Park Week 7/14/23
Heron’s Breakfast Hidden in the shadows on the north side of the Open Circle Viewpoint, this big heron reached out
Read MoreHeron’s Breakfast Hidden in the shadows on the north side of the Open Circle Viewpoint, this big heron reached out
Read MoreSnowy With a Bad Leg This Snowy Egret used its wings more than it normally would because its right leg
Read MoreWater & Weed Natives on Sunday With all the dry and often sunny weather we’ve been having, it’s time to
Read MoreSummer Solstice Wednesday Next Wednesday is the saddest day in the Northern Hemisphere’s solar calendar. The Summer Solstice marks the
Read MoreKilling Grassland Birds Bird populations are in trouble worldwide, research shows, and the hardest hit are the grassland birds. We’re
Read MoreTLC for Native Plant Babies The native plant babies that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last November got a
Read MoreWeed and Water the Plant Babies Sunday Morning The baby native plants that Conservancy volunteers put in the ground last
Read MorePainting Birds Alive A story in the Washington Post last week features Rex Brasher, “the greatest bird artist you’ve never
Read MoreHard Workers More than 20 Cal students showed up for the Chavez Park Conservancy Stewardship Day on Saturday April 15,
Read More(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Among the sharpest and most beautiful pictures of a White-tailed Kite in the park are these
Read MoreThe Burrowing Owl in the park was back in Perch A this morning. Yesterday morning my video camera caught the
Read More(Burrowing Owl Update Below) A landscape manager in charge of a golf course might consider putting a family of California
Read More(Burrowing Owl Update Below) Snowy Egrets, often quite common, have been kind of rare around the park in the past
Read More(Burrowing Owl Update Below) I had to run to catch up with this one. It was swimming north close in
Read MoreIt was an almost birdless morning. A few crows, a gull or two, one Snowy Egret, one probable cormorant in
Read MoreConflict between brain and gut is a familiar scenario for humans. It also plays a role in human analysis of
Read MorePark Visitor Victoria Párraga whipped out her cell phone and caught video of a Ground Squirrel attacking the tail of
Read MoreThe sharp eye and fast shutter-finger of photographer Phil Rowntree captured this doe jumping a fence in the Sylvia McLaughlin
Read MoreThe Ground Squirrel’s Latin name — “spermophilus” — says it’s a seed lover. That’s accurate as far as it goes.
Read MoreA hard-working crew of volunteers turned out on Saturday morning May 28 to care for the Native Plant Area on
Read MoreAs a photographer, I was lucky. The Great Blue Heron stalked slowly westward on the meadow in the southeast corner
Read MoreThese concluding selections from photographer Emilie Keas’ treasury of park photos show some of the most familiar birds and small
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