Park Events
(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Trifecta of Bad Manners This past Friday, the day before yesterday, I was walking up toward
Read more(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Trifecta of Bad Manners This past Friday, the day before yesterday, I was walking up toward
Read moreAs a photographer, I was lucky. The Great Blue Heron stalked slowly westward on the meadow in the southeast corner
Read moreSome interesting material has popped up on the web recently that may be of interest to nature lovers. The cultural
Read moreThe Great Egret has the size and the weapons to gouge a charging dog’s eyes out. But here it chose
Read moreThe Burrowing Owl in the Nature Area on the north side of the park has been playing hide-and-go-seek with its
Read moreBy Carol Denney “In epidemiology, a disease vector is any agent which carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another
Read moreAccording to a Berkeleyside story just posted, the East Bay Regional Parks district has mandated that all dogs in its
Read moreThe City has been installing new dog poop bag dispensers in all parks, and Cesar Chavez Park’s turn came yesterday.
Read moreThe Tri-City Fence Co. work crew has made big progress on the boundary fence between the dog park and the
Read moreThe Chavez Park Conservancy has released its Annual Report 2019. A PDF copy is attached. The report covers activities by
Read morePark management deserves applause for finally addressing some of the long-standing gaps in boundary signage for the dog park (“off-leash
Read moreWhen it comes to sending mixed messages — a problem with several of the new signs that I’ve reviewed separately
Read moreA park visitor on Friday morning saw a shepherd-type dog flushing a Burrowing Owl that was hidden in the Nature
Read moreResponding to criticism both verbal and physical, the Park administration yesterday staked a second thin blue line near the southern
Read moreThe long-awaited effort to mark the boundaries of the dog park (a/k/a Off Leash Area) got off to a false
Read moreThe decorative fence that marks the intended Burrowing Owl Sanctuary on the northeast corner of the park proved ineffective once
Read moreI was standing outside the fence around the Burrowing Owl Sanctuary, filming a ground squirrel digging up and eating buried
Read moreAs I watched, a Great Blue Heron flew in from the North Basin and landed on the grass near the
Read moreHis or Her Highness the Dog Baron was in the park again and took the trouble — for which we
Read moreI received this message from a park visitor, David D.: My partner Leigh and I … had numerous problems with
Read moreThe word is out that Parks management is finally going to Do Something about the pathetic condition of the Off
Read moreIrresponsible Dog Owners (IDOs) leave their marks in the park, whether they realize it or not. Two recent cases in
Read moreBerkeley’s Animal Control Services Officer Daniela Wong collared at least one dog owner this morning and warned her that she
Read moreDogs owned by irresponsible persons intrude on the Burrowing Owl on the north side of Cesar Chavez Park almost daily.
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