Alum Rock, the City of San Jose’s oldest park, was jumpin’ last weekend with people and plants. ...
Blooming Botanical Wildflowers
Botanical gardens are hot spots for seeing Spring wildflowers in bloom. Okay, they’re not totally ...
Rain and the Work of Volunteers Have Nursed Sausal Creek Back to Health
Yesterday, along Sausal Creek, I saw the usually trickling waterfall, which is located midway down ...
Golden Drop
Right after another rain, this week’s redwood hike revealed so many natural glistening things, like ...
Redwoods Mystery Hike
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Wet Redwood Forests
Nature Rhythms had our first public hike today in the redwoods. Recent rains have made their mark, ...
Vargas Plateau
Wildlife and domestic animals thrive in the oak woodlands of Vargas Plateau in the Fremont hills. ...
Warblers in Winter
Up and down, over and around – the yellow-rumped warblers are tearing through my backyard like ...
Acorn Rain in the Redwoods
The height and stature of the old growth in Big Basin Redwoods State Park astound you as soon as you ...
Mount Umunhum
Mount Umunhum (pronounced "Um-un-um") invokes the sound of humming and means hummingbird. It ...
Who’s Living in the Plains?
My friend and colleague Rashida and I are heading into Carrizo Plain National Monument in southern ...
Discovering Wildlife in the East Bay Redwoods
Where can you find wildlife in the East Bay? In the redwoods. That's what kids do. This past ...
Monarchs of Mexico
The well-groomed horses slogged up the hill, each one bearing the weight of a local or foreign ...
“Lucy in the Sky with Islands”
A neon emerald patch flashes by, surrounded by a sea of dark feathers. It’s here, gone again, then ...
