Volunteering for the Morro Bay Bird Festival

Please review the Volunteer Job Description before committing to a shift.  Training will be available (times and place to be announced).

Festival registration fees are offered at a discount with a minimum of 6 volunteer hours. Volunteers that meet the 6 hour minimum may register:

  • on opening day, November 4, 2023 at a 50% discount or
  • register for free on November 18, 2023

Please note that volunteers will still pay any van or boat fees.

All volunteers will receive a T-shirt regardless of the number of hours they volunteer.

Please note that you will receive a reminder notice 3 days before your assigned shift.

Start Date End Date Open Spots
Trip Starter: South Bay Community Center (Los Osos) September 11, 2024 September 15, 2024 9
Master Classes, Presentations, & Journaling/Sketching September 11, 2024 September 14, 2024 41
Friday September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024 60

Volunteer activities that take place at the Morro Bay Community Center.

Morro Bay Bird Festival volunteers are vitally important to the overall success of this very popular 5 day event. Examples of duties may include; registration, attendee check-in, sales, hospitality, speaker introduction, trip-starters, set up/take down, signage placement and much more. There may be opportunities to volunteer before the festival as well. The choice(s) will be yours.

In exchange, we offer you a unique opportunity to be part of the bird festival. As an incentive, 6+ hour volunteers will be offered

  • registration discounts * (half off for full pass on opening registration day) or
  • free registration * (two weeks following opening registration day)
  • post-festival "volunteers only" birding adventures

*Discounts refer to registration only. 

On behalf of the Morro Bay Bird Festival Planning Committee and Board of Directors - Thank you!!

Clerical Tasks

Start Date End Date Open Spots
Packet Stuffing: Monday, January 8, 2024 October 8, 2024 October 8, 2024 0

Clerical Tasks

Start Date End Date Open Spots
Packet Stuffing: Monday, January 8, 2024 October 8, 2024 October 8, 2024 0

Test

Start Date End Date Open Spots
Trip Starter: South Bay Community Center (Los Osos) September 11, 2024 September 15, 2024 9
Master Classes, Presentations, & Journaling/Sketching September 11, 2024 September 14, 2024 41
Friday September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024 60

Morro Bay Bird Festival volunteers are vitally important to the overall success of this very popular 5 day event. Examples of duties may include; registration, attendee check-in, sales, hospitality, speaker introduction, trip-starters, set up/take down, signage placement and much more. There may be opportunities to volunteer before the festival as well. The choice(s) will be yours.

In exchange, we offer you a unique opportunity to be part of the bird festival. As an incentive, 6+ hour volunteers will be offered

  • registration discounts * (half off for full pass on opening registration day) or
  • free registration * (two weeks following opening registration day)
  • post-festival "volunteers only" birding adventures

*Discounts refer to registration only. 

On behalf of the Morro Bay Bird Festival Planning Committee and Board of Directors - Thank you!!

Start Date End Date Open Spots
Trip Starter: South Bay Community Center (Los Osos) September 11, 2024 September 15, 2024 9
Master Classes, Presentations, & Journaling/Sketching September 11, 2024 September 14, 2024 41
Friday September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024 September 12, 2024 60