Park News 10/10/2024
Victory for the Burrowing Owl in Sacramento The State Fish and Game Commission at 11 this morning voted unanimously to
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Burrowing Owl
Park News 10/07/2024
Owl Here for Second Day At 8:15 this morning, Burrowing Owl lovers got really good news. The owl seen here
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Park News 9/28/2024
First Burrowing Owl Spotted To Max Newton go the honors of spotting the first Burrowing Owl of the season. At
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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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City to Owls: Drop Dead
Berkeley Parks supervisor rejects plan to protect Burrowing Owls in Cesar Chavez Park Bruce Pratt, City of Berkeley Parks Superintendent,
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Petition to 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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Park News 9/13/2024
Equinox celebration Sunday Sep. 22 Vivian White, astronomy whisperer and spirit guide of solar celebrations at Chavez Park, has issued
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Park News 9/6/2024
Getting Ready for the Owls Every time I walk the park in recent weeks, people have asked me whether the
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Park Week 3/29/2024
The peace movement for Palestine came to Chavez Park early Saturday morning March 23 when about 150 people showed up
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Virtual Owl Binge
A real Burrowing Owl visited our park in dense fog on December 4 for a few minutes. That’s on video
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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 12/22/23
Weeding the Newbies Saturday December 16 was another Native Plant Stewardship Day in the park, the eleventh such outing of
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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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Owl in Fog 12/4/23
A Burrowing Owl visited our park in the dense fog this morning, and I had the great good luck to
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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 11/10/23
Pelican Takeoff The Brown Pelicans are definitely back in and around the park. Not in the numbers we’ve seen in
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Park Week 11/3/23
Planting Day Tomorrow Tomorrow, Saturday Nov. 4, starting at 9:30, a group of Cal student volunteers will join experienced Conservancy
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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 10/20/23
Foggy Bird Walk Twenty brave and optimistic souls showed up Sunday morning 10/15 for a bird walk organized by the
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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 4/7/23
Kudos to Kamen for April 1 Post The test of a good April Fool’s joke is that people think it’s
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Guest Gallery: Sara Sato
Among the wonderful park visitors who stopped to look at the Burrowing Owl in Perch B while it was here
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Owl’s Last Day?
Last year, the owl that perched on the rocks on the eastern slope of the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary departed for
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