River Cleanup Success for Earth Day

River Cleanup Success for Earth Day

Clark, Michael, Joanne and I met at Shollenberger Park at 9 am and went to the South trail near the river to start trash pickup where the prior cleanup left off. We made it to the river side trail where a lot of plastic stuff and other trash piled up on the high...
The Reading Nook, May 2023

The Reading Nook, May 2023

Article by David Sandri, PWA Librarian* May 2023 Hello and welcome to the first post for The Reading Nook – a monthly book review from our library, along with newsworthy items to do with nature. Let’s dive right in (like a diving duck!) to our first book – Spotlight...
Christmas Bird Count 4 Kids

Christmas Bird Count 4 Kids

Register your kids for Dec 31 Christmas bird count. This is a fun event led by PWA Docents. See flyer for details. CBC4Kids Annual Event – flyer 2022
ECWRF Owl box camera following 2 owls

ECWRF Owl box camera following 2 owls

After cleaning out the large owl box in the dead Eucalyptus tree in October it has been occupied by same two owls consistently. Good chance this is now a formal pairing and we will be watching for eggs in early 2023. See this recent short video of their activity....
There were 7 and now there are 5

There were 7 and now there are 5

The camera in the owl box at ECWRF has seen the laying of 7 eggs turn into 7 owlets growing white and then brown feathers. Len has been watching daily as have I and Len reports he believes the two largest owlets have fledged. There are 5 now in the box. It was pretty...
Shollenberger’s Cliff Swallows under Adobe Creek Bridge

Shollenberger’s Cliff Swallows under Adobe Creek Bridge

Cliff Swallow Image by Len Nelson By Mary Kadri Working my way through my bird monitoring education with PWA researcher, Len Nelson, I put aside my new fear of spiders to join him in counting cliff swallow nests under the Adobe Creek bridge at Shollenberger. (I...

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