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2026 EVENT SCHEDULE

Announcing our FEATURED SPEAKERS​ and EXPERT-LED WALKS
for this
 FREE EVENT celebrating the Pacific Flyway in the Bay Area.
Click below to find out more and to register for hikes!

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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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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2026

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