Buff in Rough
The chill northerly gale roughed up the North Basin and gave its population of migrant Bufflehead, scaup, grebes, gulls, and
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Weather
Day is Night
I woke up, looked out the window, took a guess from the darkness that it was 6:30 a.m., turned over,
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On a Clear Day
The dark cloud of mass unemployment and illness has a silver lining: cleaner air, less pollution. Here’s a panorama of
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How Windy Was It?
The forecast for Sunday February 9 predicted northeast winds of up to 30 mph, but in the park there were
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Windy Afternoon
On a sunny afternoon, the prevailing west wind swept a lone sailboat across the bay. In the park, the breeze
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Water High and Low
The water level in the North Basin dropped nine feet (9.08 to be exact) in just over seven hours (7’9″
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Owl Diary: Wednesday 1/16
Yesterday’s rain showers, as I found out in my visit, didn’t impress these birds. Both Burrowing Owls sat out in
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Out With a Wind
A stiff northerly breeze with gusts above 30 mph roughed up the land and the water on the last day
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Solstice: The Drama Below
The Winter Solstice this year put on two spectacular shows, one in the sky, the other on earth. The water
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A Foggy Rainbow
On Saturday morning after the Thanksgiving rainstorm, the sun and the fog held a contest for dominance, and at
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Dramatic Clouds Over the Bay
In the lull between rainstorms, dramatic clouds surrounded a patch of sun over the Bay late Saturday morning. Here’s a
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Hailstorm in the Park
Thinking there was a break between storms, I headed to the park to try to get a clean picture of
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Winter Solstice Celebrated at Solar Calendar
The sun hit its southernmost setting point, ending the shortest day of the year, this evening at 4:50, as
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Sun Sinks in Smoke from Southern California
In an eerie and chilling replay of the blood-red sunsets seen through the smoke from our nearby North Bay firestorms,
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The Hills are Greening Up
The few days of rain we’ve been given over the past week have all but ended the dry brown season
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A Winter’s Eve in May
Daytime highs were in the low 80s today but it was a San Francisco winter — the kind Mark Twain
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Cloud Over Chevron 2/25/2017
Emissions from the Chevron Refinery in Richmond this morning formed a distinctive cloud plainly visible from Cesar Chavez Park. The
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A Break in the Rain
Feeling imprisoned by rainstorms, I took advantage of the lull this afternoon to walk in the park. Heavy clouds blocked
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Puddle Draws Egret
It was just a puddle for us humans, an obstacle to detour on our way past the porta-potties on the
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Double Rainbow
Today’s (Friday’s) afternoon rainstorms produced a spectacular set of rainbows visible from Cesar Chavez Park, for the handful of hardy
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King Tide: A Preview of the New Normal
The King Tide of Wednesday December 14 peaked at 11:23 a.m. and easily breached the seawall along Marina Boulevard and
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