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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 …
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 …
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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 New Park in San Francisco’s Mission Bay Neighborhood
Sep 3, 2024 · This article has been conserved for you by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at San Francisco State University.Learn more about our Online Article Conservation Program here.. Below looming high-rises, the new five-acre China Basin Park provides urban green space and views of San Francisco Bay in the rapidly developing Mission Bay neighborhood.
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The Public’s Reaction to Otter Reintroduction - Bay Nature
Sep 12, 2024 · The open house in Sausalito was one of 16 held by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in June 2023 about the potential reintroduction of southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis), also known as California otters, to their historic range in northern California and Oregon. Attendees were invited to write down their opinions about a sea otter return and hundreds of their answers were published ...
The Backstory on Pacifica’s Whale Bonanza - Bay Nature
Oct 10, 2024 · In dense fog 30 miles out from the Golden Gate Bridge, the 50,000-pound humpback whale’s leap out of the water is almost totally silent, maybe 300 feet away.
Photosynthesis in Leaves That Aren’t Green - Bay Nature
Jul 1, 2008 · Q: How does photosynthesis occur in plants that are not obviously green, such as ornamental plum trees with deep purple-colored leaves? [Paul, Santa Cruz] A: Photosynthesis (which literally means “light put together”) is that very …