Tule Elk Rutting
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.
Wildlife
Soaring South for the Winter
Fall is prime time to see hundreds of hawks, falcons, and other raptors flying south over the Marin Headlands.
Bats Threatened by Wind Power
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...
Book Review: Breeding Bird Atlas of Santa Clara County, California
by William G. Bousman, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society, 2007, 547 pages, $40.00. Available at www.scvas.org. Part natural/regional history guide, part atlas, part everything-but-the-kitchen-sink, Bousman’s Atlas is a compendious guide...
Book Review: Watching Giants
by Elin Kelsey, UC Press, December 2008, 304 pages, $24.95 Long-lived, slow to reproduce, and often hidden beneath ocean waves, whales and dolphins have remained elusive subjects for scientific study,...
Catch Some Wild Zzz’s
Animals have to sleep too! But sometimes they do it a bit differently than we do.
Wildfire in California
On the first day of summer, a thunderstorm crackled across much of California. Eight thousand lightning strikes ignited over 2,000 fires that burned more than 1.1 million acres by late...
Give Me Shelter
Harbor seals, migrating seabirds, and other wildlife find shelter in the productive waters of Drakes Estero at Point Reyes.
Letter from the Publisher
Springtime certainly has its charms–the hills turn green, wildflowers emerge, the days get longer. And summer is the traditional time to get outside. But fall is the season I look...
