Date: 9/13/26 11:03 am From: Jon Woolf <jsw...> Subject: Re: [NHBirds] Re: NH Audubon Pelagics??
On 9/13/2026 7:56 AM, NHAtlatl wrote:
> One option to get more people involved: If there are two Fall
> Pelagics, an individual only gets to go on one.
>
> I agree that the method of sign-up and notification has not changed,
> but the rate of sign-up has. I was checking the Seacoast Chapter site
> every morning before work. One morning there was no sign-up available,
> the next morning it was full. The notice went up here 1.5 hours after
> I had checked, but I don't monitor this chat group closely. Same
> happened on another walk I had been looking at. That's basically an
> effect of birding moving from a handful of Nerds to Mainstream culture.
Yes, this is the single biggest change I've seen over the years since I
started organizing these trips. For the first few years we struggled to
get enough sign-ups. But after it became possible to sign up online,
the trips started consistently selling out within a few days of tickets
going on sale. I'd like to make the group size bigger, but those who
have been aboard /Granite State/ for a sold-out whale watch know that if
you put more than fifty or so people on the boat, it starts to feel
crowded.
