Lickin’ Berry
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) The Native Plant Area in the park features not only the Toyon but also another native
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Birds
Pipit is Back
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) The title of this post is a bit misleading. The American Pipit has been back in
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Willet’s Wings
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) The Willet is the most conservative dresser among the shorebirds. Except in the brief breeding season,
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Mystery Dipper
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Scientists have studied the Spotted Sandpiper for more than a century. No sandpiper breeds in a
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Lark on Meadow
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) The meadowlarks are back again, and their numbers are growing. I saw five or six this
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Early Singer
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) November is way too early for a Song Sparrow to think about mating and breeding, but
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Pendulum Owl
The Burrowing Owl, missing yesterday, is back this morning. Today it chose Perch B, meaning the spot near the big
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Memory Unearthed
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) More than 50 people have memorial plaques in the park. All but two are mounted to
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Three New Birds
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Jack Hayden, the sharp-eyed bird spotter who saw and photographed an extremely rare Ruby-throated Hummingbird in
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Owl Takes Cover
Much to the disappointment of a number of park visitors who had hoped to see the Burrowing Owl this morning,
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Solo Piper
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) I first saw this bird from a distance. It stood on a slanting stone at the
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Egrets Loafing
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) I’ve usually photographed the Snowy Egrets at work: scratching, running, stabbing, feeding the inner bird. Here’s
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Sunny Bottom
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) The first time I saw this bird was in our yard on a feeder in early
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Trees and Owl
Planting Native Trees On Monday the Native Pollinator Project moved into the heavy lifting stage with the planting of native
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What Did We Plant?
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) The most common question that park visitors asked us as we were working on establishing the
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Planting Party
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) After many days of planning and preparation, the Native Pollinator Habitat Planting Party launched on Saturday
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Insomnia Cure?
Burrowing Owl Update Below I usually edit bird videos to feature action. I cut the long dull passages where they’re
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Pelican Time Out
Reminder: Planting Party tomorrow 9 am, parking circle end of Spinnaker Way. Details. (Burrowing Owl Update Below) I usually see
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Downy Found
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) This bird comes to our suet feeder regularly. I’d not seen it in Chavez Park until
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Dibbles, Sharpshooters & Augers
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) I’d never heard of dibbles and sharpshooters in a gardening context. Augers I knew as old-fashioned
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Crow Berries
Burrowing Owl Update Below The Toyon’s berries (“pomes”) draw several kinds of birds in different ways. The House Finch, as
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The Cormorant Show
Nothing amuses egrets more than watching Pelagic Cormorants. The shoreline game that I recorded earlier, involving just two Snowy Egrets,
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Ruddies Return
These familiar ducks showed up here in a small flock of maybe 15 birds in early November. I say maybe
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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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