Festival Sponsors |
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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
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2009 Festival at a Glance
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Downloadable 2009 Program Guide or for an
Abbreviated 2009 Program Guide:
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Friday, February 6th 2009
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)
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| 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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