Better Late?
I saw these birds on the Schoolhouse Creek delta more than a month ago, and I have no good excuse
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Birds
I Am a Feather
I am a featherDropped by the bird of lifeOnce I beat the airOn her downstrokeLet it slip past meOn the
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Hungry Birds
Little fish must have been running in the North Basin this morning. Three kinds of fish-eaters were busy foraging: Brown
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Local Bird
Nine in the morning isn’t exactly night time, but this Night Heron was out and about anyway, perched in full
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Female First
I saw the female first. That was on August 29. I was excited to see her. And that was sad.
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Open Letter to Audubon’s Glenn Phillips
Dear Mr. Phillips: You became Executive Director of the Golden Gate Audubon Society in March last year, after 30 years
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Banded Hunter With Friend and Paperwork
Photographer and model glider pilot Gérard Menut captured these images a year ago. He first saw both birds on Sept.
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Does Art Trump Owls?
Is the ego of artists more important than the lives of Burrowing Owls? That question will come before the Parks,
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Fifteen White Pelicans
American White Pelicans, rarely seen here in past years, have become almost constant visitors late this summer. One day I
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Save the Owls!
The Burrowing Owls in the park, when they come, deserve the best protection we can offer. The current fence around
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Osprey With Prey
This fine photo of an Osprey carrying a fish is the work of avid naturalist and photographer Shiyang (Edwin) Wu,
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Birds are Back
On Thursday last week I saw a number of birds, including some that I hadn’t seen all summer. I’ve been
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Farallon Visitor
Thursday morning before 8 am I saw a bonanza of birds on the south edge of the North Basin: Black
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Welcome New Subscribers
If you’ve just signed up to chavezpark.org, welcome! This website is devoted to Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. Its main
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Summer Birds
Many birds stay busy in the far North during the summer months, mating, breeding, brooding, and feeding fledglings in habitats
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Morning Birds
Photographer Susan Black got to the park early and was rewarded with these images of three of the bigger birds:
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Gull Nest Update
The bigger gull chick in the faraway nest looks to be doing well. Its mom’s disability — she is missing
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Pelicans, Pelicans
Photographer Susan Black took these beautiful pelican images in the morning of June 29. This was one of the occasions
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Determined
This pair of Savannah Sparrows seemed determined to start a family despite the late season and the inadequate habitat. This
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Gull Parents
Watching these birds at work with their hatchlings replaces my image of gulls as voracious thieves with a rosier image
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Mom on One Foot
At the western end of the same breakwater where I filmed a gull nest (“Gull Babies,” Jun 19 2022) there
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Pelican Pileup
Distressing news reports from Southern California speak of pelicans suffering starvation there, due to disappearing fish schools in waters warmed
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