Owls’ First Month
December 2 is the first monthiversary of the two Burrowing Owls now in Cesar Chavez Park. This is quite a
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Birds
By First Light
A few minutes after the sun rose behind the East Bay hills, the water of the North Basin remained dark.
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Lesser Later
Weeks after the thick rafts of earlier Scaup departed (See “Ignored Tailwind,” October 18 2021), a second shift of them
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Long Night
Both of the Burrowing Owls in the park are approaching their one month anniversary. The First Owl, tucked away out
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Pretty Warbler
The Yellow-rumped Warbler is another of those birds that the bird sources describe as “very common,” but are infrequently spotted
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Rick Lewis’ Chavez Park
Wildlife photographer Rick Lewis’ work has graced the cover of magazines. His images excel in sharpness and clarity. He has
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Owl Gallery
The Burrowing Owls in the park have attracted a number of photographers. Here are a few of their recent images.
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Rare and Unique
Cal molecular biology student Edwin Wu was walking along the Virginia Street Extension on October 21 at around 7 pm,
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Owl in Action
Wildlife photographer Rick Lewis had the patience and the luck to catch the Second Owl doing something more active than
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Red-wing in November
The Red-winged Blackbirds show up in springtime on the northwest corner of the park for a noisy mating and breeding
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Missing Owl Returns (Updated)
Update: The missing owl has returned. A park visitor posted a Comment below at 12:30 that the bird was back
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Gold & Red
The flocks of House Finches at the park have got some reinforcements in the form of these Lesser Goldfinches. The
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Owls’ Day 19
Both of the Burrowing Owls first spotted in the park on Nov. 2 were still here and in the same
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Still Here
There are still park visitors who express their thrill and satisfaction at seeing a Burrowing Owl for the first time
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To Love Larks
I love Meadowlarks because they’re very pretty. They’re also social, keeping company in flocks of a dozen or more. They’re
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Settling In?
It’s always risky to predict what a bird will do. But I’ll go out on a limb here and say
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Owl Day 16
On this clear, crisp November morning, both of the Burrowing Owls that arrived here on November 2 were still in
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Owl Learning
Once again this morning a raptor swooped low over the northeast corner of the park, and the Second Owl that
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Buff Migrants
A few scattered Bufflehead arrived here some days ago. Now they’ve formed up into a tight flock of about ten,
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Two Owls Two Weeks
Both of the Burrowing Owls today completed two weeks of residency in the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary in the northeast corner
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Owls Vigilant
After yesterday’s early morning run-in with a raptor, both owls scanned the sky vigilantly in the minutes after sunrise. The
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