by Marisela De Santa Anna | Jan 20, 2021 | Blog
One of the Valley oaks in the Plasma(S1) woodland with many species of mosses growing on its trunk. Fern moss, Dendoalsia abietina, up close showing the pleurocarpous structure of growth. Often the base of a large oak will be a good area to look for different kinds of...
by Marisela De Santa Anna | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog
The Northern Flicker is a striking, lively woodpecker with a large bill. The brilliant leaves of Poison oak, in the late fall, with its waxy and pale off-white berries. A Red-bellied sapsucker eating poison oak berries. The abundance of poison oak berries in a winter...
by Marisela De Santa Anna | Dec 31, 2020 | Blog
Mill Creek floods its banks after we have over 6 inches of rain which creates a wetland. This bedraggled immature first year Bald eagle is drying out after a rain. A brilliant male Western bluebird sunning on a post. These American wigeon are found in our flooded...
by Marisela De Santa Anna | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog
Fox sparrow showing its dark back and head Fox sparrow doing its jump forward and then kicking back with both feet at once Notice the long claws on this sparrow December 10, 2020 One of the birds that I look forward to seeing in the fall and winter months is the large...
by Marisela De Santa Anna | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog
An adult bald eagle and a first year immature bald eagle looking over the Willits Sewage Treatment Plant ponds from the Mitigation lands. A light form Ferruginous hawk that was seen last November on the Plasma site of the Mitigation lands The Northern Harrier is one...
by Marisela De Santa Anna | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog
A Western Gray Squirrel with a black walnut nut in its mouth. Finally a chance to sit and eat! A native black walnut tree after a severe frost that has dropped most of its branchlets on the ground. Wednesday, November 4, 2020 When I think back to last year at this...
