Author Archives: Claire Peaslee
Claire Peaslee lives in the Point Reyes area, the source of her love for birds, weather, intertidal life, and all things ocean. She has published in the West Marin Review and Estero: A West Marin Quarterly and now writes a wonder log, sent by email and spoken on KWMR radio. She leads immersive outdoor excursions, teaches Action Theater improvisation, and works for bioregional climate action. Her past pieces in Bay Nature have ranged in subject from bioluminescence to chorus frogs. ClairePeaslee.net
Bird Plural
Why do birds of the same—and different—feathers flock together? Well, it depends.
Bird Researchers Rescue Generations of Hand-Written Field Notes from Fire’s Path
The Palomarin Field Station of Point Blue Conservation Science, a small outpost of human infrastructure at the southern boundary of Point Reyes National Seashore, has been a home base for...
How to Become a Curious Pilgrim in Nature
Walking attentively in a natural landscape appears to be trending now as a form of pilgrimage, folded into the inquiry called spiritual ecology. I’ve become quite curious about the particulars...
Grasslands with Soaring Pacific Views and Hawks
Jenner Headlands Preserve in Jenner. Trail: 15.5 mi, 3,690 ft elevation gain, out & back
It’s the Season for Tundra Swans
How to find and identify the great birds in the Central Valley.
Nature and Culture Mix in a Theatre Amid the Oaks on Mount Tam
The traditional Mountain Play on Mount Tam incorporates the scenery around it.
Meet the Bay Area’s Migrating Dragonflies
Most of the things flying over your head aren't birds. Meet some of the large insects that propel themselves around the world and stop in Northern California.
Pacific Chorus Frogs Use Their Famous Calls to Stake Out Territory
That iconic Hollywood "ribbit" has a purpose.
In Summer and Fall, the Pacific Ocean Shines at Night with a Living Light Show
Another phenomenon, equally fabulous but much lower in the food chain, can also occur in the ocean at this time of year: bioluminescence, or “living light.”
