Executive Director's Blog Archive

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,…

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…