Lifestyle briefs

2023-02-15 - By Heather Shelton hshelton@times-standard.com

Marsh tour

The Redwood Region Audubon Society will offer a free guided field trip at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday from 8:30 to 11 a.m.

Bring binoculars and meet trip leader Michael Morris at the end of South I Street (Klopp Lake) in Arcata to enjoy easy-to-walk trails, beautiful views of Humboldt Bay, a possible otter sighting and a diverse range of overwintering birds, including ducks, shorebirds, herons and egrets, raptors and songbirds.

Audubon banquet

The Redwood Region Audubon Society will hold its annual banquet and auction on Saturday at 5:30 pm.

Vitek Jirinec will present a talk titled “Climate Change is Transforming the Bodies of Birds.” Jirinec moved to the U.S. from Prague, Czech Republic. He received a bachelor’s degree in wildlife at Cal Poly Humboldt in 2010, a master’s degree in biology at the College of William and Mary in 2015 and a doctorate at Louisiana State University in renewable natural resources in 2021. His dissertation research on the response of rainforest birds to the shifting climate in the pristine Amazon rainforest received broad coverage in popular media, including NPR, National Geographic, NBC and the National Audubon Society. The banquet will be held at the Arcata D Street Neighborhood Center, 13th and D streets. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50.

To get a ticket, send a check made out to RRAS to P.O. Box 1054, Eureka, CA 95502, email gary@jacobycreek.net with “Banquet” in the subject line or phone 707-496-6581. The last day to make reservations to attend is Thursday.

Tour the marsh

Friends of the Arcata Marsh is sponsoring a free tour of the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday.

Everyone will meet leader Lynn Jones at 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Interpretive Center on South G Street for a 90-minute, rainor-shine walk focusing on marsh plants and/or ecology. Masks are strongly recommended inside the building. For more information, call 707-826-2359. Birding tour The Redwood Region Audubon Society will offer a free guided birding tour along the Eureka Waterfront Trail on Sunday from 9 to 11 a.m., with leader Ralph Bucher. This relatively urban trail offers the potential to observe species abundance and diversity compared to many more remote locations. Keep an eye and ear out for the peregrine falcons that frequent the Samoa Bridge. This walk is on a flat, paved trail that is wheelchair accessible. Email Ralph Bucher to sign up for this field trip at thebook@ reninet.com.

Time to dance

Dances with live bands are held Mondays from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Admission is $9.

Weekly bingo

Bingo games are played every Tuesday at the Moose Lodge, 4328 Campton Road, Eureka. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 6 p.m. A snack bar is available.

Forum planned

Local and state educators are joining forces with the Humboldt County Office of Education and the California Global Education Project to host the North Coast Global Education Forum on March 11 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Sequoia Conference Center in Eureka.

Leading the forum will be two global education advocates, Greg Gaiera of Union Street Charter School, and Colby Smart, assistant superintendent of HCOE. Smart will open the day as keynote speaker, sharing his expertise and insights on the importance of global education.

This event is free and in person. TK- to 12th-grade educators, students, parents and community members are invited to learn, share, and discuss global education in schools. Morning refreshments will be provided. Teachers will receive materials to support their teaching of global competence.