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Ask the Naturalist

Here are some recent questions:

Ask The Naturalist: Why Are There So Many Birds On the Beach At One Time?

Ask the Naturalist: Where Can I Find Old Growth Redwoods in the Bay Area?

Ask the Naturalist: How Does a Spider Make Silk?

Ask the Naturalist: Can Hummingbirds Taste Their Food?

Ask The Naturalist: Why Are There Humpback Whales In the San Francisco Bay Right Now?

Unusual bird? Weird bug? Something strange or interesting in Bay Area nature? Thanks to donations from readers like you, Bay Nature has teamed up with the naturalists at the California Center for Natural History to answer your questions about the world every other Tuesday. You can read all the past questions and answers below.

So tell us … what do you want to know?

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