Join Pete Bontadelli, Environmental Consultant at Analytical Environmental Services and former Director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, as he presents “The Yolo Bypass: A Key Link in the State’s Water and Flood Picture” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters as part of Yolo Basin Foundation’s Flyway Nights speaker series.
https://www.davisenterprise.com/community/flyway-nights-looks-at-yolo-bypass/
Mendocino Land Trust has announced that it is now accepting applications for its summer internship program.
All curious, outdoor-loving, and hard-working students are encouraged to apply.
These internships are an opportunity for college students to work side-by-side with Mendocino Land Trust conservationists to gain real world experiences of land conservation and stewardship.
Dozens of sick hummingbirds are turning up in Orange County.
But there is a group of volunteers, working overtime and around the clock, to nurse the sick birds back to health.
Two ospreys that raised three chicks last year on live video have reunited in their nest perched high atop a crane along the Richmond waterfront.
Even the Air Force's mightiest jets are far from immune from the danger posed by low-flying birds.
Researchers forecast interactions between two owl species and the quality of their habitat in the Pacific Northwest.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190305153659.htm
Every so often, the clouds seem to turn black and dance above the fields of California.
https://www.californiasun.co/stories/the-dance-of-peregrine-falcons-and-twirling-murmurations/
California’s largest lake has long attracted visitors. Many go there year-round to see thousands of birds congregating around the lake and its nearby habitats, but the lake is changing and that’s changing bird populations.
More than 400 different species have been recorded here and estimates put the daily bird population around the sea at more than 100,000.
https://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/mar/06/change-salton-sea-affecting-bird-populations/
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — An egg has been laid in a nest shared by two bald eagles in Southern California and nature lovers will anxiously watch for the hatching via an online live feed .
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bald-eagle-lays-egg-in-Southern-California-13671056.php
Marines with 7th ESB helped the MCB Camp Pendleton Wildlife Management Section improve the California Least Tern breeding colony so the birds residing on the beach could continue to thrive off the land undisturbed.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/313251/california-least-tern-breeding-grounds-get-makeover-marines
