We have three waterfalls in Novato and now’s the time to see them. How many of them have you visited?
Birding Your Five Mile Radius
The biggest thing in 2019 birding is a rather small thing: the five mile radius. How many birds are within five miles of your home?
February 2019 – Upcoming Events
What bird walks, group hikes, and other nature-related events are coming up in Northern Marin this month?
Woodpeckers
We have seven local woodpecker species, with peak woodpecker season happening right now. How many of the seven have you seen?
Big Year #7: The End
The penultimate report on my 2018 Thoreauvian Big Year came at the end of October: today is the final chapter! Did I make it to 200 species?
Day Island Wildlife Area
Day Island is one of our town’s best-kept secrets. Did you even know Novato had a bayshore?
Illustrious Birdfeeders #1: Aldo Leopold & A Conservation Esthetic
It’s time to get philosophical in the first entry of my new series on illustrious practitioners of that most local of nature-appreciation exercises: birdfeeding. First up is Aldo Leopold, father of American wildlife conservation.
Big Year #6: October Update
A number of birds are best seen in fall migration – what did autumn add to the species tally on Jack’s Thoreauvian Big Year?
The Winter Warblers
We have two migratory warblers who nest to our north and then fly south to our latitudes for the winter: the yellow-rumped and Townsend’s warblers. One is known as “butter-butt” and the other is my candidate for Most Beautiful Bird in Novato.
Pacheco Pond
Pacheco Pond is the best publicly accessible freshwater-ish pond we have in Novato. True, it may lack polish, bells, and whistles, but one good first step towards an eventual sprucing up would be for the birding community to give it some love and recognition. Starting right now!