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Whitney Grover
Mar 1, 2021
Monitoring of Mount Sutro's Birds and Lepidoptera
“Trees, trees, beautiful trees” the high pitched song of the Brown Creeper rings out from a nearby tree trunk. The well-camouflaged...
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Sutro Stewards
Dec 9, 2020
The Bee Blog
By: Alex A. I have been fortunate to grow up in a fairly big backyard with a garden. Our yard is teeming with life. Ever since I was a...
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Whitney Grover
Aug 19, 2019
Sutro Bird Watcher: Changing Seasons
Whitney Grover is a trip leader with Golden Gate Audubon Society, you can catch her leading a monthly bird walks on Mount Sutro, with...
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Janis Gomes
Feb 1, 2019
Salamanders of Mount Sutro
Salamanders: The World is their Oyster, or is it Wet Tree Trunk? It’s winter in San Francisco, and the rains have provided some welcome...
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Maryann Rainey
Aug 27, 2017
Sutro Bird Watcher: Steller’s Jay & California Scrub-Jay
Grab Your Binoculars! Why is it that when walking the trails on Mt. Sutro the Steller’s Jay is seen and heard, while in neighboring...
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Maryann Rainey
Mar 29, 2017
Sutro Bird Watcher: Dark-eyed Junco
Grab Your Binoculars! The Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) March and April: Early Springtime After Wet Winter Rains Do you hear that long...
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Janis Gomes
Mar 2, 2017
Pollinators: All They Need is a Little Love
For the last two seasons, I’ve noticed a pretty green hummingbird; I’ll call him Al (the Allen hummingbird is a common species in...
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Maryann Rainey
Mar 1, 2017
Sutro Bird Watcher: Red-shouldered Hawk
Grab Your Binoculars! The Mt. Sutro Open Space Reserve offers mystery and intrigue to those willing to explore its century-old trails....
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Pat Greene
Feb 23, 2017
Trip Report: February Bird Walk
[endif]--We met at the UCSF Woods Lot at 8:15 AM on Saturday, February 18--planning to be out of the way by the time volunteers started...
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Maryann Rainey
Feb 2, 2017
Sutro Bird Watcher: Black Phoebe
Grab your binoculars! Wintertime. Looking up from the planting table in the Sutro Nursery, I spy a Black Phoebe overhead. His strong...
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Maryann Rainey
Oct 28, 2016
Sutro Bird Watcher: Golden-Crowned Sparrow
Grab your binoculars! Traveling in small groups, a migrating species of sparrow, the Golden-crowned Sparrow, arrived in late September to...
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Maryann Rainey
Jun 7, 2016
Sutro Bird Watcher: Pacific Wren
Grab Your Binoculars! Summertime. The Pacific wren is singing in the Sutro shrubbery, even as most other small birds fall silent in San...
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Maryann Rainey
May 2, 2016
Sutro Bird Watcher: Wilson's Warbler
Grab your binoculars! When in the moisture laden undergrowth of Mt. Sutro, watered by rain or fog, listen for the insistent call of the...
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Maryann Rainey
Jan 5, 2016
Sutro Bird Watcher: The Hermit Thrush
Grab your binoculars! Do you hear a low, gentle “cluck-cluck” coinciding with the double wing ‘flap-flap’ motion in a medium-sized brown...
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Maryann Rainey
Dec 1, 2015
Sutro Bird Watcher: Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Grab Your Binoculars! December is here and with winter, migrating birds are arriving on Mt. Sutro. This month the ruby-crowned kinglet is...
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