Park News 9/6/2024
Getting Ready for the Owls Every time I walk the park in recent weeks, people have asked me whether the
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Plants
Park News 8/24/2024
Watering, Weeding Native Plants The long dry summer doesn’t faze California native plants once they’re established, but during their first
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Park News 8/4/2024
Late Summer Bloomers This California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) owes its presence in the park to the volunteers of the Chavez
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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 7/12/24
Gull Baby Survivors Sharp westerly winds on Tuesday and Wednesday roiled up whitecaps on the Bay and made for a
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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 5/17/2024
Today’s blog instalment has a lot more words than birds. Can’t be helped. Park issues are hot right now. When
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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 4/26/2024
See You at the Fair Tomorrow, Saturday April 27, is the day of the Bay Fair at the Berkeley Waterfront.
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Park Week 4/19/2024
Nightbird Active by Day The Black-crowned Night-Heron usually hunts by standing still and waiting for prey to approach. This bird
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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 3/22/2024
Equinox Gathering at Solar Calendar Alan Gould (left), retired director of the Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium, among other astronomical
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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 3/1/2024
Conservancy Wins Grant The Chavez Park Conservancy has won a $5000 grant from the Alameda County Fish and Game Commission
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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 2/16/2024
More Mulch There never seems to be enough mulch. The rain has boosted the native plants in the new pollinator
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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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