Checking Out the Rip-Rap Job
The rip-rap rehab job is over, all but the landscape repair and the tidying up. A rusting bucket from a
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Mallard
Mud Yes Birds No
One of the lowest tides of the year so far exposed acres of mud flats on the North Basin in
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Mallards in Heaven
There used to be a marsh area just north of the picnic site on the west shore of the park.
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Bottoms Up!
Mallards are dabblers, not divers. Other ducks, such as Ruddy Ducks, Bufflehead, Scaup, and Goldeneye, can easily submerge their whole
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Many Mallards
There’s a handful of Mallards that stay in the North Basin year round. This morning (9/25) they may have
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Another Unusual Mallard Female
At first I thought this must be a goose, practically all white as it seemed from a distance. (See small
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Open Circle Area Reopens
The Open Circle art work, including the fresh air classroom and the border walkway, have reopened to the public. The
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Mallards Showing Their Blue Patches
I never noticed the blue patches on the Mallards’ sides before. They are called the speculum. Their wings usually cover
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A Beautiful Mallard Female
This Mallard female struck me as a strikingly beautiful bird. The way the feathers on her back and sides are
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North Basin: The Video
The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland. When I first started
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