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Winter Beach Walk

March 26, 2020by concretechaparral 7 Comments

A winter stroll provides a chance to get a sense of place where this vast wet wilderness meets the land.

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Birds, Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Ocean

Yosemite and the 12,000 Serenity Prayers

February 29, 2020by concretechaparral 2 Comments

Hetch Hetchy Valley was the little sister to the valley of Yosemite, a glacier carved gorge lined with vertical granite walls where multiple waterfalls roared.

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Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Landmarks, National Parks and Forests

La Tuna Canyon – Hiking Up an Old Friend

May 13, 2019by concretechaparral 5 Comments

It was a cool day with light cloud cover, good weather for a hike, so I decided to head out and see an old friend.

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Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Native Plants

A Late Winter Walk in the Park

March 16, 2019by concretechaparral 13 Comments

Pick a walk through a natural habitat and hike it once a month for a year.  You’ll never have the same walk twice.

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Birds, Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Native Plants, Urban Parks

Squirrels!

February 18, 2019by concretechaparral 1 Comment

If you had to design a happy creature from scratch, chances are you’ll end up with something like a squirrel.  Adorable, energetic, bushy tail, bouncy run.

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Habitat & Wildlife, Mammals, Urban Parks

To the Coyote Brush that Didn’t Make It

October 28, 2018by concretechaparral 3 Comments

Coyote brush is a tough, scrappy survivor, often overlooked and under appreciated.

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Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Insects, Native Plants

To Wonder View and Beyond!

June 20, 2018by concretechaparral 7 Comments

Besides city views and apex predators, there is also show biz!

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Birds, Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Insects, Landmarks, Mammals, Native Plants, Pets, Urban Parks
It's blue-purple flowers reveal blue-eyed grass to actually be of the iris family and not a grass.

Checking In with the Yard

May 19, 2018by concretechaparral 3 Comments

So far all the plants have survived with the exception of the island morning glory dug up by my co-gardener, Rocky the dog.  Even the native grasses he ate grew back fine.

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Birds, Garden, Habitat & Wildlife, Insects, Native Plants

Ballona Freshwater Marsh

April 10, 2018by concretechaparral 7 Comments

Not far from the L.A. coastline, at the corner of Lincoln and Jefferson is a small marsh.

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Birds, Habitat & Wildlife, Hikes/Walks, Insects, Native Plants

Living with the Coyote

March 17, 2018by concretechaparral 3 Comments

Intelligent, resourceful, creative, coyotes have thrived under persecution where other animals were vanquished

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Habitat & Wildlife, Mammals

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Black-eyed Susans enjoying a Colorado summer.
Toyon bonanza‼️
Last month in Colorado - bighorn sheep walking along US Hwy 34.
While my two big sages duke it out for dominance, the hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea) just keeps blooming.
Battle of the Sages! White Sage (Salvia apiana) vs ‘Allen Chickering’ Sage (S. clevelandii x leucophylla). The white sage has got the height but the Chickering the mass. In terms of flowers it’s a tie at 3.4 gazillion each.
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