The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park are pleased to welcome back Craig Nikitas, who will present a Zoom lecture entitled “Keep ‘Em Flying — Helping Raptors in the Human Environment” on Saturday, October 19^th at 7 pm.  The presentation provides an overview of 9 years of raptor rescue work, focusing on common issues necessitating intervention, and accounts of rescues that describe local species and techniques to help them.

About the speaker: Craig Nikitas, a retired urban planner, has been a wildlife volunteer working with raptors for over fifty years. His career has included caring for captive animals at the Randall Museum, Steinhart Aquarium, and the San Francisco Zoo, tending birds in rehab at WildCare, trapping and banding migratory and dispersive birds of prey for 30 years with the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, and presenting talks on the natural history of corvids, diurnal raptors, and owls at schools, colleges, universities, local naturalist groups, park associations, the Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival, and to professional staff at the Lindsay Wildlife Experience, CuriOdyssey, and the S F and Oakland Zoos.

In 2015, Craig founded Bay Raptor Rescue to provide a free service to aid predatory birds in distress.  Their work is done under permit from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Cal Department of Fish and Wildlife.  BRR’s work comprises trapping free-flighted birds in buildings, netting birds grounded by illness or injury, and transporting those who need veterinary care to local rehabilitation facilities.

“When a raptor’s in trouble, we’re there on the double.”

To participate in this Webinar, please register in advance using the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ATTbaW-tSZiMSDXI-QyJlQ

Just enter your name and email address to register.  You will then get a confirmation email with further instructions, as well as reminder emails at one week, one day and one hour to prior the Webinar.