
HAPPENING AT BUILDING 69
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 2026
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10am
Corky Quirk, Norcal Bats
A Bit About Bats With Norcal Bats
LIVE BAT Program…including pallid bats!
10:30-11:45am
Sarah Lynch, Principal Biologist, Monk & Associates
WORKSHOP for 8th-12th grade Solano county students
Girls Who Save the Planet: Careers That Make an Impact
10:50am
Rich Cimino, Guide and owner of Yellowbilled Tours
Celebrating its 25th year Birds of Colombia
11:40pm
Jenny Papka, Native Bird Connections
LIVE RAPTOR Program
3-4 live birds, artifacts and taxidermy
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12:30pm
Joseph Furnish, Ph.D., Retired Regional Aquatic Ecologist, U.S. Forest Service, Vallejo, CA
How to Plant Native Trees to Attract Insects and Nesting Birds to Your Yard
1:00pm
Constance Anderson
Bird Drawing Workshop, So Many Ways to Be a Bird
(book reading, teaching bird illustrating)
1:05pm
Bret Barner and Miguel Cardenas, Solano County Mosquito Abatement District
The Important Role Birds Play in the West Nile Virus Cycle
1:40pm
Thomas L. Snyder, MD, Captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy (Retired)
History of Mare Island Naval Hospitals followed by walking tour at 2:10pm
2:15pm
Aaron Haimon, Author
Birds of the Delta
2:50pm
Dr. John Glover, MS, DO, Professor Emeritus, Touro University California
Around the World in 80 Birds
3:25pm
Dick Evans and Hannah Insley, authors
In the Shadow of the Bridge:
Birds of the Bay Area
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10am
Mark Stephenson President, Napa-Solano Audubon Society
Bay Area Birding
10:30-11:45am
Sarah Lynch, Principal Biologist, Monk & Associates
WORKSHOP for 8th-12th grade Solano county students
Girls Who Save the Planet: Careers That Make an Impact
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10:35am
Nathan Van Schmidt, Ph.D., Director of Regional Strategies, San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory
Salt-loving Birds in the Big City: Can Urban Habitats Help Save Phalaropes?
11:10am
JD Bergeron, Chief Executive Officer, International Bird Rescue
Hope is the Thing with Feathers: Lessons from Rehabilitating SF Bay-Delta Birds
12pm
Jenny Papka, Native Bird Connections
LIVE RAPTOR Program
3-4 live birds, artifacts and taxidermy
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12:50pm
Craig Nikitas, Bay Raptor Rescue
Rescue of Predatory Birds in Distress
1:25pm
David Schmidt, author
San Francisco Bay, An Environmental History
2pm
Deborah Crooks, musician
About Flight Lessons: a Folk Opera About Falcons and People
2:30pm
Student STEAM Challenge Awards Ceremony
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3:00pm
Jillian Jorgenson, Wildlife Husbandry Coordinator, Lindsay Wildlife Museum
Lindsay Wildlife Experience: A Wild Legacy: Exploring the Lindsay Wildlife Hospital's Past and Present
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