Executive Director's Blog Archive
August 23, 2023
Prey production
The Conservancy has redoubled efforts to use mitigation lands for prey production purposes. A big…
July 19, 2023
Button, Button, Who Has the Button?
Okay, so some call it button bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis). We call it button-willow. It’s a…
July 18, 2023
It’s a Convention of Like Minds
On the Conservancy’s flagship preserve, Conservancy field staff photographed an interesting assembly of birds. They…
July 14, 2023
Two blackbirds sitting on a…tule.
The report from years ago regarding the state of Tri-colored blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) populations in…
December 21, 2022
They’re back!
We are so pleased to see one of the NBHCP’s “Covered Species,” the Burrowing owl…
July 27, 2022
Complex Versus Simple
The Conservancy has worked hard and spent money trying to improve prey production for the…
June 15, 2022
Nail Trim Needed?
Conservancy field personnel captured this close-up of an osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying overhead from a…
June 7, 2022
It Really, Really Works!
The Conservancy causes the planting of various kinds of crops that promote Swainson’s hawk foraging….
February 18, 2022
Sky King
The Conservancy is making still further attempts to provide additional prey for the Swainson’s hawk,…