Looking for something “nature-y” and complies with the stay-at-home orders? Check out the City Nature Challenge. Participate in this global event from home next weekend. Simply download the iNaturalist app and start uploading your photo observations today. You can check the status of your competition area online HERE: https://www.inaturalist.org/proj…/city-nature-challenge-2020
Size: Ravens are larger than crows.Buddies: Ravens often travel in pairs, while crows are seen in larger groups.Tail Feathers: Raven’s have longer tail feathers in the middle of the tail, while a crow’s tail feathers are basically the same length. (Remember the phrase Round Raven, Square Crow)Calls: Raven’s make a lower croaking sound, while crows make a cawing sound.Beaks: Raven’s have shaggy throat feathers and a large, heavy and curved beak, while crows have a slimmer sharp pointy beak. Now … Read More
A video/conference call/live stream meeting started at 9:30 this morning. The agenda item we were waiting for was #32 (of 33). The item began at 3:45, with comments starting around 4:30. Our item ended at 5:53. Who hangs on a call for more than six hours? We do. Why? Because the California Fish and Game Commission was considering the fate of the sub-species of the California Mountain Lion in our area. The process for listing a species under the California … Read More
This article identifies four key ways to prevent this type of massive pandemic from happening again. It includes: ensuring supplies of medical equipment, having adequate testing, banning the wildlife trade, and saving nature. This article identifies four key ways to prevent this type of massive pandemic from happening again. It includes: ensuring supplies of medical equipment, having adequate testing, banning the wildlife trade, and saving nature. Every day we are trying to be creative as to how we save lands… … Read More
Last year was quite wet in terms of the rainfall. This helped promote an amazing super bloom. It also finally allowed the intermittent streams to fill up and flow. An intermittent stream ceases to flow during dry periods. A perennial stream has a continuous flow in all or parts of the channel year round. (Video: A view of a stream with water flowing from left to right and fresh green growth along the stream channel.)