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If there is one, this is it.

Regulars know that one the most challenging problems the Conservancy deals with each day is…

mid-shot of a hawk and a crawdad in a stand-off in a field at the Conservancy

Quien es mas macho?

This famous Billy Crystal line from Saturday Night Live could be used for this standoff….

a pregnant Giant garter snake outstretched and laying amongst twigs in the dirt

Another beauty-aquatic snake department

This female Giant Garter Snake is about to give birth, judging by the looks of…

close-up of a Red-tailed hawk perched on a fence post with its head turned back and looking in the distance

For no other reason

When I saw this beauty, one of many, I knew it had to hit my…

a female coyote in the distance standing in a field at the Conservancy's BKS tract

They’re baaaack!

After being gone for nearly 10 years, we now have a female coyote and her…

Female Dark Morph Swainson's Hawk

Out on bale

Conservancy field personnel are seeing a lot of Swainson’s Hawk activity already this year. On…

thumbnail of a published reference to an article brief in Herpetological Review 44(1), 2013 on movement of a Giant garter snake in the Natomas Basin

Published and not perished

Attached with this post is notification and reference to an article brief published in Herpetological…

report on Conservancy bird counts from the Sacramento Audubon Society

Counting crows (and other birds)

It’s always a pleasure to have a group of Audubon Society folks help the Conservancy…

Giant garter snake laying stretched out in a dried grassy area

November surprise

Rarely do we see Giant Garter Snakes this time of year. “Hibernating” is the word…

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