How Your Beach Photos Are Helping CA Scientists: Snapshot Cal Coast 2022
This year's Snapshot Cal Coast featured 4,083 people logging 46,683 observations of almost 4,000 species into the iNaturalist app from June 13 to July 4.
Author Archives: Lia Keener
Lia Keener joined Bay Nature in 2022 as editorial assistant and later became its first outreach fellow. As events coordinator since 2024, she has facilitated more than 80 events per calendar year. Lia grew up in Central Oregon, then attended UC Berkeley, where she majored in environmental biology and minored in Chinese language and journalism. In her spare time, Lia enjoys painting animals, going for long walks, tidepooling, looking for insects, and eating snacks.
How Many Birds Can Be Found in the Bay Area in One Day?
Behind the scenes of a frenetic, 13-hour birding challenge.
The Second-Largest Fish In the Ocean Seems to be In Decline
Basking sharks can be over 30 feet long and are characterized by their enormous gill rakers and three-foot tall dorsal fins. But these mysterious, massive, filter-feeding cousins of the great white shark aren’t just a scientific curiosity – they also … Read more
Annie the Falcon Came Back from Presumed Dead, but Life Hasn’t Returned to Normal for UC Berkeley’s Cal Falcons
A year of exceptional drama in the lives of Cal's peregrine falcons continues.
Big Rain Leads to a Big Year for Salmon
Record-breaking rainfall drenched much of the Bay Area in late October and again around Christmas, leading to flooding, power outages, snarled traffic — and a great season for a fish that has had it rough in recent years. For East-Bay … Read more
Campanile Peregrine Grinnell Suffers an Injury, and Falcon Fans Around the World Watch to See What Happens Next
Peregrine falcons are relatable, personable and cute, yet their lives are surprising and sometimes tragic.
