My wife and I are thinking of attending.
For the land-based field trips, are they physically casual or hard-core,
visiting spots by car or hiking up mountains, one mega trip or several smaller
trips, 1 or 10 hours long, etc?
Thanks,
Tom & Donna
From: obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <obol-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Kathleen Krall
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 8:21 AM
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [obol] Registration closes September 18 for the OBA Annual Meeting
REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 18!
Join us on the Oregon coast! Garibaldi,Tillamook County is the site of the
annual meeting of the Oregon Birding Association (OBA) September 28-30, 2018,
at the Old Mill RV Park and Event Center.
On Friday evening photographer, ornithologist and world traveler Kendrick
Moholt presents “ISLANDS: Put the Watching Back into Birding.”
Kendrick will share favorite locations from the tropics to subantarctic islands
and describe why he is happy to give up a big list in favor of abundance,
proximity and a lack of fear.
Saturday, Dr. Pepper Trail will present “Fighting Crime with Feathers: The
Casebook of a Forensic Ornithologist.” Dr. Trail is a senior forensic scientist
and ornithologist at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory in
Oregon. The lab is the world’s foremost facility dedicated to solving crimes
against wildlife; it provides wildlife-related crime laboratory services to
wildlife law enforcement officers at federal, state and international levels,
so criminals can be successfully prosecuted.
There will be multiple land based field trips, free with registration.
The Oregon Pelagic Tours trips out of Garibaldi are full, but you can add your
name to a wait list on their website at www.oregonpelagictours.com/
<http://www.oregonpelagictours.com/>
Kayak Tillamook will offer kayak tours to Cape Meares Lake, Garibaldi Bay, and
Nehalem Bay on both Saturday and Sunday. Sign up at kayaktillamook.com/
<http://kayaktillamook.com/>
Registration for the annual meeting is online and closes in 5 days. Go to
www.orbirds.org <http://www.orbirds.org>
We look forward to seeing you there!
Thank you,
Kathy Krall and the OBA board
