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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...

There were 7 and now there are 5

Aug 16, 2022 | Categories: News. Translation Priorities: Optional. | 0 Comments

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...

PWA Celebrates Ciclovia: A Bike or Walk Event!

Jul 17, 2022 | Categories: Events. | 0 Comments

On Sunday, July 17th, Petaluma Blvd. was closed to vehicles and opened to walkers and bikers, directing them to cross Washington to access Lynch Creek trail and travel across town to Lucchesi Park...

Annual Picnic 2022

Jul 12, 2022 | Categories: Events. | 0 Comments

PWA held its 2022 annual picnic and meeting on Sunday, July 10th, under the redwoods at McNear Park. Several people expressed how good it felt to get together again, as many have either been...

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...

Feather Fest Champion, Spring 2022

Jul 9, 2022 | Categories: Events and Sheryl Nadeau. | 0 Comments

By Mary Kadri On May 7th, 2022 Sheryl Nadeau, long-time PWA docent and incredible all-around volunteer, pulled off another successful spring Feather Fest. Several dozen children attended, along...

Tribute to Andy LaCasse

Jun 24, 2022 | Categories: Andy LaCasse and Len Nelson. | 0 Comments

In Memory of Beloved PWA Member Andy LaCasse (1942-2022) by Len Nelson, Research Chair Without the inspiration, insights and education I absorbed from Andy Lacasse, I would not be doing the research...

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...