Docent Walks

Friends of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve sponsors free monthly guided walks focusing on the beauty and natural diversity of the Ranch. Forest Loop and Bluff trail walks, led by experienced docents, feature an opportunity to view and understand the rich and complex ecosystems of plants and animals that inhabit the Ranch. In addition to the Forest Loop and Bluff Trail walks, docents offer special interest walks that follow the seasonal and migratory changes that occur on the Ranch. Topics for the special interest walks include geology, birds, butterflies, wildflowers, and native cultures.

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Docent Walks start at one of the entrances listed above. Street parking is available at all entrances. Please do not block our neighbor's driveways or mailboxes.


Docent & Single Topic Walks

Oct 12
10am - 12:30 pm
Docent - Wild Places in the Fiscalini Ranch Forest - Food for Your Soul!

Why do we feel better when we stroll by our rich understory plants and the trees that protect them? Why is the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve forest "food for the soul"?

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Oct 26
10am - 12:30 pm
Docent - A Wet Walk in the Santa Rosa Creek

Explore fascinating riparian flora and fauna!

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Nov 9
10am - 12:30 pm
Docent - Monarchs & Mushrooms - Are They Here Yet?

Learn how to live life on the "skinny branches" while enjoying soaring squirrels, migrating monarchs, and magnificent mushrooms in the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve forest!

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Nov 24
10am - 1 pm
Docent - Exploring the Wild Riches of the Fiscalini Ranch Preserve - Bird Walk (Sunday)

The emphasis will be on bird life in various habitats: coastal meadows, rocky shore, surf zone and distant ocean. We’ll be looking for migrating land and seabirds as well as local residents like pelicans, scoters, terns and, if lucky, shearwaters rafting in huge numbers!

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Dec 21
10am - 12:30 pm
Docent - Signs of the Season: A Holiday Walk in the Woods

Holly berries? Reindeer? Elf on the oak? What might we find as we celebrate the holiday in the forest?

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