Click here for online registration (or paste our secure 3rd party registration site into your browser:  https://www.signupmaster.com/mbbf/).  Use the forms you find there to register for events and to purchase lunches and merchandise. When you have finished, you may pay online using either VISA or MasterCard on the secure PayPal server, OR send us a check by mail to reach us within 7 days.

If you pay by check, make it payable to Morro Bay Bird Festival, or MBBF, and mail to:

Registrar, MBBF
P.O. Box 1175
Morro Bay, CA 93443

Online registrations paid by mail will be held for one week pending payment.

Optional online pre-order merchandise:

Author	Title	Description	Image	Price
Kenn Kaufman	The Birds that Audubon Missed	Fascinating look at the discoveries and art of John James Audubon and his peers to show how their personalities affected what they saw (and what they missed); and how that reflects how we perceive and understand the natural world.		$32
David Lindo	Fly: A Family Guide to Birds and How to Spot Them	Swoop in and discover the incredible diversity of birds around the world in Fly: A Family Guide to Birds and How to Spot Them, a lushly illustrated collection featuring more than 150 birds.		$23
Rebecca Heisman	Flight Paths: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration.	Tells the incredible scientific story of how we know what we know about bird migration		$30

The registration desk is at the Morro Bay Community Center, 1001 Kennedy Way.

REGISTRATION TIPS

Visit the event schedule page to plan your itinerary for the Morro Bay Bird Festival in advance of registration. Each trip has a three-digit number (found in the program information and schedule) to help you find the trip you’re looking for during registration more quickly. 1xx denotes a Thursday event, 2xx denotes a Friday event, 3xx a Saturday event, 4xx a Sunday event and 5xx a Monday event.  Your pass price will be automatically assigned based on the number of days you have selected trips.

We recommend registering for your highest-priority trips first to have the best chance of securing them. Make sure to also plan multiple alternate choices for each trip, as many fill very quickly.

We are processing payments through PayPal but you do not need a PayPal account to pay for your registration. When you arrive at the PayPal payment screen, simply click the gray box at the bottom of the screen that says “Pay with Debit or Credit Card.”

HOW TO REGISTER A GROUP

To begin, enter the basic information for the person who will pay (if you register as a group, you must pay with a single credit card). Then select how many additional people will be registered in this group (up to 3 in addition to the payer) and enter their basic information. If possible, enter a unique email address for each additional person. This will allow them to view their own unique itinerary in our Bobolink app. If you would rather view all of your group’s itineraries in your Bobolink account, no need to do so.

On the next screen, select a day, and then an event on that day. Select (check) all the people in your group who want to go on that event and click Register/Add to Cart.

IMPORTANT: Pay close attention to the message for each attendee after clicking Register/Add to Cart. If the event is full, there will be a red error message and the trip will not be added to your registration summary at the bottom of the screen.

Repeat this process until all events are added to your registration summary at the bottom of the page.

CONFIRM YOUR REGISTRATION

After registering, you will be sent a confirmation email (one per group). The confirmation email will include a link for you to review your itinerary. Be sure to carefully review the itinerary for each person in your group. Please check your junk mail or spam folders if you do not see an email right away. If there is a problem with your registration, please email us at support@morrobaybirdfestival.org, or call 1-805-600-2147.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Registration will begin at 8:00am PDT on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The most common problem people encounter is that they can't see the link to the registration site. If you don't see a link to register, make sure you force refresh your browser. For Windows users, this is CTRL + F5 (F5 button at top of keyboard). For MAC users this is APPLE + R or COMMAND + R.

REGISTRATION PROCESS (4 STEPS) (this information comes directly from our registration software Signup Master)

Step 1) List all the people who will register on this invoice (up to 4 people total)

Step 2) Select events as quickly as possible. After the events are chosen, move on to steps 2.2, then 3 and 4 knowing your events are "locked in" for 30 minutes.

1. Select a day.
2. Select an event on that day.
3. Select (check) all the people in your group who want that day/event.
4. Click the Register/Add to Cart button below the Attendees list.
5. Repeat until all day/event/registrant combinations are added to the Summary at the bottom of the page. You may return to this page using the ‘Previous’ button if you want to revise the events.
6. Click Next >> to go to the Box Lunch selection.

Step 2.1) Select box lunches

Box lunches are prepaid only, and must be picked up at the MORRO BAY COMMUNITY CENTER Hospitality Room between 6 a.m. and noon on the day ordered. They cannot be delivered to your off-site event.

• Select the type of box lunch you want.
• Select the day you want it.
• Click the Add to Cart button below the Attendees list.
• Repeat until all lunches are purchased.

Step 2.2) Select Merchandise (TBD)

• T-Shirts: T-Shirts when pre-ordered are guaranteed to be available in the size selected. Festival shirts will also be on sale at the festival in limited quantities. T-shirts are not included with your registration fee. For each attendee, please select the option of purchasing a t-shirt by clicking on attendee’s name and select the desired size. If you are in doubt as to size, we recommend a larger size.

All of the items above may be ordered multiple times; the process to do so is:

• Select the item you want.
• Select the attendees that want it.
• Click the Add to Cart button below the Attendees list.
• Repeat until the correct number of items have been purchased for all attendees.

Step 3) Attendee Contact Information   The system automatically assigns the correct Festival admission fee based on your selected events. If you have not completed through the payment step within 30 minutes, the system will clear your registration and you will have to start over.

At this step you should have selected all available Festival Events for ALL attendees in your group. If you want to select any additional Festival Events, click in the "<< Previous" button and complete your selection.
To view the list of all selected Festival Events, click on the "<< Previous" button and review the Registration Summary section at the bottom of the page.

• Please complete the required Contact Information for all Attendees in your group. If possible, include a different email address for each registrant to optimize the use of our Bobolink App.
• When completed click the Next >> button to continue to the Payment page.

Step 4) Select payment method

1. Review your registration invoice summary at the bottom of this page.
2. Review the terms and conditions and check the box if you agree.
3. Select the form of payment
4. Click Submit Registration. You will be taken to a new page where you can print a copy of the invoice summary.

We are processing payments through PayPal but you do not need a PayPal account to pay for your registration. When you arrive at the PayPal payment screen, simply click the gray box at the bottom of the screen that says “Pay with Debit or Credit Card.”

You can practice the registration process from Saturday, October 26, 2024 @ 8:00 AM Pacific Time Zone to Thursday, October 31, 2024 @ 10 PM Pacific Time Zone. During this time, the Registration website will be live for you to practice filling out our registration forms, selecting trips, purchasing merchandise, going from Step 1 through Step 4 where payment details would be entered. You will not be able to enter any payment information since this is practice mode. Note that if you want to make multiple registration tests, you should wait about 45 minutes between tests IF you plan to use the same name for the next practice registration. Otherwise, you can use false name(s) to test more often.

Live Zoom Registration Presentation and Q & A: This Zoom session during Practice Week will allow you to better understand the registration process and ask questions.

Zoom Event Details:

• Wednesday, October 30, 2024 @ 5 PM Pacific
• Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/91834367860
• Zoom ID: 918 3436 7860 (No Password)

Registration Go-Live: Saturday, November 2, 2024 @ 8:00 AM Pacific.  Most of you are aware that events tend to fill up very quickly so if you have special events you want to attend, we suggest you register early.

How To Access The Registration Page: To access the Festival Registration form, the web link is:

https://www.signupmaster.com/mbbf/

This link works for both Practice Registration and Registration Go-Live. Also note that this link will only allow access to the registration form during the Practice Registration timespan noted above AND after November 2, 2024 @8:00 AM Pacific.

Note: To access the Registration Form at any time (Practice & Go-Live), go directly to the Registration link noted above to register. DO NOT GO to the Morro Bay Bird Festival website for this link.