Audubon Birdwalk Hikshari’ Trail

Audubon guided birdwalks every 3rd Sunday at 9am. Join Ralph Bucher for great birding in Eureka. Birds will be scoped here at the public dock at foot of West Del Norte until everyone assembles. Then attendees will drive to the Hikshari’ trail at Truesdale Street and bird along the trail to the Elk River Wildlife Sanctuary.

The Hikshari’ Trail in south Eureka’s Elk River Access Area is a 1.5-mile multiple-use trail segment that winds along the Elk River and through the Elk River Wildlife Sanctuary. Interpretive signs dot the trail, highlighting aspects of the area’s natural and cultural history in addition to trail and water trail map information. Topics cover marsh reconstruction, migrant and vagrant bird species in the willow patches, Humboldt Bay geology, railroad history, Wiyot village life, Elk River sandspit formation and marine life, dune plant ecology, and plant and animal identification. The dates for the Audubon Birdwalk Hikshari' Trail are:

June 20th

July 18th

August 15th

September 19th

October 17th

November 21st

December 19th

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