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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Snowy Egret
Park News 7/26/24
Gull Chicks Two Two of the three Western Gull hatchlings that emerged a week ago are still with us. They
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Park News 7/22/2024
Three Gull Ages The oldest of the gull chicks on the concrete breakwater has found its wings and flown the
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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 5/10/2024
Tomorrow: All Hands on Deck An unprecedented weed superbloom is challenging our Native Pollinator Habitat plantings in the park. Chavez
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Park Week 5/3/2024
Gas Meeting at the Yacht Club The City’s Public Works Department held an informational meeting about landfill gas under Chavez
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Park Week 4/12/2024
Conservancy Wins UC Grant “On behalf of Chancellor Carol Christ and the Advisory Board of the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Community
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Park News 4/5/2024
Days of Tribute to Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta March 31 and April 10 mark the birthdays of Cesar Chavez
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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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Park Week 3/15/2024
Saving the Baby Natives The young native plants that Conservancy volunteers started last season got some important TLC last Saturday
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Park Week 3/8/2024
Native Plant Work Day Tomorrow Calling all volunteers for tomorrow morning, Saturday March 9, for stewardship work in the Native
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Park Week 2/23/2024
First Red-winged Blackbird This male’s fires were burning and he couldn’t restrain himself from checking out the Red-wing Blackbird Spring
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Park Week 2/9/2024
The main event affecting the park this week took place in San Francisco at the office of the Bay Area
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Park Week 2/2/2024
Mower Destroys Sparrow Habitat The grassland on the southeast slope of the park has for many years been nesting habitat
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Park Week 1/19/2023
The Berkeley School, formerly Berkeley Montessori School, makes Martin Luther King Jr. Day a day of service for parents and
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Park Week 1/12/2024
A Week of Extremes We giant featherless bipeds get aroused by the highest tides. And we should be concerned, these
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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 Weekend 12/3/23
Bits of Spots I hadn’t seen a Spotted Sandpiper for quite a while at the south shore of the North
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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 10/20/23
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 10/13/23
Sparrows in Saltwater I’ve seen sparrows bathing in rain puddles, see “Puddle Joy” Mar 5 2022. I’ve never seen one
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