, 2127 SE Marine Science Drive, Newport OR 97365 or email it to Dawn_Grafe@fws.gov. Registration forms can be downloaded as an adobe pdf document or you can get a hard copy by contacting Dawn Grafe at 541-867-4550 or via email at oregoncoast@fws.gov.
You can also register for the event on Friday, August 26, 2011 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria on the OIMB campus. To reach OIMB take Highway 101 to Coos Bay or North Bend. Follow signs to "Ocean Beaches", "Charleston", or "Sunset Bay". Charleston is approximately eight miles from Coos Bay. As you enter Charleston, cross the South Slough bridge and turn right on Boat Basin Drive. OIMB is approximately one-half mile on the left at 63466 Boat Basin Drive. Driving from Eugene takes two-and-a-half hours. Driving from Portland takes about five hours.
Location
All festival events are based out of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology Campus in Charleston, OR.
Directions to OIMB: Take Highway 101 to Coos Bay or North Bend. Follow signs to "Ocean Beaches" and "Charleston." Charleston is eight miles from Coos Bay. In Charleston, cross the South Slough bridge and turn right on Boat Basin Drive. OIMB is 1/2 miles on the left at 53566 Boat Basin Drive.
Meals
Breakfast: A local business called "Monkey Business" will open at 5:00 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday with coffee and hot breakfast items for purchase including waffles and breakfast burritos. Monkey Business is conveniently located in the Charleston Marina in the corner of the parking lot across from Betty Kay Charters, just look for the bright yellow mobile trailer.
Lunch: The festival does not provide options for lunch. However, a local deli called Davey Jones Locker can make you a lunch box which can be ordered the evening prior to your field trip and can then be picked up by 7:00 a.m. the following morning.
Dinner: At 5:30 p.m. on Saturday there will be an optional Sustainable Seafood buffet in the OIMB cafeteria. The dinner includes Albacore Tuna, salad, side dishes, bread, dessert and a drink. The cost is $22 per person. Pre-registration for tickets to this dinner is encouraged.
Lodging
OIMB Dormitory -
The Dormitory at OIMB is available for Friday and Saturday night at $20 per person per night. The dormitory is bunk-style lodging, each room is private with a single bed, desk and dresser. Bathrooms are shared. Bring your own linens and towels. Space is limited so please register early to reserve a bunk room.
Other Lodging Options
Sponsors
Many people work hard to make the festival a success. Thank you to each and every one of you!
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Shoreline Education for Awareness
Cape Arago Audubon Society
The Bird Guide, Inc.
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
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