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arson threats in Sausalito

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:37:49 -0700

some people in sausalito take their views very seriously

2nd and Main street, Sausalito

Black-Necked Stilt and Alaskan Black Turnstone at San Leandro Creek

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:59:20 -0700

This is part of what makes living in SF worth it and it's less than 30 minutes from downtown SF via Bart and bike. Part of the Oakland Estuary and the great Bay Trail, this is at the junction of Martin Luther King Regional Shoreline and San Leandro creek between the Oakland airport and the Oakland Coliseum.

It's not very well known and much less crowded than any of the San Francisco parks. Right now some of the western bird migrations are happening from Alaska, joining native shoreline birds

These are native Black-necked Stilt mingling with Alaskan Black Turnstone that just migrated here for the winter a few weeks ago

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Sausalito Art Car 2012

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 17:48:26 -0700

update on the famous Sausalito Art car, now with more foliage!

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Chevron fire time lapse

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:47:24 -0700

time lapse of the Chevron refinery fire as seen from Telegraph Hill via Dee Em

Montara Mountain April 21, 2012

nospam@example.com () — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:19:59 -0700

Nice day to bike up Montara Mountain

full flickr set

San Francisco Bay Area turkey tail mushrooms

nospam@example.com () — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:00:23 -0700

Tramates versicolor, aka Turkey Tail mushrooms found on the Iron Horse trail near Alamo, California (below). Turkey Tail can also easily be grown in any Bay Area back yard with plug spawn and even transplanted from the wild

These mushrooms are world renowned for their beneficial health properties and are the subject of ongoing cancer research (PDF)

Interview with Paul Stamets in Huffington Post about a recent lecture on medicinal mushrooms at TedMed which is already sold out this year

Stamets talks about how Turkey Tail mushrooms helped cure his 84 year old mother of breast cancer at the end of this video (TedMed 2011)

On the Iron Horse Trail near Alamo recently

Crystal Springs Bald Eagles

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:10:22 -0700

very likely the first ever video of San Mateo's very first nesting pair of bald eagles in 100 years, taken earlier today. This is on San Francisco Water Department property and the closest these eagles have nested to San Francisco in our generation. Another nesting pair has been reported at Kent Lake in Marin county and more info on Bay Area eagles at Hawkman blog. And another nesting pair at Calaveras Reservoir in Santa Clara county (updated at SFCitizen)

Tom Stienstra posted some directions and SF Citizen also posted about it. You can also watch a live webcam of a bald eagle nest with chicks in Ohio

the best photo so far is at the Penninsula Audubon Society

flickr set

the actual view...it's on the other side of the lake, on the other side of that eucalytus grove

this photo is with a Canon EOS DSLR at 80mm (different source)

this photo is with a 20xcanon sx20 bridge camera of the same eucalyptus grove at a different angle. This is the only place at water level you can see it and it's on Sawyer Camp Trail

you need a bigger lens than this to get close (500mm) or a camera rigged to a spotting scope for digascoping which is likely how the Audubon got a nice clear shot

we got lucky as there was a juvenile bald eagle flying around Crystal Springs unrelated to the nesting pair -just passing through

bonus! Some young deer at Crystal Springs along Sawyer Camp Trail

OccupyOakland eviction notice

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:41:18 -0700

handed to the demonstrators tonight

Marin Wild Turkey

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:19:05 -0700

Wild Turkey just north of Novato, December Dec 30, 2010

full set

the Strawberry view of San Francisco

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:25:40 -0700

what the view looks like from Strawberry