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Do you love Shollenberger Park and the Wetlands? Petaluma Wetlands Alliance needs volunteer docents. Docents serve in a number of ways, including: Teach 3rd graders about wetlands and habitats...
View Full PostBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months: December
From: Peter Colasanti December, the darkest month, feels like the coldest. Well it’s also the birdiest one in the Petaluma Wetlands, with 144 species logged since 2005 for the month. It only...
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Pickleweed maintenance at Shollenberger Park
From Chelsea Thompson, City of Petaluma Public Works & Utilities Department: The Shollenberger dredge disposal site has maintenance requirements in order to be used for dredge disposal during...
View Full PostBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Months : November
From Peter Colasanti, 11-17 By early November most of the long distance migrant birds have taken the advice of their DNA and relocated to the longer and sunnier days of the...
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Native Plants – Coyote Bush, Baccharis pilularis
Note open branching with leaves on exterior (leggy) forming a round shape. From John Shribbs, 11-17 A common native upland evergreen shrub in the aster family found in many habitats from...
View Full PostBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Year : October
From Peter Colasanti In October the migration of long distance landbirds is largely past, though some possibilities for finding vagrants remain, even in the Petaluma...
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PWA Calendar Available at the Petaluma Visitors Center
The 2018 Petaluma Wetlands Alliance calendar is now available at the Petaluma Visitors Center. Each month on the calendar has a photo of a bird you are likely to see that month in the Shollenberger...
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Chapter 6 of Bob’s Wildlife and Birds – Mute Swans
From Bob Dyer email 10-2016 MUTE SWAN The mention of “swans” in the mind of many adults, conjures up a mental picture, probably similar to the one above. These are the graceful creatures of fairy...
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Bob Dyer Bench Memorial
On October 6, the Petaluma Wetlands Alliance will dedicate a bench at Shollenberger Park to honor Bob Dyer, a PWA board member and long time wetlands supporter. Bob took most of the photos on this...
View Full PostBirding Petaluma Wetlands Through the Year : September
From Peter Colasanti, 09-17: September is the richest month for birding generally in Northern California, and that very wealth creates challenges. Populations of most...
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