Harbor seals pupping at Point Reyes
The best time to watch harbor seals is the first week of May, and the biggest concentration is right in our backyard: Point Reyes National Seashore.
Wildlife
Getting Outside: Good for All Ages
Inspired by her grandparents’ love of the outdoors, South Bay biotech executive Anne Ferguson founded an organization that helps older adults feel good about getting outside and engaging with nature....
“Paint slowly and carry a small brush”
Internationally acclaimed painter Jeff Long, known primarily for his abstract works, has lately taken up his brush in defense of Western birds and other wildlife. Referencing the classic bird illustrations...
Back again: Great blue herons nest at Stow Lake
Great Blue Herons are back again at Stow Lake in San Francisco for the 20th nesting season.
Rare opportunity to see bald eagle in flight
Sequoia takes a 30 minute spin every day with her Palo Alto trainers.
Clear Lake, a Destination for Kayaking and Birding
We’ve thought about doing a piece on Clear Lake for a long time: It’s a wildlife magnet just over two hours from our office in Berkeley, and yet relatively few...
A Warbler Comes to West Berkeley
Last winter I noticed a different bird in the bare branches of the London plane trees outside the office. A yellow-rumped warbler. Not an uncommon bird, yet not one I...
How do barnacles make baby barnacles?
Barnacles are hermaphroditic -- they contain both male and female sex organs. You're thinking, "Well, they always have a date on Saturday night." No, it's a really bad idea to self-fertilize: Inbreeding...
Remembering Rich Stallcup
In December 2012, the Bay Area, and the world, lost one of its most eloquent spokespeople for and about birds. Rich Stallcup, a cofounder of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory...
How do you make a teeny hummingbird chick comfy?
Imagine fitting your little eggs inside a nest the size of a golf ball? Hummingbirds are back, and raising the next generation.
