3RD ANNUAL

SAN FRANCISCO BAY OSPREY DAYS

Photos: Doris Sharrock, north Mare Island nest, Hwy 37 @ Walnut Ave 2015

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(boat trips–2 hrs

$35 per person)

Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve – VallejoAudubon 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 DOLPHIN CHARTERS INFO: 707-249-9633MAREISLANDPRESERVE.ORG

DONATIONS AND SPONSORS WELCOME

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-11:30amGuided 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-3:30pmJoin 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-12noonDigital 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 1:30pm-3:30pmDriving Tour of Mare Island Osprey NestsRepeats Saturday, June 27 5:00pm-7:00pm with Robin Leong and Sunday, June 28, 2:00pm-4:00pm with Tony BrakeRobin 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-5:30pmGuided 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-3:30pmJoin 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

Photo: Rosemary Rawclif fe north Mare Island nest Hwy 37 @ Walnut Ave 2015

Friday, June 26 12noon-1:15pmMare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve Visitor Center: All About Osprey Presenter:: Diane Rooney, self-described “total ospreyholic!” Repeats Sunday, 11:30am-1:00pmDiane 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.

MARE ISLAND SHORELINE HERITAGE PRESERVE WWW.MAREISLANDPRESERVE.ORG 707-249-9633

Saturday, June 27 12noon-1:30pm Nesting Osprey on San Francisco BayLunchtime presentations repeat Friday, June 26 and Sunday, June 28 11:30am-1:00pm with Diane RooneyTony 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.

Saturday, June 27 2:00pm-4:00pmGuided Driving Tour of Mare Island Osprey Nest SitesRepeats 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-5:30pmGuided Osprey Watching Walk in the Mare Island PreserveRepeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am and Friday 4:00pm-5:30pm and Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and 1:30pm-3:30pmVolunteer 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, 11:30am - 12noonDigital slide show of Bay Area ospreys

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

Repeats Sunday 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.

Saturday, June 27 6:00pm-9:00pm A Toast: to Osprey on San Francisco BayMare 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!)

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.

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. P

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Repeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am and Saturday 4:00pm-5:30pm and Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and1:30pm-3:30pm

Saturday, June 27 9:45am-11:30amGuided Osprey Watching Walk in the Mare Island Preserve

Photo: Doris Sharrock, north Mare Island nest, Hwy 37 @ Walnut Ave 2015

Sunday, June 28 11:30am-1:00pm All About Osprey Presenter:: Diane Rooney, self-described “total ospreyholic!” Repeats Friday, 12noon-1:15pmDiane 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.

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-3:30pmCruise the Napa River on the Lookout for Osprey: fishing, nests up close, nestlings and fledglingsRepeats Saturday morning 9:00am-11:00am and Sunday morning, 9:00am-11:00am See 9:00am description above.

Sunday, June 28 1:30pm-3:30pm Guided Osprey Viewing Hike in the Mare Island Preserve

Sunday, June 28, 10:00am-11:15am Guided Osprey Viewing Hike in the Mare Island PreserveRepeats Friday 9:45am-11:45am, Saturday, 4:00-5:30pm and Sunday 10:00am-11:15am and 1:30pm-3:30pmHike Leaders: Marcia Grefsrud, volunteer osprey monitor and Michelle Eliker, Owner, The Unconventional Garden in downtown VallejoMichelle 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.

Join Marcia Grefsrud and Pamela Llewellynfor 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.

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

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 fledglingsRepeats 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.