Mission Trails - Trail Guide
Flight of the tern at Lake Murray
Despite the dismal rainy season of 2017-18 and the corresponding dearth of food across the ecological spectrum (was there a...
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iNaturalist Observation of the Month: Mealy Pixie Cup Lichen
It is easy to dismiss that green stuff on the trees or on the rocks, but one only needs to...
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How to eat a catfish
This series is a photographic record of the big birds of Mission Trails capturing, securing, and consuming a meal. In...
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Lessons from nature
Young ravens remind us to be jovial. Witness their aerial stick game. You’ll see amazing acrobatic displays as one flier...
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Welcome the Western Grebe
By Audrey F. Baker It’s that time of year! The Western Grebes (Aechmophorus occidentalis) are back in San Diego and...
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Nature’s holiday colors at Mission Trails Park
By Audrey F. Baker | Trail Guide As fall gives way, culminating in winter solstice, we enter a new season....
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Western sycamore’s fall color display
By Audrey F. Baker A festival of autumn color is underway at Mission Trails Regional Park. Flat-top buckwheat flaunts its...
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Mission Trails’ misunderstood creepy crawlers
By Audrey F. Baker As October approaches, thoughts to turn to Halloween and the menagerie of nature that represents the...
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Patch-nosed encounter at Mission Trails Regional Park
By Audrey F. Baker For many, one of Mission Trails Regional Park’s must-see sights is Snake Rock. Head north on...
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A colorful critter at Mission Trails
By Audrey F. Baker Small but spectacular, Murgantia histrionica dazzles with brilliant red, orange and yellow markings defined in black....
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