Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area
Raptor expert Larry Broderick of Sonoma-based West County Hawk Watch has been enamored of birds of prey since childhood. We swooped in to chat with Larry about his favorite predators on the eve of this weekend’s SF Bay Flyway Festival.
Scientists are using genetic tests to determine how a nasty parasite is killing off the band-tailed pigeon.
This is no mere Internet meme: the City of San Jose has a burrowing owl preserve, with hidden cameras, and it is spectacular.
When hundreds of surf scoters and other ducks wintering on San Francisco Bay were found coated with a baffling “mystery goo” a few weeks ago, San Francisco Baykeeper was one of the first organizations on the scene.
Ecologists hope that by reviving a rare dune ecosystem, the public will come to appreciate it as much as the forest.
It’s hot. And the next El Niño will likely blow away even 2014’s temperature record, locally, statewide, and globally.
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