Travels of a Certified California Naturalist
I headed out to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve for a walk. It was about 51° and drizzly when I left the house around 7:30. Although I carried my umbrella throughout my walk, I didn’t need it. As soon as I got to the preserve, the rain stopped. And by the time I left there, […]
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It was cloudy in the morning, and very overcast by the afternoon, but mild temperature-wise: 47° when I first headed out, and up to about 51° by noon. I headed over to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve to do my volunteer trail walking there. I had invited others to come along on the walk if […]
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I headed out to the American River Bend Park around 7:00 am. It was mostly cloudy when I got there, around 49°, but the rain moved in while I was walking. Not a lot of rain, but enough so that I needed my umbrella. The first things I saw were a handful of deer, does, […]
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I headed out to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve for a walk today. It was about 46° at the river, and while I was walking the clouds parted, leaving things partly sunny and quite lovely outside. I walked for a little over 3 hours and covered about 2½ miles. One of the first things I saw was […]
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Date: Thursday, 02-28-19 Time: 7:30 am to 10:30 am Location: Effie Yeaw Nature Center, 2850 San Lorenzo Way, Carmichael, CA 95608 Habitat: Oak Woodland and riparian boundary Weather: Overcast, 43° to 46° Narrative: I headed out to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve for my trail walking right after I fed the dog his breakfast. I […]
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Around 7:30 am I headed over to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve for a walk. It was a very chilly 31°when I got there, and there were some areas where everything was covered with a heavy frost. I was glad my heavier coat was in the back seat of the car! There were only a […]
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Around 7:30 am I headed out to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve for my walk. It was about 37° at the river when I got there and warmed up to the 50’s by the time I got back home. CLICK HERE for the full album of photos. The cold seemed to keep a lot of […]
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It was chilly and overcast for most of the day, but not much in the way of rain. I got up around 7:00 am, right around the same time Lissa got up and let her dogs out for their morning potty. I got Sergeant Margie outside and fed him his breakfast. I had a small […]
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I got up around 6:30 this morning, and decided I’d try going out to the Sacramento and Colusa National Wildlife Refuges. It’s a long drive and I wasn’t sure how Wilson (my tumor) would react to sitting in a vibrating thing, accelerating and decelerating for hours at a time. I tried going without any pain […]
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Around 7:15 am I went over to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve again for a walk. When I first walked in, I saw a small group of deer collected behind the classroom facility across from the nature center. There was one of the 3-pointer bucks back there, rubbing his head against some of the scrub […]
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After giving the dog his breakfast, I headed over to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve for a walk. The air quality has been so bad that the zoo and other recreation places in Sacramento have all shut down for the day. The nature center at Effie Yeaw was also closed, but the trails were still […]
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I slept in a tiny bit this morning and got up around 7:00. After giving the dog his breakfast, I headed over to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve for a walk. It was a chilly 34° at the river! Got up to about 70° by the afternoon. The air quality was bad enough today to […]
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