EVENT SCHEDULE
COME TO THE EVENT! SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, FEB 1 & 2 FROM 10-4 AT BUILDING 34 ON MARE ISLAND.
PICK UP SOME LUNCH, CATCH A SPEAKER AND HEAD OUT ON ONE OF THE HIKES SCHEDULED IN THE AREA!

Saturday, February 1, 2025
HAPPENING AT BUILDING 34, MARE ISLAND
11 am Presentation: Oiled bird feather demo
Speaker: Linda Chambers, International Bird Rescue, birdrescue.org
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11:30 am Presentation:
Duck Stamp Drawing
California Waterfowl Association,
calwaterfowl.org
12 pm Presentation: New Pacific Flyway Center – before & after construction
Speaker: Veronica Cornett, pacificflywaycenter.org
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12:30 am Presentation: Conserving the Pacific Flyway
Speaker: Nathan Van Schmidt,
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, sfbbo.org
1 pm Presentation: Live Raptors
Speaker: Jenny Papka, Native Bird Connections
2 pm Presentation: The Burrowing Owl
Speaker: Jeff Miller, Center for Biological Diversity
3 pm Presentation: Taking Action to Support Monarch Butterfly Migration
Speaker: Carrie Strohl, schoolgardendoctor.org
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10 am – 4 pm at Napa Solano Audubon Table:
Hummingbird Feeder Activity for Kids
Led by: Carol Boykin, napasolanobirds.org
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HIKES / OFFSITE TRIPS
7 am : 2 hour hike
American Canyon Wetlands, led by Jeff Miller
2 Eucalyptus Drive, American Canyon
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9 am : 2 hour hike
Beginner’s Bird Walk
American Canyon Wetlands, led by Karina Garcia
2 Eucalyptus Drive, American Canyon
8 am – Sunset : Self guided hike
South End of Mare Island / Mare Island Preserve
167 O’Hara Ct, Mare Island
10 am – 3 pm : Self guided hike
Mare Island San Pablo Bay Trail
(with spotting scope stations)
10 am – 12 pm : 2 hour tour
Vallejo People’s Garden, led by Vilma Aquino and Suzanne Briley
1055 Azuar Avenue, Mare Island
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1ST HIKE: 7am : 2 hours
2ND HIKE: 9:30am : 2 hours
Dickson Ranch / Sears Point (Sonoma Land Trust),
led by Clay Anderson
REGISTRATION CLOSED
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THIS HIKE IS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
9:30 am – 1:30 pm : 4 hour hike
Skaggs Island, led by Mark Stephenson, Meg Marriott,
Murray Berner and Adrian Johnson
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Address sent to registered hikers
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9am – 11 am : 2 hours
Pacific Flyway Center Wetlands, led by Fred Werner
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Address sent to registered hikers
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12 pm – 1 pm : 1 hour tour
Mare Island Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Sites, led by Sarah McKibbin
St Peter's Chapel Park, 1181 Walnut Ave
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Sunday, February 2, 2025
HAPPENING AT BUILDING 34, MARE ISLAND
11 am Presentation: Oiled bird feather demo
Speaker: Linda Chambers, International Bird Rescue, birdrescue.org
Building 34, Mare Island
12 pm Presentation: Birds of the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin
Speaker: Rich Cimino, yellowbilledtours.com
1 pm Presentation: New Pacific Flyway Center – before & after construction
Speaker: Veronica Cornett, pacificflywaycenter.org
2 pm Presentation: Live Bat Program
Speaker: Corky Quirk, NorCal Bats
Building 34, Mare Island
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10 am – 4 pm at Napa Solano Audubon Table:
Hummingbird Feeder Activity for Kids
Led by: Carol Boykin, napasolanobirds.org
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1:30 pm Presentation: Life History of Birds
2 pm Craft: Pine Cone Bird Feeders
Speaker: Kathleen S. Farros-Hoeppner
Building 34, Mare Island
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3 pm Presentation: Birds of the Sacramento
Valley; California's Serengeti of the Skies
Speaker: Andrew Engilis, Jr
Building 34, Mare Island
HIKES & OFFSITE TRIPS
8 am – Sunset : Self guided hike
South End of Mare Island / Mare Island Preserve
167 O’Hara Ct, Mare Island
10 am – 3 pm : Self guided hike
Mare Island San Pablo Bay Trail
(with spotting scope stations)
10 am – 12 pm : 2 hour tour
Vallejo People’s Garden, led by Vilma Aquino and Suzanne Briley
1055 Azuar Avenue, Mare Island​
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THIS HIKE IS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
9:30 am – 1:30 pm : 4 hour hike
Skaggs Island, led by Mark Stephenson, Meg Marriott,
Murray Berner and Adrian Johnson
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Address sent to registered hikers
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9am – 11 am : 2 hours
Pacific Flyway Center Wetlands, led by Tom Harris
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Address sent to registered hikers
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THIS HIKE IS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
9 am : 2 hour hike
Beginner’s Bird Walk
American Canyon Wetlands, led by Karina Garcia
2 Eucalyptus Drive, American Canyon
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THIS HIKE IS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
8 am – 12 pm : 4 hour hike
Lynch Canyon Open Space Park, led by Andrew Ford
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3 pm – 4 pm : 1 hour tour
Mare Island Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Sites, led by Sarah McKibbin
St Peter's Chapel Park, 1181 Walnut Ave
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