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Raptor Fest at Rancho San Vicente, 11/4/23 by Ronald Horii
On 11/4/23, there was an event at Rancho San Vicente (part of Calero County Park). It was organized by the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), in partnership with the Santa Clara County Parks. https://openspacetrust.org/event/raptor-fest-at-rancho-san-vicente/. Here is POST's description of it: "Join POST and Santa Clara County Parks for an educational experience like no other: Raptor Fest! This incredible event will highlight very important species of raptors who play an integral role in the health of our ecosystems!
This free educational event will feature presentations and a chance to visit local wildlife and conservation nonprofits or groups who work to protect vital species in the Bay Area. The event will be hosted at Rancho San Vicente, a newer addition to Calero County Park that was protected by POST and is rapidly becoming a destination to view a variety of raptors. This is a unique opportunity to see and learn about birds of prey and the importance of conservation in our communities. Presentations will include Master Falconer Kenny Elvin of Full Circle Falconry (https://www.facebook.com/FullCircleFalconry/). Kenny Elvin will be providing a 45-minute falconry presentation several times during the event. Kenny will share about the history of falconry as well as the biology and habits of raptors. The presentation may involve a flight demonstration, depending on conditions. A representative of Santa Clara County Parks will open the falconry presentation by sharing their efforts to protect raptors throughout the park system.
The event will also include tables from our partners at Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley (https://wcsv.org/), Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (https://scvas.org/), and UCSC's Predatory Bird Research Group (https://pbrg.pbsci.ucsc.edu/)." The event ran from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. There were 2 falconry presentations. The first ran from 10:00-11:15. The second ran from 12:30-1:45. They were not exactly the same. Links: Calero County Park/Rancho San Vicente: https://parks.sccgov.org/santa-clara-county-parks/calero-county-park. Here are my pictures of Calero/Rancho San Vicente, which include past Raptor Fests: http://www.rhorii.com/#Calero-RanchoSanVicente. POST purchased Rancho San Vicente in June of 2009. Here are pictures from the first public hike they gave there: http://www.stpfriends.org/SanVicente/Hike.html. They sold it to the County Parks later in 2009. I helped to lead the first County Parks public hike there in 2010: http://www.stpfriends.org/RSV_04-17-10/Hike.html.
On 11/4/23, there was an event at Rancho San Vicente (part of Calero County Park). It was organized by the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST), in partnership with the Santa Clara County Parks. https://openspacetrust.org/event/raptor-fest-at-rancho-san-vicente/. Here is POST's description of it: "Join POST and Santa Clara County Parks for an educational experience like no other: Raptor Fest! This incredible event will highlight very important species of raptors who play an integral role in the health of our ecosystems!
This free educational event will feature presentations and a chance to visit local wildlife and conservation nonprofits or groups who work to protect vital species in the Bay Area. The event will be hosted at Rancho San Vicente, a newer addition to Calero County Park that was protected by POST and is rapidly becoming a destination to view a variety of raptors. This is a unique opportunity to see and learn about birds of prey and the importance of conservation in our communities. Presentations will include Master Falconer Kenny Elvin of Full Circle Falconry (https://www.facebook.com/FullCircleFalconry/). Kenny Elvin will be providing a 45-minute falconry presentation several times during the event. Kenny will share about the history of falconry as well as the biology and habits of raptors. The presentation may involve a flight demonstration, depending on conditions. A representative of Santa Clara County Parks will open the falconry presentation by sharing their efforts to protect raptors throughout the park system.
The event will also include tables from our partners at Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley (https://wcsv.org/), Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society (https://scvas.org/), and UCSC's Predatory Bird Research Group (https://pbrg.pbsci.ucsc.edu/)." The event ran from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. There were 2 falconry presentations. The first ran from 10:00-11:15. The second ran from 12:30-1:45. They were not exactly the same. Links: Calero County Park/Rancho San Vicente: https://parks.sccgov.org/santa-clara-county-parks/calero-county-park. Here are my pictures of Calero/Rancho San Vicente, which include past Raptor Fests: http://www.rhorii.com/#Calero-RanchoSanVicente. POST purchased Rancho San Vicente in June of 2009. Here are pictures from the first public hike they gave there: http://www.stpfriends.org/SanVicente/Hike.html. They sold it to the County Parks later in 2009. I helped to lead the first County Parks public hike there in 2010: http://www.stpfriends.org/RSV_04-17-10/Hike.html.
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