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SAN FRANCISCO BAY OSPREY DAYS
Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve – Vallejo
Audubon Society field guide led outings, boat trips ($35 per
person), science presentations, slide shows, “fish food” for lunch
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, SATURDAY JUNE 27 AND SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2015
HOSTED BY THE BAY AREA OSPREY COALITION, MARE ISLAND HERITAGE TRUST, GOLDEN
GATE RAPTOR OBSERVATORY, GOLDEN GATE AUDUBON SOCIETY
SPONSORED BY
D OLPHIN CHARTERS
D ONATIONS AND SPONSORS WELCOME
INFO: 707-249-9633
MAREISLANDPRESERVE.ORG
Photos: Doris Sharrock, north Mare Island nest, Hwy 37 @ Walnut Ave 2015
SEE OSPREY NESTS UP CLOSE ON BOAT CRUISES, JOIN GUIDED OSPREY
WATCHING HIKES AND DRIVING TOURS, PARTICIPATE IN CITIZEN SCIENCE
GATHERINGS, VIEW SLIDE SHOWS, AND ENJOY FISH TACOS [OSPREYS EAT
FISH] . . . AND MUSIC.
Join together with members of the San
Francisco Bay Osprey Coalition including
Golden Gate Raptor Observatory volunteers
leading the Baywide nest site monitoring
and protection effort and local Audubon
Society field trip leaders and many other
local guides in an exciting gathering to
celebrate and learn about the growing
curious phenomenon of osprey nesting in
San Francisco Bay.
Friday, June 26 9:45am-11:30am
Guided Osprey Viewing Hike in the
Mare Island Preserve
Repeats in the Mare Island Preserve Friday,
4:00pm-5:30pm, Saturday, 9:45am-11:30am and
4:00pm-5:30pm and Sunday, 10:00am-11:15am and
1:30pm-3:30pm
Join Birding Field Guides Buz McKindsey and
Michele Troughton for a guided osprey watching
walk in the Mare Island Preserve to view osprey and
great blue heron nests. Bring binoculars, scopes,
cameras (will you share or bring an extra pair?) and
hike gear-hats, sunscreen, water for 2-mile roundtrip
walk on paved trail. Meet at the Mare Island
Preserve visitor center 167 O’Hara Ct. at Railroad Ave.
southern end of Mare Island in Vallejo, CA 94592
Friday, June 26, 11:30am-12noon
Digital slide show of Bay Area ospreys
Kick-off the lunchtime 12noon presentation at the
Mare Island Preserve visitors center with an all
osprey slide show. Two good food spots on Mare
Island to pick up lunch on Friday: Anchor Cafe just
inside the VA Clinic, Walnut Ave and Kansas
St. and Mare Island Golf Course, Club, right
turn off Azuar Dr. just beyond traffic circle.
Friday, June 26 12noon-1:15pm
Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve Visitor
Center: All About Osprey
Presenter:: Diane Rooney, self-described
“total ospreyholic!”
Repeats Sunday, 11:30am-1:00pm
Diane has been studying and learning about
everything osprey and visiting osprey nest sites for
4 years. Diane presents an overview of her own
comprehensive knowledge of osprey life from
Maine to California and beyond.
Photo: Rosemar y Rawcliffe
north Mare Island nest Hwy 37 @ Walnut Ave 2015
Friday June 26 1:30pm-3:30pm
Driving Tour of Mare Island Osprey Nests
Repeats Saturday, June 27 5:00pm-7:00pm with Robin
Leong and Sunday, June 28, 2:00pm-4:00pm with Tony
Brake
Robin Leong, Napa-Solano Audubon Society, guides a
driving and scope viewing tour of the Mare Island osprey
nests on former shipyard cranes, buildingways, light
poles and even palm trees! Learn about longtime island
nesting Great Blue Herons and the newcomer osprey.
Meet at the Mare Island Preserve visitor center 167
O’Hara Ct. @ Railroad Ave, Mare Island to form carpools.
Friday, June 26 4:00pm-5:30pm
Guided Osprey Viewing Hike in the
Mare Island Heritage Preserve
Repeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am, Saturday,
4:00-5:30pm and Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and
1:30pm-3:30pm
Join volunteer Preserve Manager Myrna Hayes on a guided
osprey watching walk in the Mare Island Preserve to view
osprey on nests and fledging in the sky above. Bring
binoculars, scopes, cameras (will you share or bring an extra
pair?) and hike gear-hats, sunscreen, water for .5 to 1-mile
walk on paved trail. Meet at the Mare Island Preserve visitor
center 167 O’Hara Ct. @ Railroad Ave. Mare Island
Come aboard Dolphin Charters for a 2-hour boat cruise in the Mare Island
Strait getting up close to osprey nests, checking for the peregrine pair under
the Napa River bridge and learning some Mare Island history with Tony Brake,
volunteer Bay Area nesting osprey monitoring coordinator, Golden Gate
Raptor Observatory and Myrna Hayes, Mare Island Heritage Trust. $35 per
person. Space limited. Leaves from Vallejo Marina. Call 510-527-9622 or
1-800-472-9942 or visit: www.dolphincharters.com to register.
Saturday, June 27 9:45am-11:30am
Guided Osprey Watching Walk in the Mare Island Preserve
Repeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am and Saturday 4:00pm-5:30pm
and Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and1:30pm-3:30pm
Birding Field Guide Michele Troughton
leads a guided osprey watching walk in the
Mare Island Preserve to view osprey nests.
Bring binoculars, scopes, cameras (will you
share or bring an extra pair?) and hike
gear-hats, sunscreen, water for .5 to 1-mile
walk on paved trail. Meet at the Mare Island
Preserve visitor center.
Saturday, June 27, 11:30am - 12noon
Digital slide show of Bay Area ospreys
Kick-off the lunchtime 12noon presentation
at the Mare Island Preserve visitors center
with an all osprey slide show. Bring your
lunch or purchase our "fish food–fish
tacos”, hot dogs and sausage on a stick,
cold drinks and coffee/tea.
Saturday, June 27 12noon-1:30pm
Nesting Osprey on San Francisco Bay
Lunchtime presentations repeat Friday, June
26 and Sunday, June 28 11:30am-1:00pm
with Diane Rooney
Tony Brake , Osprey nest monitor for the Golden
Gate Raptor Observatory, reports on ospreys in
the Bay and discusses progress and next steps
in monitoring and protecting nest sites and
what you can do to participate as a citizen
scientist in the project.
M A R E I S L A N D S H O R E L I N E H E R I TA G E P R E S E R V E
Saturday, June 27 2:00pm-4:00pm
Guided Driving Tour of Mare Island Osprey Nest Sites
Repeats Friday 1:30:pm-3:30pm and Saturday,
5:00pm-7:00pm with Robin Leong, Napa Solano
Audubon Society
Tony Brake, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory volunteer Bay
Osprey Project Coordinator, guides a driving and scope
viewing tour of the Mare Island osprey nests on former
shipyard cranes, buildingways, light poles and even palm
trees! Meet at the Mare Island Preserve visitor center 167
O’Hara Ct. @ Railroad Ave, Mare Island to form carpools.
Saturday, June 27 4:00pm-5:30pm
Guided Osprey Watching Walk in the
Mare Island Preserve
Repeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am and Friday
4:00pm-5:30pm and Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and
1:30pm-3:30pm
Volunteer Mare Island Preserve Manager Myrna Hayes leads
a guided osprey watching walk in the Mare Island Preserve
to view osprey nests.
See 9:45am description for meeting location.
Saturday, June 27 6:00pm-9:00pm
A Toast: to Osprey on San Francisco Bay
Mare Island Preserve Visitor Center
Gather at the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve visitor center
for a summer evening of wine and fondue shared with fellow osprey
enthusiasts. Digital image show, music and visits around a campfire
making s'mores as osprey soar and call overhead (hopefully!)
W W W. M A R E I S L A N D P R E S E R V E . O R G
707-249-9633
Photo: Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront Historic Park visitor center, Richmond CA
Repeats Sunday morning 9:00am-11:00am and
Sunday afternoon 1:30pm-3:30pm
Photo: Doris Sharrock, north Mare Island nest, Hwy 37 @ Walnut Ave 2015
Saturday, June 27, 9:00am departure (arrive 8:45am)-11:00am
Cruise the Napa River on the Lookout for Osprey: fishing, nests up close, nestlings and fledglings
Sunday, June 28, 9:00am departure (arrive 8:45am)-11:00am
Cruise the Napa River on the Lookout for Osprey: fishing, nests up close, nestlings and fledglings
Repeats Saturday morning 9:00am-11:00am and Sunday afternoon 1:30pm-3:30pm
Come aboard Dolphin Charters for a 2-hour boat cruise in the Mare Island Strait getting up close to
osprey nests, checking for the peregrine pair under the Napa River bridge and learning some Mare
Island history with Tony Brake, volunteer Bay Area nesting osprey monitoring coordinator, Golden Gate
Raptor Observatory and Myrna Hayes, Mare Island Heritage Trust. $35 per person. Space limited.
Leaves from Vallejo Marina. Call 510-527-9622 or 1-800-472-9942 or visit:
www.dolphincharters.com to register.
Sunday, June 28, 10:00am-11:15am
Guided Osprey Viewing Hike in the Mare Island Preserve
Repeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am, Saturday, 4:00-5:30pm and Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and 1:30pm-3:30pm
Hike Leaders: Marcia Grefsrud, volunteer osprey monitor and Michelle Eliker, Owner,
The Unconventional Garden in downtown Vallejo
Michelle is a gracious and knowledgeable birding and nature enthusiast. Sounds like a special morning! Marcia is
a keen field scientist and she has been immersed in viewing and issues related to best management of our osprey
for several years. Meet these informative citizen scientists at the Preserve visitor center a little before the
departure time. Bring binoculars, scopes, cameras (will you share or bring an extra pair?) and hike gear-hats,
sunscreen, water for .5 to 1-mile walk on paved trail. Meet at the Mare Island Preserve visitor center.
Sunday, June 28, 11:00am-11:30am
Digital slide show of Bay Area ospreys
Kick-off the lunchtime 11:30am presentation at the Mare
Island Preserve visitors center with an all osprey slide show.
Bring your lunch or purchase our "fish food–fish tacos”, hot
dogs and sausage on a stick, cold drinks and coffee/tea.
Sunday, June 28, 1:30pm-3:30pm
Cruise the Napa River on the Lookout
for Osprey: fishing, nests up close,
nestlings and fledglings
Repeats Saturday morning 9:00am-11:00am and
Sunday morning, 9:00am-11:00am
See 9:00am description above.
Sunday, June 28 11:30am-1:00pm
All About Osprey
Sunday, June 28 1:30pm-3:30pm
Presenter:: Diane Rooney, self-described “total ospreyholic!” Guided Osprey Viewing Hike in the
Mare Island Preserve
Repeats Friday, 12noon-1:15pm
Diane has been studying and learning about everything
osprey and visiting osprey nest sites for 4 years. While
compiling nesting data and networking with other
volunteers, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory volunteer
Baywide osprey nesting monitors Tony Brake and Harvey
Wilson made some pretty interesting discoveries leading to
a report on their findings about ospreys in the Bay that was
published Fall 2014. Diane presents an overview of this work
and her own comprehensive knowledge of osprey life from
Maine to California and beyond. Learn what you can do to
help out with monitoring nest sites.
Repeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am and
4:00pm-5:30pm, Saturday 9:45am-11:30am and
4:00pm-5:30pm and Sunday, 10:00am-11:15am
Join Marcia Grefsrud and Pamela Llewellyn
for a guided osprey watching walk in the Mare
Island Preserve to view osprey on nests, fledging
and in the sky above. Bring binoculars, scopes,
cameras (will you share or bring an extra pair?) and
hike gear-hats, sunscreen, water for .5 to 1-mile
walk on paved trail. Meet at the Mare Island
Preserve visitor center.
Photo: Doris Sharrock, north Mare Island nest, Hwy 37 @ Walnut Ave 2015