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2026 VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION TRIPS

Important Information Regarding Volunteer Appreciation Trips:

  • Boat Trips: Times shown are boat sailing time - plan to arrive 15 to 20 minutes before that time
  • Rain:  If your trip is canceled, you will receive an email notification that morning
  • Questions? Send email to: volunteers@morrobaybirdfestival.org
  • View the Volunteer Trips in a PDF format

Volunteer Appreciation Trips 2026

January 23, 2026
Event Number Volunteer Trip Leader Day Meets at Start Time End Time Open Spots
11 Birds of Atascadero Lake Dale & Jamie Ball Friday Parking Lot off HWY 41, Atascadero 9:30 am 11:30 am 8 remaining:  
13 Cuesta Inlet and Pecho Willows Grace Hayes Friday Pecho Road & Binscarth, Los Osos 9:30 am 12:00 pm 1 remaining:  
January 24, 2026
Event Number Volunteer Trip Leader Day Meets at Start Time End Time Open Spots
  Half Day Walking Birding Tour of Los Osos Jim Royer Saturday Meet at Cuesta Inlet, end of Pecho Road at Binscarth in Los Osos 8:30 am 12:00 pm 13 remaining:  
22 Birds of Laguna Lake Mark Mushkat Saturday Dog Park in Laguna Lake, SLO 9:00 am 11:30 am 5 remaining:  
23 El Chorro Birding Steve McMaster & Eric Wier Saturday SLO Botanical Garden Parking Lot 9:00 am 11:30 am 9 remaining:  
24 Birds of Atascadero Lake Ben Kolstad Saturday Parking Lot off HWY 41, Atascadero 9:30 am 12:00 pm 6 remaining:  
25 Marina Boardwalk Habitat Walk Faylla Chapman Saturday Marina Boardwalk, Morro Bay 9:30 am 12:00 pm 9 remaining:  
26 Birds of Land and Sea Robbie Revel and Karen Watts Saturday Fisherman Statue @ Morro Rock 9:30 am 12:00 pm 12 remaining:  
January 25, 2026
Event Number Volunteer Trip Leader Day Meets at Start Time End Time Open Spots
31 Shoreline Birding Mike Bush & Michael Mulroy Sunday Audubon Overlook, North end of 4th St, Los Osos 8:30 am 11:30 am 4 remaining:  
32 Bird and Butterflies Jessica Griffiths Sunday Sweet Springs Main Entrance at Ramona, Los Osos 9:00 am 11:30 am 3 remaining:  
33 Estero Bluffs/ Villa Creek Jim Bland & Bob Revel Sunday Fig Tree Parking Lot, Cayucos 9:30 am 12:00 pm 7 remaining:  
36 Prefumo Creek Nature Journaling Adventure Anne Marie Bergen & steven Marx Sunday 1970 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo (behind Dick's Sporting Goods) 9:00 am 11:30 am 11 remaining: