Travels of a Certified California Naturalist
I just HAD to go see how mama Great Horned Owl was doing at the American River Bend Park, so I got up around 6:30 am and headed over there, hoping to beat the incoming rain. It was about 59º and totally overcast, but no drizzles while I was out. When I got to the […]
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It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I’m feeling better; just really fatigued. I slept soundly last night and got up with the dog a little before 6:00 am. By about 7:00 am I headed over to the Cosumnes River Preserve for a walk. It was chilly and super foggy in the morning hours, and only got […]
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Up at 5:30 again. I hate that I have to get up so early on the weekends just so I can get outside when it’s still cool, but… whatcha gonna do? I went over to the River Bend Park, but rather than going to the area where I usually walk, I crossed the bridge and […]
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I got up around 5:30 and headed over to the Effie Yeaw Nature Preserve. The sun was just coming up as I got there. When I first started walking the trail, I could hear Wild Turkeys in the trees around me, so I looked for them. They were waaaaaaaaay the heck up in the trees, […]
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I was out the door with Sergeant Margie by about 4:00 am, and drove out to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge by way of the gas station and Jack’s. I got to the refuge just as the sun was coming up, and as I got out of the car Great Blue Herons lurched out from […]
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On my way to work this morning, traffic was moving slowly along I5, so I got off on County Road 22 near the city of Woodland to follow that toward the office. I had to stop along the way to get photos of the wild sunflowers and Buttonbush plants… and got some extra shots of […]
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Around 5:30 this morning, I headed out to the William Land Park to try to get a walk in before it got too warm outside… but it was almost too late to avoid the heat. When I got into the car the outside temperature was already at 77º! There was also a little bit of […]
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Here are some more photos from the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. CLICK HERE to see the album. I got a video snippet of a muskrat. It waddled up onto the auto-tour road, grabbed some green vegetation and went back into the tules. I wonder if it’s setting up a “nest” there. Where they’re able to, muskrats […]
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DAY 13 OF MY VACATION. I got up around 6 o’clock this morning and headed out to the Cosumnes River Preserve. I was looking for damselflies and dragonflies; it’s early in the season but as the weather is turning warmer, I thought they should be starting to emerge… It got up to 85º today… CLICK […]
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I got up about 6:00 am on Sunday, May 1, and headed over to the Cosumnes River Preserve for my walk. On the way there, I saw a Swainson’s Hawk sitting on a fencepost along the freeway, and then came across a pair of Red-Tailed Hawks that were “doin’ it” on another fencepost further down the […]
Read MoreMy day off. I got up early anyway (around 5:30 am) to head out to the American River Bend Park to search for galls… and it was already 70° outside. The sun wasn’t even up yet and it was 70°. Yuck! I went early in the hopes of maybe seeing otters or beavers in the […]
Read MoreDuring my lunch break at the office today, I found a journal online that I’d like to use for my naturalist class and ordered it. Hopefully it will get here over the weekend, so I’ll have it for class next week. And my boss, Sara, asked me if I’d seen the Google doodle for the […]
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