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22nd Annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival
Sunday,
FEB
11, 2018
9:00 AM MARE ISLAND HERITAGE TRUST — Mare Island Please join us for a celebration of the migration through San Francisco Bay of more than 1 million shorebirds and hundreds of thousands of ducks, geese, hawks and other wildlife at the peak of migration! February 9--11, 2018. The festival features 3 days of guided and self-guided birdwatching outings in the 5 county "north shore" of San Francisco Bay, a Wildlife Expo Hall with live presentations & booths full of artisans, non-profits and governmental agencies, the annual "Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops" Art Show, Silent Auction, kids activities, and lots of local and regional venues open for tours on Mare Island and beyond. RAIN or SHINE!. For a full schedule, visit us online. Location: Bldg 221, 800 Walnut Ave Mare Island Vallejo DIRECTIONS: Events planned at various locations. |
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Birds of Prey Migration Hike
Sunday,
FEB
11, 2018
10:00 AM SOLANO LAND TRUST & SAN FRANCISCO BAY FLYWAY FESTIVAL — Lynch Canyon Open Space Park Join Larry Broderick and the Solano Land Trust Raptor Team for a Birds of Prey Migration Hike at Lynch Canyon Open Space Park. This hike is part of the 22nd Annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival. The hike will offer raptor identification tips and views of resident and over-wintering birds of prey. Previous sightings include golden eagles, bald eagles, rough-legged hawks, Cooper's hawks, sharp-shinned hawks, ferruginous hawks, peregrine falcons, prairie falcons and other more common birds of prey. All ages are welcome, but participants must be prepared for a moderate pace covering about 4 miles, possibly off-trail in places, up and down rugged, steep, and slippery hills that are full of sticky seeds, thorny plants and thistle, and passing free range cattle along the way. Pre-registration recommended online. Rain may cancel. If unsure, call Larry: 707-791-0335 Leader: Larry Broderick Parking Fee: $6 Location: 3100 Lynch Road Vallejo DIRECTIONS: From I-80 East, take the Hiddenbrooke Parkway exit and follow the Lynch Canyon signs. From I-80 West, take the Red Top Road exit and follow the Lynch Canyon signs. |
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Historic Mare Island Navy Cemetery Tour
Sunday,
FEB
11, 2018
12:00 PM MARE ISLAND HERITAGE TRUST — Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve The cemetery on Mare Island is the Navy's oldest cemetery in the West, with graves there dating back to the 1850's. Park at the Visitor's Center and meet at the cemetery, just a few hundred feet up the trail. We will be offering two tours, one starting at 12pm, and the other at 1pm. Realistically, 40 people is the maximum number at this time for each tour. If there are more than 40 people that arrive BY NOON for the first tour, we will ask folks who arrive after that to join us for the 2nd tour at 1pm. We hope you understand, and we will try to accommodate everyone. And if more people show up, we will add another tour, starting at 2pm. We hope this will be a monthly event on second Saturdays. Please give us a call at 707-241-4285 if you have any questions about the tours. The event is free, but your donations to the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve are always encouraged, and help keep the park going! Leader: Kyle Green Location: 167 O’Hara Ct Mare Island Vallejo DIRECTIONS: Preserve Visitor Center, Building A-167, at the end of Railroad Ave |
