"Birds and people will be flocking to Mare Island and the surrounding area this weekend to enjoy the 16th annual San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival.  The three-day event celebrates the return of more than one million shorebirds and hundreds of thousands of ducks, geese and hawks which migrate through or winter in the Bay Area. In addition to exhibitions, presentations and movies, there will be more than 50 regional outings, including a walk in the new Napa-Sonoma Marshland Wildlife Area led by biologists. “In 16 years Fish and Game has never led a walk — this shows their commitment (to the festival),” said event coordinator Myrna Hayes. Hayes has been involved with the event from its beginnings in the mid-1990s.  The Flyway Festival is focused on beginning and intermediate bird watchers. Napa resident Cheryl Harris, outreach chairman for Napa-Solano Audubon Society, said people will be able to see the recently opened new trails in American Canyon and on Mare Island.  “It’s an opportunity to see nature close by, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to learn about birds in our own backyard,” Harris said." - Anne Bouey from Bookmarklet

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