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February 6th - 8th, 2009
Festival Sponsors

2009 Sponsors

Festival Host ($5,500+)
Weston Solutions, Inc.
 
Festival Partner
($4,500+)

Major Sponsors
($2,000 - $4,499)

CH2M HILL
City of Vallejo (IK)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Festival Sponsors
($1,000-$1,999)

California Coastal Conservancy
Saintsbury Winery (IK)

Swarovski Optik of North America
US Fish & Wildlife Service, Coastal Program
US Fish & Wildlife Service, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Festival Friends
($500-$999)

Apollo Internet (IK)
Crockett Cogeneration
Napa River Adventures (IK)
Valero Refining Co. - Benicia Refinery
Vallejo Convention & Visitors Bureau (IK)
Vallejo Garbage Service
Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District

Festival Donors
($125-$499)

Audubon California
Bear Basin Outfitters
Benicia Plein Air Group (aka “DaGroup”) (IK)
California Native Plant Society
Chateau St. Jean
Citizen’s Committee to Complete the Refuge
Cornell Lab of Ornithology (IK)
Down Window Press (IK)
Friends of the Esteros
Robin Leong
Madrone Audubon Society
Marin Audubon Society
Mt. Diablo Audubon Society
Napa-Solano Audubon Society
Nature Sounds Society
Reyes Paintings (IK)
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
Save San Pablo Baylands (IK)
Sierra Club-Napa Group
Sierra Club-Solano Group
VALCORE Recycling, Inc.
Walnut Creek Open Space Foundation

2009 Festival at a Glance

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Friday, February 6th 2009

8:00am - 10:00am Ducks, Shorebirds, and Raptors of American Canyon Wetlands
9:00am - 10:45am Morning Boat Tour of Napa’s New Marsh
9:00am – 10:30am Tour Sustainable Demonstration Vineyard in the Carneros Napa County
9:00am – 1:00pm Hudeman Slough Wetland Walk
9:30am – 12noon Shollenberger Park Wetlands Tour, Petaluma
10:00am – 3:00pm Come Aboard the former USS LCS(L) 102 Mighty Midget Restored WWII Landing Craft Support Gunboat, (Expo)
11:00am - 12:45pm Morning Boat Tour of Napa’s New Marsh
12:45pm – 3:30pm Mare Island Historic Southshore Walk
1:00pm – 2:45pm Afternoon Boat Tour of Napa’s New Marsh
1:45pm – 5:00pm Mare Island Birding Hot Spots Tour
2:00pm – 3:00pm Suisun Wildlife Center Tour
5:30pm – 7:00pm Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops Fine Art Exhibit Opening Reception, (Expo)
7:15pm Stephen Ingraham Reads “The Kingfisher”, (Expo)
7:45pm – 9:00pm Brian Murphy's Tribute to Bob Wisecarver, (Expo)

Saturday, February 7th 2009

5:30am – 6:45am A Railing We Will Go! Birding Tour, Benicia
8:00am - 9:45am Morning Boat Tour of Napa’s New Marsh
8:30am – 11:00am Birding American Canyon from Wetlands to the Quarry
8:45am – 12noon Rush Creek, Cemetery Marsh and Bahia
9:00am - 10:45am Discover Mare Island’s Historic Naval Ammunition Depot by Van Tour, (Expo)
9:00am - 11:00am Raptors and Other Birds of Suisun Marsh
9:00am - 11:30am Hike Mare Island Historic Shipyard, Alden Park and Officer’s Row (Expo)
9:00am - 4:00pm American Volkssport Association Sanctioned 5k and 10k Volkswalk (Expo)
9:00am – 4:00pm Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops Fine Art Exhibit, North Bay Regional Wetlands and Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve Plein Air Paintout Show (Expo)
9:00am – 4:00pm Nature Art, Learning and Crafts for Kids (Expo)
9:30am - 11:30am Sonoma Baylands Tidal Wetland Walk
9:30am – 12noon Shollenberger Park Wetlands Tour, Petaluma
9:30am - 3:00pm Flyway Festival Self-Guided Refuge Walk Hosted by Weston Solutions, Inc. and Napa-Solano Audubon Society (Expo)
10:00am – 11:00am Walking Tour of Historic Mare Island Naval Shipyard, (Expo)
10:00am - 11:30am Walk to the Top of the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve (Expo)
10:00am – 11:45am Morning Boat Tour of Napa’s New Marsh
10:00am – 12noon Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge Docent Tour
10:00am - 3:00pm Come Aboard the former USS LCS(L) 102 Mighty Midget Restored WWII Landing Craft Support Gunboat (Expo)
10:00am - 3:00pm Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve Self-guided Walk
10:00am - 3:00pm Tour of St. Peter’s Chapel and the Mare Island Museum, (Expo)
10:00am - 4:00pm Endangered Lange’s Metalmark Butterflies Need Your Help!
11:00am - 11:30am Getting GREAT Digiscope Images, (Expo)
11:00am - 1:00 pm Outdoor Painting Demonstration with Benicia Plein Air Group Member Iris Sabre, (Expo)
11:15am - 1:00pm Discover Mare Island’s Historic Naval Ammunition Depot by Van Tour, (Expo)
11:30am - 12:30pm Native Bird Connections Raptor Show “The Wonder of Raptors” Wildbird Show Sponsored by Swarovski Optik, (Expo)
12noon – 1:00pm Take Your Picture with the National Wildlife Refuge Blue Goose Mascot, (Expo)
12noon – 1:45pm Afternoon Boat Tour of Napa’s New Marsh
12noon – 2:30pm Pond 1/Cullinan Ranch Ecology of the North Bay Walk
12noon – 3:00pm Hudeman Slough Wetland Walk
12:30pm - 1:00pm Cruising With Peregrine and Osprey on the Eastern Flyway, (Expo)
12:45pm - 3:30pm Discover the Back Country and Bay of Mare Island (Expo)
1:00pm - 2:00pm California Soundscapes, (Expo)
1:00pm – 2:15pm Beginning Birding for Families, (Expo)
1:00pm – 3:00pm Delve Deep into the History of the Mare Island Naval Cemetery
Docent-led Tour
1:00pm – 3:30pm Sears Point Cougar Mountain Hike
1:30pm – 3:00pm Bird Migration
1:45pm - 3:30pm Discover Mare Island's Historical Naval Ammunition Depot by Van Tour (Expo)
2:00pm – 2:30pm Suisun Wildlife Center Slide Show and Live Wildlife Visit, (Expo)
2:00pm – 3:00pm “Salty’s Search for a Habitat” Puppet Show and Sing Mucky Fun Music, (Expo)
2:00pm - 4:00pm Guadalcanal Village Wetland Restoration Marsh Shorebird Observation
2:30pm - 3:30pm Digiscoping 101: Everything You Absolutely Have to Know About Digiscoping (taking images through a spotting scope with a digital camera), (Expo)
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Hudeman Slough Wetland Walk

5:00pm - 6:00pm Sunset Vista Visit to Building 505 (Expo)
7:00pm - 11:00pm Mare Island Nocturne - Introductory Night Photography Workshop
Pre-Registration by January 30th Required (Expo)

Sunday, February 8th 2009

7:45am – 8:45am Sunrise Boat Marsh Tour of Napa's New Marsh
9:00am – 12:30pm Hudeman Slough Wetland Walk
9:00am – 12:45pm Mare Island Historic Southshore Walk
9:00am – 1:00pm Outdoor Painting Demonstration with Benicia Plein Air Group Member Gregory Vasgerdsian, (Expo)
9:00am – 3:00pm Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops Fine Art Exhibit and North Bay Regional Wetlands and Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve Plein Air Paintout Show, (Expo)
9:00am - 3:00pm Nature Art, Learning and Crafts for Kids (Expo)
9:00am - 3:00pm American Volkssport Association Sanctioned 5k and 10k Volkswalk, (Expo)
9:30am - 11:15am Discover Mare Island’s Historic Naval Ammunition Depot by Van Tour, (Expo)
9:30am – 12noon Shollenberger Park Wetlands Tour
9:30am - 2:00pm Flyway Festival Self-Guided Refuge Walk Hosted by Weston Solutions, Inc. and Napa-Solano Audubon Society, (Expo)
10:00am – 11:00am Walking Tour of Historic Mare Island Naval Shipyard, (Expo)
10:00am - 11:30am Discover the Former Shipyard from Hilltop Art Tribute Perspective, (Expo)
10:00am – 12noon Tracking Through the Slough
10:00am – 1:00pm Bird Walk and Wetland Discussion at Cullinan Ranch
10:00am – 3:00pm Come Aboard the former USS LCS(L) 102 Mighty Midget Restored WWII Landing Craft Support Gunboat, (Expo)
10:00am – 3:00pm Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve Self-guided Walk
10:00am – 3:00pm Tour St. Peter’s Chapel and Mare Island Museum, (Expo)
10:30am - 12noon Let's Go Birding with Lisa Myers (Expo)
11:00am - 11:30am Getting GREAT Digiscope Images, (Expo)
11:30am - 12:30pm Native Bird Connections Raptor Show “The Wonder of Raptors” Wildbird Show Sponsored by Swarovski Optik, (Expo)
12noon – 1:00pm Take Your Picture with the National Wildlife Refuge Blue Goose Mascot, (Expo)
12:30pm – 1:30pm Tales from the Clinic: International Bird Rescue and Research Center Stories, (Expo)
12:30pm – 2:15pm Discover Mare Island’s Historic Naval Ammunition Depot by Van Tour, (Expo)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Beginning Birding for Families, (Expo)
1:00pm – 3:00pm Cullinan Ranch, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
1:30pm - 2:00pm Cruising With Peregrine and Osprey on the Eastern Flyway, (Expo)
2:00pm - 3:00pm California Soundscapes, (Expo)

 

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