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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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 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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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 News 7/16/24
Three New Gull Chicks Persistence was rewarded as the eggs on which this Gull mom sat for weeks finally hatched.
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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 News 7/8/24
Dry Watering Day Chavez Park Conservancy Volunteer Coordinator Bob Huttar invited volunteers to a Stewardship Day in the park on
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Park News 7/3/24
That Radiation Bogeyman Again Fear sells papers and boosts clicks. How else to explain Wednesday’s Berkeleyside lead story asserting as
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Park Week 6/28/24
New Gulls I thought I would take a break from the blog, going on a Summer Schedule. But then two
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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 6/14/2024
Native Plant Stewards Weeding, watering, and whacking were the order of the day Sunday morning June 9 when Chavez Park
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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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