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October 18, 2024
Rodent exterminator, no charge
Photo taken by Conservancy staff on a Conservancy preserve, 2024. It’s often difficult to view, but part of the Conservancy’s job is to see that wildlife has access to sustenance on the preserves. Here, a Snowy egret (Egretta thula) manages to nab a quick lunch on a Conservancy owned and…
October 14, 2024
Tomato King
(Photo taken on Conservancy mitigation lands by Conservancy staff.) This is extraordinary. A beautiful specimen of a Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni) in a freshly-harvested tomato field on Conservancy mitigation lands. And there were at least 10 others at…
September 24, 2024
A very good sign
The photo that is shown with this post is of a Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), photographed in the Conservancy’s Central Basin Reserve Area. It has become a “friend” of Conservancy field crews since it is so gregarious. Conservancy…
September 16, 2024
Habitat values…to humans
As the photo with this post shows, the Conservancy was again host to a team of budding Giant garter snake (GGS) scientists learning from the professionals. Here, GGS experts from the U.S. Geological Survey instruct young scientists on…
“In essence, the Conservancy provides refuge and sanctuary for wildlife displaced by urban activity in the Natomas Basin.”