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Virtual Tip Top Run and Ride for Raptors
Annual Tip Top Run Renamed to Benefit Raptor Ridge on Cannon Road; Will Be Week Long Event
The annual Tip Top Run, a virtual event for 2021, has been renamed the Tip Top Run and Ride for Raptors to benefit the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation’s (AHLF) expansion of their educational program to include the new Raptor Ridge on Cannon Road. The event, presented by Poseidon Resources Channelside, a Poseidon Water Company, will be held from Saturday, March 13 to Friday, March 19.
AHLF serves the community by providing environmental education, conservation and access to the lagoon and the surrounding trails. Their esteemed Academy of Environmental Stewardship
educational curriculum has featured The Raptor Institute’s highly regarded, in-person, outreach program for the last nine years.
Due to the recent changes and restrictions in the delivery of education, The Raptor Institute is unable to continue its mission. The Institute began looking for a partner to give their birds of prey a home and take over their programming. The Discovery Center will now be home to the Raptor Ridge on Cannon Road with help from the proceeds of the Tip Top Run and Ride.
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By bringing four raptors, a Peregrine Falcon, a Great Horned Owl, an American Kestrel and a Western Screech Owl, onsite to the Discovery Center, AHLF plans to provide a new concentrated form of education around these magnificent birds of prey.
Participants in the Tip Top Run and Ride for Raptors can run or bike along four soaring and scenic routes of different lengths around the Agua Hedionda Lagoon or choose a path of their own. There will be spots along each of the routes where photos can be taken and submitted to the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation at info@aguahedionda.org. Run or bike on your own time at your own pace.
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Participants will receive a hat, complimentary meal coupon from Tip Top Meats, the namesake of the run (valid March 13 through March 20 only), and the participant’s name will be inscribed on a commemorative plaque at the Raptor Ridge exhibit. Items may be picked up at the Discovery Center, 1580 Cannon Road, Carlsbad.
Registration is $20.21 for all ages. Learn more about the Tip Top Run and Ride at www.aguahedionda.org/tip-top-run-ride or call 760-804-1969.