Wrentits just don’t go far. So when you hear their song in the same place twice, you’re probably listening to the same bird or its offspring.
Claire Peaslee
Claire Peaslee is a writer, naturalist, and improviser who lives in Point Reyes Station.
Snowy Plovers nest at Stinson Beach for first time in 30 years
June 26, 2013 •
Not only are snowy plovers nesting in unexpected places this year, at least one pair appears to be a bit unconventional.
Point Reyes: On the Edge
July 16, 2012 •
You always know essentially where to find it: just aim yourself toward the western horizon, and go. At the road’s end, the trail’s end, the far end of that last dune-trudge or bluff-scramble, it’s there: a great conjunction of land, sky, and sea. North America meets Pacific Ocean.
Minus tides expose wilderness below the waves
June 28, 2012 •
Point Reyes Peninsula is rimmed along its rocky sections with a living fringe so diverse and wildly colorful – so dense with phenomenal creatures – that when the tides recede there’s a gravitational pull to go there and explore. Tidepools are literally the wilderness next door, yet accessible only when the moon and sun conspire to exert extra pull on the Earth’s oceanic sheath, thereby exposing the coastline. May through July is one of the two periods in the year when extreme low tides occur.