So why is one of the few botanical nuts of North America much more frequently called an “acorn” instead of...
Read moreWhile visiting with a friend in Point Loma, I spotted a very well camouflaged little beast on a dried-up branch....
Read moreCute and cuddly! Not really what one thinks of when meeting a cactus. But our observation of the month by...
Read moreAnimals that are primarily out at night at Mission Trails Regional Park include bats, owls, woodrats, mice, skunks, opossums, raccoons,...
Read moreHorehound (Marrubium vulgare) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe, Northern Africa, and Central Asia....
Read moreIt’s a tiny plant packed with biological intrigue: it’s a geophyte, heterostylous, hysteranthus, bears a cyme, and is named after...
Read moreFive species of wrens are seen regularly in Mission Trails Regional Park (MTRP), in the right habitat.
Read moreDespite the dismal rainy season of 2017-18 and the corresponding dearth of food across the ecological spectrum (was there a...
Read moreIt is easy to dismiss that green stuff on the trees or on the rocks, but one only needs to...
Read moreThis series is a photographic record of the big birds of Mission Trails capturing, securing, and consuming a meal. In...
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