Nature section including essays and links about nature, nature watching. natural history, weeds and other topics

by James K. Sayre

A backyard spa for visiting Day Cats .A Backyard Spa for Day Cats: a brief overview

Fruit flies as interesting indoor pets .Fruit flie as indoor pets: a brief overview

 

Essays and links:The Natural History of Foster City .Foster City Natural History

Slugs: a brief overview: .Slugs: a brief overview

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Monarch Butterfly

Blue gum eucalyptus and other eucalyptus information Blue gum eucalyptus

Chickadees at Crystal Springs Watershed in San Mateo County and in my backyard Chickadees at Crystal Springs

Chickadees can be very demanding and very pointed in their comments and their looks. Chickadees can be very demanding and very pointed in their comments and their looks

The Birds' Teeter-totter The Birds' Teeter-totter

Why do birds hate Mercedes-Benz hubcaps when they are used as bird feeders? . Why do birds hate Mercedes-Benz hubcaps when they are used as bird feeders?

Lesser Goldfinches on my Cosmos Plants Lesser Goldfinches on my Cosmos Plants

English Sparrows feeding on my Mustard Greens. English Sparrows feeding on my Mustard Greens

Bushtits in my Hawthorn Tree. Bushtits in my Hawthorn Tree


Some links to nature sites:

The Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History, York, South Carolina: Bird watching, bird banding, discussion of the return of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and nature study, at: The Hilton Pond


Some links to information about nature in the Rockridge district of Oakland, California:

Some common birds in Rockridge (with notes): Rockridge birds

Rockridge Geology and the nearby Hayward Earthquake Fault: Rockridge geology

Rockridge Weather Rockridge Weather

Rockridge Sounds Rockridge Sounds

Rockridge Smells Rockridge Smells

Rockridge Natural History Rockridge Natural History

Rockridge Mammals Rockridge Mammals

Literature:

Nature guides for North Americans Nature guides for North Americans

 

 

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