Native Plant Work Days
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) This coming Saturday, November 19, is an important day for the Native Plant Area in the
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Birds
Owl Moved Back
This morning the Burrowing Owl I have been following since November 4 (“New Owl”) moved back to its original perch
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New Owl Day 3
The Burrowing Owl that arrived on Nov. 4 is in its third day. I saw it this morning in the
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New Owl Day 2
Overnight showers and morning drizzle didn’t drive this owl to seek shelter. As I saw in previous encounters, Burrowing Owls
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Berry Feast
The native Toyon is one of Nature’s cornucopias. Its berries (“pomes”) have sustained creatures ranging from birds to humans to
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Owl Settled?
The Burrowing Owl that arrived on October 30 was still here this morning, and may be settling in for the
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One Owl is Back
One Burrowing Owl arrived in Cesar Chavez Park today. Credit for first-to-spot belongs to Mary Law, who saw the bird
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Seed Lover
This young Lesser Goldfinch found seeds of interest on this wild grass in the Nature Area on the north side
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Why So Many Crows
Crows are very intelligent birds, and rarely miss an opportunity for an easy meal. Around the park, there are dozens
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Say’s is Back
EXTRA: Still could use a couple more volunteers to help water baby native plants and prepare the ground for the
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Gold is Back
Quick Extra: More volunteers wanted this Saturday 10/29/22 at 9 am to prepare the ground for the Native Pollinator Habitat
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My Favorite Grebe
My favorite grebe appeared on the North Basin water this day: the Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps). This isn’t the most
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One of Each
The big grebes were out in numbers earlier this year and then disappeared for the summer. Now some solo members
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Taking Care of Self
Just recently I posted an item about Black Turnstones pecking at barnacles. Here I caught the same bird, I think,
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Scaup Motion PhD
There’s a PhD thesis waiting to be written on the motions of Scaup on water. There’s been a lot of
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Barnacle Feast
I was on the lookout for a rumored Wandering Tattler along the west side of the park when I saw
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