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May 20, 2009 by Jody Zaitlin
Every spring California least terns return to the Bay Area to breed. These endangered birds, and other terns, have a remarkable hunting style: Drop quickly, and crash head-first into the water. Don’t try that at home!
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March 12, 2009 by Jody Zaitlin
Usually solitary birds, great blue herons and egrets abandon their private ways in spring, and you can see them nesting in tree tops around the region.
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January 30, 2009 by Jody Zaitlin
Steelhead are coming to spawn in a stream near you. If you’re lucky, you may see some making their way upstream.
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November 17, 2008 by Jody Zaitlin
Fall is harvest time for crab fishermen, who place “crab pots” offshore to catch Dungeness crabs. The crabs, the largest species on the West Coast, have a complex lifecycle that takes them from the open ocean to the Bay and back again.
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November 14, 2008 by Jody Zaitlin
Every winter, coho salmon return to coastal streams, though only 1 percent of the half million fish that once filled local streams. But you can still see them, and even help them survive.
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October 17, 2008 by Jody Zaitlin
You can still see tule elk, the smallest of North America’s elk, fighting for territory, mating, and raising their young in the Bay Area.
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October 10, 2008 by Jody Zaitlin
Fall is prime time to see hundreds of hawks, falcons, and other raptors flying south over the Marin Headlands.
October 08, 2008 by Jody Zaitlin
Studies elsewhere in the country suggest that bats may be suffering even more than birds as more and more windmills get built. And there are no easy answers: New, larger windmills considered safer for birds might be more dangerous to bats.
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September 29, 2008 by Jody Zaitlin
More than 900,000 shorebirds use San Francisco Bay sometime during the year, and fall is a great time to see them.
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August 22, 2008 by Jody Zaitlin
Watch for hungry dragonflies and jays darting about: That can be a sign that the termites are emerging! Termites live mostly underground (or in our walls!) but as winter approaches, they grow wings and take to the air in droves to form new colonies.
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