Voluteer to Be a Tour Guide

Snow Goose Festival welcome volunteer tour guides for the various bus tours and field hikes scheduled during the Snow Goose Festival.  We hope to have two guides per tour – guides with birding knowledge or familiarity of the birding areas around Tofield/Beaverhill Lake are requested! Tours depart from Festival Headquarters at Tofield Arena unless otherwise specified.   Opportunities available on Saturday and/or Sunday.  Volunteers are welcome to sign up for multiple tours during the weekend.

 

Confirmed guides will be invited to participate in one of two orientation sessions to be held via zoom prior to the Snow Goose Festival that will provide more information for the guides about obtaining maps, sightings, and other areas of interest to assist in the tours. 

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Snow Goose Festival Volunteer Orientation 1

Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024 07:00 PM 

Link to Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErcOmurj8sE9FkKpNZLxgV6EmfggRWhlnq

 

Snow Goose Festival Orientation 2
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024 07:00 PM 

Link to Register:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkdOCqrjkuGddgT9CLFjlIzbRPdfMNGKyJ

 

Anyone who wishes to attend either of these meetings will have to register using the two links above

 

 

Tour details and a link to volunteer sign up sheets are as follows:

 

2-  and 3- hour Bus Tour Guides tours depart Snow Goose Festival Headquarters  (Tofield Arena:  4748 – 53 Ave.)

Volunteer tour guides required on several 2-hour and 3-hour bus tours held during the Snow Goose Festival on both Saturday and Sunday to areas around Beaverhill Lake / Beaver County to view Snow Geese and other migratory birds & wildlife.  While similar in nature, the three hour tour provides the opportunity for extended viewing including stops at hot-spots for birdwatching.  Tour Guides should be knowledgeable birders able to interpret birds and signs of wildlife to bus passengers while leading the tour.    Prior to the tour, guides should obtain tour route and snow geese sightings information from the information booth at the Snow Goose Festival. 

 

Volunteer to help guide a 2- or 3-hour tour:  volunteersignup.org/4LEBE

 

 

3 hour Field Hikes Tour Guides: tours depart Snow Goose Festival Headquarters  (Tofield Arena:  4748 – 53 Ave.)

We are seeking volunteers for the following positions:
- Tour guides for 3 hour round trips bus from Tofield Arena and hike to the BBO banding lab for a banding demonstration.
- Helper at the banding lab to manage crowds, make coffee, boil tea, help with banding and scribing.
- Trade show at the Tofield Arena to assist Helen at the booth, chat with the public, and help with the falcon.
You can sign up for as many shifts as you like; be careful not to overlap any shifts.
Email biologist@beaverhillbirds.com  with any questions.

 

Volunteer to help guide a 3-hour Field Hike: Volunteer Signup - BBO Volunteers signup sheet

 

Nature Alberta Tours:   Tour Guides  

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Thank you - we have filled the volunteer guide requests for the Nature Alberta tours for this year!

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