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July-September 2009

Our summer 2009 issue features some of our area’s lesser-known habitats and creatures. From the vantage points of kite-mounted cameras.

Issue Content

Naturalist’s Notebook: A Worm Ties Together Crabs, Otters and Scoters

by John Muir Laws | July 1, 2009

Call of the Galls

The Lively Universe of an Ancient Oak

by Ron Russo | July 1, 2009

Counting Gulls, with Protective Gear

by Aleta George | July 1, 2009

Exotic Jellies in the Bay

by Aleta George | July 1, 2009

New Home for the Marine Mammal Center

by Aleta George | July 1, 2009

Remembering Brian O’Neill

by Aleta George | July 1, 2009

Seeking Creeks, Confronting Sea Level Rise

by Aleta George | July 1, 2009

Hard Time to Be an Oak

by Daniel McGlynn | July 1, 2009

Letter from the Publisher

In Memory of Brian O’Neill

by David Loeb | July 1, 2009

Poem: Morning Orchestrations, Putah Creek

by Rachel Dilworth | July 1, 2009

Out at the Weep

A Curious Search for Life in a Ditch

by Bay Nature | July 1, 2009

Return to Devil’s Gulch

by Darla Hillard | July 1, 2009

The Longest Haul of Them All

by Michael Ellis | July 1, 2009

A Night Out with the Bats

by Cat Taylor | July 1, 2009

The Scent of Summer

by Judith Larner Lowry | July 1, 2009

Turning Back the Plastic Tide

by Sue Rosenthal | July 1, 2009

Around the Bend

Paddling the Russian River's Middle Reach

by Sarah Sweedler | July 1, 2009