How to Recognize Spiders By their Webs - Bay Nature Magazine
WEBSep 29, 2015 · Illustration by Rachel Diaz-Bastin. Orb webs are the classic, wheel-shaped webs that have inspired everyone from engineers to poets to, well, designers of computer networks. They are primarily associated with their namesake, the family Araneidae, commonly known as the orb-weaver spiders, and have …
Richardson Bay Herring Return, With an Entourage - Bay Nature
WEBJan 7, 2014 · It has, happily, returned in style. On Richardson Bay Monday morning there were probably 5,000 feeding birds in a giant raft. There were birders lined up around the point in downtown Tiburon, where thousands of gulls argued noisily over the herring roe that blanketed the rocks. At Paradise Beach on Tiburon’s east edge, thousands more gulls ...
Do mockingbirds have their own specific song or are they …
WEBJul 1, 2003 · That is, you can generally detect—from variations in tone and context—the difference be-tween a mockingbird mimicking an Amer-ican robin, and a robin. And so can the robin. Accordingly, few researchers believe that mockingbirds displace the mimicked birds. Rather, the mockingbird sings to establish, or defend its territory from other ...
ENature.com Website Launch
WEBApr 1, 2002 · Share This: If you haven’t checked out eNature.com, now’s the time. The website has been acquired by the National Wildlife Federation and offers a tremendous resource and tools for exploring Bay Area nature. Local-Guides on the site provide you with a zip-code-based photographic primer on the wildlife common in any area, including birds ...
Baylands Public Access - Bay Nature
WEBJun 29, 2013 · To the left is the Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center at 2775 Embarcadero Road, 650-329-2506, currently open Thursday and Sunday afternoons. More information: Baylands Nature Preserve (City of Palo Alto) Baylands Nature Preserve brochure and trail map. Virtual tour–Palo Alto Baylands.
Learning from Decades of Outdoor Inclusion Work - Bay Nature
WEBJul 22, 2020 · Their unique history actually began with their first trip in 1960 as a Junior Audubon Science Club for inner-city kids before they changed the name to OBA and eventually obtained non-profit status in 1967. Several years later, in 1972, the Environmental Careers Organization, a national non-profit, was created.
Great blue herons at Stow Lake, San Francisco - Bay Nature
WEBApr 15, 2013 · The great heron’s dagger-like bill is highly adept to fishing for marine life, which is plentiful at Stow Lake, but they also feast upon insects and small mammals such as gophers and voles. “When you see them carefully walking on the grass, you know they’re not just going for a nature walk. They’re going for the stab and grab,” says ...
North Coast Kelp Forests Surge Back, Surprisingly, in 2021 - Bay …
WEBSep 13, 2021 · Strong upwelling early in 2021 brought cold, nutrient-rich water into coastal ecosystems – perfect conditions for bull kelp growth. A second La Niña year is in the forecast, which would perhaps mean more of the same in 2022. But with oceans warming worldwide, and with armies of purple urchins still occupying the North Coast’s shallow ...
Lord of the Burrows - Bay Nature
WEBJan 1, 2008 · Ask most people to name the most important species of our grassland habitats, and they'll probably pick coyotes, golden eagles, or even rattlesnakes. But experts say that the strongest contender of all is the animal eaten by all those other ones: the lowly California ground squirrel, a true keystone of local grasslands. Belowground, the squirrels' lengthy burrows harbor insects, snakes, owls ...
Yolo Causeway bats are 250,000 strong - Bay Nature
WEBJul 25, 2013 · Visit the Yolo Bypass for A Highway, a Wetland and 250,000 Bats. by Constance Taylor. July 25, 2013. The Yolo Causeway is a 3-mile viaduct on I-80 that connects the cities of Davis and Sacramento. It’s elevated because what’s below has been touted as the largest wetlands restoration project …