A match made in heaven: free tours to experience the landscape and maybe, just maybe, a glimpse of Califoria condors hanging out in their native ‘hood.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering free tours of the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Kern County, a key condor recovery location. Tours are April 30 and May 4 and start at 10 a.m.
Don’t be flighty! See if you can guess the answer to this week’s wildlife trivia quiz about one of SoCal’s endangered shore birds.
We couldn’t have been more pleased when last year, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) sought to protect about 1.6 million acres of desert lands which resulted in drafting of the California Desert Protection Act of 2011 — and we’re anxiously waiting for it to be the real deal soon.
There’s an abundance of news circulating about sea lions coming ashore to local beaches suffering from seizures brought about by domoic acid poisoning. It’s not a pretty sight when large sea lions flail about helplessly on the sand foaming at the mouth. Heartbreaking, to be sure.
Test your knowledge of this plunky reptile that adores sandy, wind-swept vistas and a good sturdy rock for basking, basking, basking.
Living in Southern California can be problematic with crowded conditions, urban sprawl and nightmarish traffic. These challenges present a double and triple whammy to urban wildlife that must navigate, circumvent and survive in a landscapethat wasn’t here 50 years ago.
Slippery and swifth, salamanders are at home on water and land. Test your knowledge of this active amphibian that boldly goes where no salamander has gone before!
The fine folks at the Nature Conservancy are offering an island adventure that’s close to home, but worlds away. Enter a chance for you and a guest to experience the beauty and grandeur of Santa Cruz Island, one of the five islands that make up the Channel Island National Park off the Ventura coast.
After being named “Bird of the Year” by the Audubon Society, the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) continues its high flight in the spotlight with a view from the nest, courtesy of Audubon Starr Ranch webcam in Orange County. That’s right. Real time nature at your fingertips!
We’re looking for SoCalWild readers to share what they’ve seen! If you’ve snagged a great picture and would like to submit it for consideration and posting, please send it our way. They can be fun, professional, unusual, inspirational…if you like it, chances are we will too. Several quick requirements: You must of taken the photo […]
We’re looking for SoCalWild readers to share what they’ve seen! If you’ve snagged a great picture and would like to submit it for consideration and posting, please send it our way. They can be fun, professional, unusual, inspirational…if you like it, chances are we will too. Several quick requirements: You must of taken the photo […]
