For several years running, the Oak Titmice nested in a nest box on the front of our little house in a canyon near UCLA, fledging clutches of young each year. They had started building a new nest this year, which I knew because we clean out the box each year to reduce the potential build-up … Continue reading A Buzz for the Season
Reprinted from The Glenite [newsletter of the Residents of Beverly Glen], Spring 2024, p. 6 One of the delights of the Glen is the abundance of Coast Live Oak trees. They are part of the indigenous vegetation that would have been found along the canyon bottom, which this winter has forcefully reminded us is a … Continue reading Oak Titmouse: Royalty in the Canopy
Reprinted from The Glenite [newsletter of the Residents of Beverly Glen], Summer 2023, p. 6 Of all the nocturnal bird calls in our canyon, the most frequently heard is that of the Great Horned Owl, with a higher and lower stuttering call of hoo-h’HOO-hoo-hoo. But during spring evenings in the Glen [Beverly Glen, eastern Santa … Continue reading Encounter with a Common Poorwill
Things have to be a bit dire to take hope from a roadkilled squirrel, but today, that’s where I found it, north of Sunset, between the 405 and the 101. Continue reading The Californians: Western Gray Squirrel edition
