Executive Director's Blog Archive

February 18, 2022
Sky King
The Conservancy is making still further attempts to provide additional prey for the Swainson’s hawk,…

October 28, 2021
Habitat Re-fresh
With the help of a substantial monetary contribution to the Conservancy, we’ve embarked on a…

September 9, 2021
Bucolic
This photo captures the essence of Conservancy restoration and enhancement work. But the point here…

May 18, 2021
Trust but verify
There is so much going on with respect to water use these days. There are…

May 6, 2021
Spiked proteins
Several years ago, we posted about buttonwillow (Cephalanthus occidentalis varcalifornicus), and our love for them….

October 1, 2020
Crane-iotomy
We’ve been wracking our brains wondering why the famous large-bird of the region rarely frequented…

June 2, 2020
Jedi Mind Meld
If you were to gaze into the eyes of the Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)…

February 14, 2020
Lunch Time
The great paradox of restoration ecology, and the work that the Conservancy does, is that…

January 9, 2020
It happens.
Here we have a Red-tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) taking an American coot (Fulica americana) off…