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Sunday Walk
Clouds dark as a herd of buffalos rumbled across the sky today. Looking up from my observations in the Meadow, I saw the deluge coming and hurried back to my car, but along the way I halted to get...
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Stalking the Wild Hummingbird
The blooming Echium on the south side of the park offers millions of individual blossoms and serves as a magnet for bees and hummingbirds. The other day I saw a hummingbird working the Echium, but...
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Whimbrels
Walking east along the Virginia Street extension I saw at least two, possibly three birds that I thought at first were Long-billed Curlews. A closer look showed, no, they were Whimbrels. The Whimbrel...
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Now Blooming: Cleveland Sage
A big bush along the west side of the loop path, in the island between the paved and unpaved branches not far north of the parking circle, is in bloom now. Pretty pinkish-bluish flowers that pop out...
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Great Year for Rock Rose
The rock roses (cistus) in the back of the picnic area just north of the parking circle are having a great year. I photographed them two years ago. This year they are taller, there are more of them,...
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Unidentified Floating Object
What looked like a floating nursery bed drifted near the mouth of Schoolhouse Creek in the southeast corner of the North Basin yesterday. The man-made contraption had a triangular wooden frame for a...
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Kid Scooter Abandoned
This kid scooter with helmet was abandoned on Sunday near the park entrance at the parking circle. As of Tuesday afternoon no one had claimed it.
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News: Public Art Area Reopened
Burrowing Owl (Feb, 5, 2014) The plaque marking the circular seating sculpture The seasonal Burrowing Owl preserve in the northeast corner of the park has been reopened to the public and the artwork...
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Happy Soarheads
The wind Tuesday afternoon blew steady and not too strong, not too weak — just right for the Soarheads, an impromptu club of radio-controlled (mostly) glider enthusiasts who have been meeting on the...
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On Daddy’s Hand
Though the mowing is rough and the thistles are tall, there’s nothing sweeter than a walk in the park with Daddy.
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