Park News 10/3/2024
Ray Sniffer at Work (Updated 10/4) The radioactive matter detection program in the works for months now started Monday morning
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Black Phoebe
Park News 9/21/2024
Reminder: Equinox Gathering Sunday Eve The Autumn Equinox happens this Sunday the 22nd, and there’ll be a gathering at the
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Park Week 2/23/2024
First Red-winged Blackbird This male’s fires were burning and he couldn’t restrain himself from checking out the Red-wing Blackbird Spring
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Park Week 2/2/2024
Mower Destroys Sparrow Habitat The grassland on the southeast slope of the park has for many years been nesting habitat
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Park Week 1/19/2023
The Berkeley School, formerly Berkeley Montessori School, makes Martin Luther King Jr. Day a day of service for parents and
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Park Week 1/5/24
Below the current week’s bird video and photos, there’s a review of Christian Cooper’s new book, Better Living Through Birding,
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Park Week 12/15/2023
Season’s Greetings from Nature There’s no tree that shines in the winter season like the native Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia). This
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Park Week 12/8/2023
Owl Cameo The Burrowing Owl that visited the park in dense fog on Monday morning didn’t stay. I returned to
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Park Weekend 12/3/23
Bits of Spots I hadn’t seen a Spotted Sandpiper for quite a while at the south shore of the North
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Park Days 12/1/23
Love the Least These Least Sandpipers, the smallest shorebirds in the world, have been living on the rip-rap east of
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Park Week 11/17/23
Where Pelicans Sleep It was already past 8 in the morning, and early birds were getting worms. Not these Brown
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Park Week 10/27/23
The Little Oak that Could This little shrub may not look like much, but it’s a dramatic story, in a
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Park Week 10/6/23
Native Plant Stewards at Work The young native plants in the Native Plant Area got watered and weeded Saturday morning
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Park Week 6/27/23
I’m publishing this on Tuesday instead of the usual Friday. Last Friday’s weekly installment got kind of long, and this
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Meadow Visit
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) A few years ago we had a lot of rain in March, and it made sizeable
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Mixed Feathers
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) In the last two months so many park events have claimed my attention that some encounters
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Bug Hunter
The seasonal Burrowing Owl Sanctuary in the northeast corner of the park is home to a variety of creatures, whether
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My Birthday Birds
It was my birthday and my gift from the park was lots of birds. I saw the resident American Coot
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Leaping into 2021
Updated January 2 Our calendar is out of joint with nature. The solar clock turned over already at the Solstice,
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Phoebe on Post
The Black Phoebe is a flycatcher. Unlike swallows, which chase their prey in nonstop aerial patrols, the phoebe prefers to
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Curious Phoebe
This Black Phoebe was probably as curious about me as I was about it. After leaving its perch atop a
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Phoebe Resting
This Black Phoebe took a few moments’ rest from its insect-hunting labors by the water’s edge and gave this photographer
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Hot Phoebe
In the recent hot weather, I would think that the birds would seek out the cool of the seashore, like
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Phoebe on the Rocks
This Black Phoebe was active on the rip-rap along the park’s eastern shore, about halfway between the park entrance and
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