Red-tailed and red-shouldered hawks are both common in the Bay Area.
Tag: illustration
Summer Issue 2015
Naturalist’s Notebook: Illustrated Guide to Otter vs. Beaver
How to tell two large aquatic mammals apart?
Spring Issue 2015
Naturalist’s Notebook: A Bay Area Housing Shortage for Western Bluebirds
Western bluebirds make use of abandoned woodpecker nest cavities.
Winter Issue 2015
Naturalist’s Notebook: When The Bay Erupts With Herring
Naturalist John Muir Laws illustrates the great herring migration in the San Francisco Bay
Spring Issue 2014
Naturalist’s Notebook: What Color is a Mallard’s Head Really?
Naturalist John Muir Laws explains bird feathers that look shiny or iridescent.
Winter Issue 2014
Naturalist’s Notebook: San Francisco Bay Skimmers
Black skimmers frequent the waters at the Radio Road ponds in Redwood Shores.
Summer Issue 2013
Naturalist’s Notebook: A Guide to the Wildlife of San Francisco Bay
Jack Laws brings us a guide SF Bay wildlife just in time for the America’s Cup.
Spring Issue 2013
Naturalist’s Notebook: Spring Flowers That Change from Blue to Purple
John Muir Laws turns his naturalist’s eye and paintbrushes to the hound’s tongue, one of our early spring bloomers.
Winter Issue 2013
Naturalist’s Notebook: Cormorants and Egrets Feed at Ebb Tide
Illustrator John Muir Laws watches the birds grab their dinner on an ebb tide.
The Bay
Painting the Delta, from “frankenanimals” to finished artwork
When we decided to commission an original illustration for our January feature about Big Break Regional Shoreline, I did what I often do in these situations: I contacted Ann Caudle, who runs the scientific illustration program at Cal State Monterey. … Read more
