Petaluma Wetlands Alliance

Killdeer

Jun 1, 2026 | Categories: Birds and Shollenberger. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

Observed at Shollenberger Park on the morning of Saturday, May 30, 2026: A Killdeer chick waits patiently for its little sibling to emerge from under the mother Killdeer. Photos by Ted...

Will the Herons Return to Nest?

Mar 2, 2025 | Categories: Birds, Ellis Creek, Len Nelson, and News. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

By Linda Sheppard For many years, Great Blue Herons, Great Egrets and Double Crested Cormorants have been nesting in three eucalyptus trees at the Ellis Creek Water Recycling Plant. The nesting area...

Winter Wonders at Shollenberger Park

Nov 9, 2024 | Categories: Birds, Shollenberger, and Tim Fleming. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

As winter settles in, Shollenberger Park in Petaluma, California, becomes a true sanctuary for bird lovers and nature enthusiasts. This serene wetland, bordered by the Petaluma River and a vibrant...

“Oonk-a-lunk” American Bittern

Apr 1, 2024 | Categories: Birds, Shollenberger, and Tim Fleming. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

Walking through Shollenberger the other day, I had an unexpected encounter with one of nature’s most elusive creatures – the American Bittern. I was alerted to its presence by its strange,...

Owl box camera following 2 owls

Nov 30, 2022 | Categories: Birds and News. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

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...

Shollenberger’s Cliff Swallows under Adobe Creek Bridge

Jul 9, 2022 | Categories: Birds, Len Nelson, Mary Kadri, News, and Shollenberger. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

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...

Monitoring Herons & Egrets at Ellis Creek

Jun 24, 2022 | Categories: Birds, Ellis Creek, Mary Kadri, and News. | 0 Comments

Photo of Linda Sheppard & Len Nelson By Mary Kadri Among the several pleasures of volunteering with Petaluma Wetland Alliance, and then volunteering to help lead researcher Len Nelson, is...

Riding with the Researcher

Jun 1, 2022 | Categories: Birds, Ellis Creek, and Len Nelson. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

One of the first things Len Nelson, lead bird researcher, will tell you if you ask to go along on one of his birding trips, is “I hope you don’t have a time limit.” Take my word for it, clear your...