Public Eye
Most Chavez Park Conservancy work is done in the everyday world, far from the spotlights. In the past couple of
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Author: Marty Nicolaus
Winter Warbler
About half a dozen of these birds fed on the fennel seeds in the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary, joining the list
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Grebes Sound Off
Three Clark’s Grebes were active on the North Basin Cove, and it looked like one of them was a youngster.
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Pelican Pop-up
As if on a signal, dozens of Brown Pelicans descended out of a blue sky onto the waters of the
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Osprey Scores
I heard a loud splash, looked, saw a large bird taking off from the water, thought it was a pelican
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Bufflehead Here
Two flocks of Bufflehead ducks, each more than a dozen strong, appeared this morning on the North Basin, easily visible
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White-crowned Adult
Last week I posted a photo of a juvenile White-crowned Sparrow on the north side rocks. Just a few days
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A Cormorant Gang
Technically, a flock of cormorants is called a “gulp.” That must refer to what happens when one of these marauders
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First Ruddy of Season
It was none other than Aristotle who warned that one swallow does not a summer make. Likewise, one Ruddy Duck
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No Sanctuary
The decorative fence that marks the intended Burrowing Owl Sanctuary on the northeast corner of the park proved ineffective once
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