Executive Director's Blog Archive
February 28, 2012
White-faced ibis makes a rare mid-Winter showing
The Conservancy now has lots of white-faced ibis on Conservancy preserves. But not so, really,…
December 14, 2011
Tiny bubbles (with large impacts)
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been asked to speak to various habitat…
December 14, 2011
It’s not just habitat for animals
Looking at the adjacent photo, you might see a lot of things I don’t. As…
November 1, 2011
International Relations and “Shop Talk”
Along with a multidisciplinary team from the California Department of Fish and Game, we toured…
September 6, 2011
Pretty as a button
These button-willows (also called Buttonbush, Honey-bells) have a scientific name of Cephalanthus occidentalis. But my…
August 3, 2011
Smut
The Conservancy’s preserves have now been infested by smutgrass (Sporobolus indicus). This is going to…
July 28, 2011
Field trip
In cooperation with the Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk and Sacramento chapter of the Audubon…
June 14, 2011
Blue eggs but no ham
The blue eggs shown in the photo here are those of a white-faced ibis (Plegadis…
June 6, 2011
Budgie
Sometimes the strangest things happen on Conservancy preserves. Recently, I saw this brightly colored bird…