Local Hero: Mia Monroe, Muir Woods National Monument
April 17, 2013 by Jacoba Charles
Officially, Mia Monroe is Site Supervisor of Muir Woods. But what she really does is serve as a passionate ambassador for nature.
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Back again: Great blue herons nest at Stow Lake
April 15, 2013 by Alessandra Bergamin
Great Blue Herons are back again at Stow Lake in San Francisco for the 20th nesting season.
Rare opportunity to see bald eagle in flight
April 15, 2013 by Joan Sparks
Sequoia takes a 30 minute spin every day with her Palo Alto trainers.
Local Hero: Seth Adams, Save Mount Diablo
April 15, 2013 by Daniel McGlynn
2013 Local Hero award-winner Seth Adams of Save Mount Diablo is a big-picture guy, but he also revels in the details of wildflowers, maps, building a trail, or building a coalition.
Ithuriel’s Spear and Other Spears of Springtime
April 11, 2013 by Ron Sullivan
Ithuriel’s spear and similar flowers are some of our most charismatic springtime blooms. Just don’t drive off the road next time they show their stuff!
A Festival with Legs
April 09, 2013 by Paul Epstein
What has more than two thousand legs and is converging on San Francisco’s Corona Heights neighborhood? A: The parents, children, …
Clear Lake, a Destination for Kayaking and Birding
April 08, 2013 by Terry Knight
We’ve thought about doing a piece on Clear Lake for a long time: It’s a wildlife magnet just over two …
A Warbler Comes to West Berkeley
April 08, 2013 by David Loeb
Last winter I noticed a different bird in the bare branches of the London plane trees outside the office. A yellow-rumped warbler. Not an uncommon bird, yet not one I would expect to see next to a cement plant.
Underground leaks ruining Alamo Square’s vintage look
April 04, 2013 by Dhyana Levey
San Francisco wants to rebuild Alamo Square’s irrigation system, but historian says leaks are natural springs.
How do barnacles make baby barnacles?
April 03, 2013 by Michael Ellis
Barnacles are hermaphroditic – they contain both male and female sex organs. You’re thinking, “Well, they always have a date on Saturday night.” No, it’s a really bad idea to self-fertilize: Inbreeding results in little genetic diversity. Worms, slugs, snails – slow-moving animals with low rates of encounter – are all hermaphroditic. And you could not get any slower than an adult barnacle!
Do the Presidio’s new dog walking rules go far enough?
April 02, 2013 by Heather Mack
Limits on commercial dog walkers in the Presidio has some nature lovers questioning: Should they be allowed at all?
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Remembering Rich Stallcup
April 01, 2013 by Bay Nature Staff
In December 2012, the Bay Area, and the world, lost one of its most eloquent spokespeople for and about birds. …
The Phenology Project
April 01, 2013 by Jacoba Charles
The California Phenology Project’s citizen scientists are studying changes in plant life cycles to better understand local climate change impacts.
Turning Blue: Ain’t nothing but a hound’s tongue!
March 29, 2013 by John Muir Laws
John Muir Laws turns his naturalist’s eye and paintbrushes to the hound’s tongue, one of our early spring bloomers.
