Park Week 6/2
TLC for Native Plant Babies The native plant babies that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last November got a
Read moreTLC for Native Plant Babies The native plant babies that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last November got a
Read moreWeed and Water the Plant Babies Sunday Morning The baby native plants that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last
Read moreBirds: Female Cameo At least one female showed up in the Red-winged Blackbird breeding area on Sunday May 14. She
Read moreShorebirds Together Standing in the Open Circle Viewpoint looking north, I spotted a young Black-crowned Night-Heron perched in the shallows
Read morePainting Birds Alive A story in the Washington Post last week features Rex Brasher, “the greatest bird artist you’ve never
Read moreEarth Day at Bay Fair After three years in limbo for Covid-19, the Bay Fair bounced back to life at
Read moreHard Workers More than 20 Cal students showed up for the Chavez Park Conservancy Stewardship Day on Saturday April 15,
Read moreNative Plant Stewardship Day Tomorrow On Saturday, 4/15, a number of UC students will be volunteering their time and energy at
Read moreKudos to Kamen for April 1 Post The test of a good April Fool’s joke is that people think it’s
Read moreFavorite Birds of the Week I’ll go out in the rain when there’s a Burrowing Owl in residence, but otherwise
Read moreEquinox With a Beat The first Equinox celebration at the Chavez/Huerta Solar Calendar in several years came together Monday evening
Read morePark visitor Dylan Law is one of the photographers who showed up to take pictures of the Burrowing Owl when
Read moreAmong the wonderful park visitors who stopped to look at the Burrowing Owl in Perch B while it was here
Read more(Burrowing Owl Update Below) American Wigeons aren’t exactly rare in the waters around the park, but it’s quite unusual, in
Read moreLast year, the owl that perched on the rocks on the eastern slope of the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary departed for
Read more(Burrowing Owl Update Below) These two young White-crowned Sparrows probably hatched next to one another within a few hours, but
Read moreOn my way to see the Burrowing Owl, I ran into a string of Berkeley Fire vehicles. The Berkeley Fire
Read more(Burrowing Owl Update Below) On my way back from observing the Burrowing Owl I could not miss this big grebe
Read more(Burrowing Owl Update Below) A low tide of 0.3 feet shortly after noon exposed a few yards of mudflats along
Read moreA thick layer of fog blanketed the Marina this morning, but the Burrowing Owl was in its customary spot at
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