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Dec 31, 2024 · Explore the natural world of Northern California with Bay Nature's in-depth articles, photography, illustration and events.
A Trip to the Farallones, to See Birds on the Edge - Bay Nature
Oct 8, 2024 · A flight, or gulp, of Brandt’s cormorants. (Kip Evans) In 2023, global sea surface temperatures reached record highs, and they’ve continued to spike in 2024.Around the Farallones, an El Niño that lasted from summer 2023 to the end of spring 2024 raised temps a couple of degrees above the long-term average and caused some birds to delay breeding, to not breed at all, or to lay fewer eggs ...
It's a Rock Pigeon's World - Bay Nature
Aug 6, 2024 · Left: A band-tailed Pigeon in El Sobrante, California. (Becky Matsubara via Flickr, CC BY 2.0 DEED); Right: A visualization of band-tailed versus rock pigeon sightings from 2023 onward.(Visualization by Anushuya Thapa, data from iNaturalist) Band-tailed pigeon The band-tailed pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata), cousin to the rock pigeon, is …
Bay Nature's 2025 Local Hero Awards
Sep 13, 2024 · Right now we are seeking nominations for Bay Nature’s 2025 Local Heroes, and I am asking for you to contribute. The award categories are: Conservation Action
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Crow Funerals and What We Can Learn From Them - Bay Nature
Oct 29, 2020 · For Swift’s arranged crow funerals, after feeding crows peanuts for three days in a particular location, on the fourth day, a masked volunteer would hold the taxidermied crow out, much like a waiter with an hors d’oeurve platter.
Time Traveling With Clam Fossils - Bay Nature
Jun 22, 2023 · Clams preserve clues to the climate they lived in, offering a uniquely detailed fossil record. “These are young fossils, baby fossils,” says one researcher.
Online Magazine Archive - Bay Nature
Bay Nature magazine, published in print quarterly, covers the unique habitats and wildlife of the San Francisco Bay Area and the people working to protect them.With excellent writing, gorgeous photography, and delightful art by celebrated artists John Muir Laws and Jane Kim, each issue of Bay Nature is a local treasure to cherish and share with family and friends.
A Lifeline for Three Endangered Wildflowers - Bay Nature
Oct 3, 2024 · An endangered showy Indian clover, spotted in 2019. (samfisch via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC)On a hike in the Sonoma hills in the spring of 1993, Peter Connors was, as usual, ignoring the view for the wildflowers—when he spotted a lone purple-and-white clover that stopped him in …
What’s It Like Inside a Woodrat Nest? - Bay Nature
Jan 3, 2021 · Woodrats, pack rats, and trade rats are all common names for the same remarkable rodent genus, Neotoma.Our local species, the dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes), has a nice multicolor coat—unlike the nasty nonnative Norway and black rats, all too common in urban areas.It’s also extremely cute, with big Mickey Mouse ears and a lovely, lightly fuzzy tail.