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
Reprinted from The Western Tanager 89(4):1-3. A fact that has stuck with me from the research for the Los Angeles County Breeding Bird Atlas in the 1990s is that there was not a single neighborhood in the county that did not have at least ten breeding bird species. Residents can enjoy birds wherever they live. … Continue reading An Urban Forest for the Birds
Travis Longcore 