Park News Oct 24 2025
Next Owl Is Here The second Burrowing Owl of this winter season is here, and has chosen a spot where
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Park News 7/14/2025
Stalwart Stewards On a perfect Sunday morning, with blue skies and a light cool breeze, Chavez Park Conservancy volunteer stewards
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Park News 6/18/2025
This Friday: Summer Solstice Fest From astronomy educator Vivian White comes this invitation: Join us this Friday, June 20th from
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Park News 5/14/2025
Make Berkeley More Birdly Early Monday morning, photographer Eildert Beeftink spotted a newly hatched Savannah Sparrow begging for food from
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Park News 5/2/2025
Extreme Tides The moon and the sun combined to produce extreme tides in the last week of April. High tides
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Park News 4/20/2025
Now the Grackle! It was just a matter of time. The Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) has been moving steadily north
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Park News 4/14/2025
Natives Revealed It was a day of revelation for the Pollinator Garden in the Native Plant Area Saturday Apr 12.
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Park News 4/10/2025
Signs of Progress This past Saturday morning saw intense activity in the Pollinator Garden in the Native Plant Area, and
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Park News 4/2/2025
Native Plant Stewardship Day Saturday Saturday morning April 5 is another great opportunity to get out and get dirty in
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Park News 3/11/2025
Last of the Season? Update Wed Mar 12: Veteran owler Mary Law saw both the North Owl and the Perch
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Park News 2/28/2025
Owl Escapes Dog A Ground Squirrel and the Burrowing Owl saw the dog before I did. It came up from
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Park News 2/19/2025
Native Plant Stewardship this Saturday The rains have been great for the new native plants that volunteers put into the
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Park News 1/31/2025
Owls In and Out The two Burrowing Owls in the northeast corner area played hide-and-go-seek with park visitors this week.
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Park News 1/8/2024
Owl on Alert The South Owl in late morning on Tuesday went on high alert. As I filmed, the bird
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Park News 10/28/2024
Owl Hiding This morning (Monday 10/28) a Burrowing Owl perched so low in Perch B that I had trouble digging
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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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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 News 8/3/2024
Gull Nursery Update The newest Western Gull hatchlings on the concrete breakwater west of the park were both alive and
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Park Week 6/21/24
Singing in the Chill Mark Twain’s wisecrack about never seeing a winter so cold as summer in San Francisco came
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Park Week 6/7/2024
Work Day Sunday Chavez Park Conservancy volunteers usually do stewardship work in the Native Plant Area on Saturdays. But this
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Park Week 5/31/2024
Blue Scores Big I had no idea what this Blue was doing. The tide was at a minus 0.85 ebb,
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Park Week 5/24/2024
Trifecta First I saw the big one, the Great Blue Heron. It stalked around in a relaxed way on the
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Park Week 5/17/2024
Today’s blog instalment has a lot more words than birds. Can’t be helped. Park issues are hot right now. When
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Park Week 5/10/2024
Tomorrow: All Hands on Deck An unprecedented weed superbloom is challenging our Native Pollinator Habitat plantings in the park. Chavez
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