This Juvenile Great Horned Owl with fluffy feathers was perched on the branch of a Bay Laurel tree.
Read MoreOn a late July morning, a group of volunteers gathered in Wildcat Canyon. They were there to assess the health of a population of Santa Cruz tarplant, a rare plant that grows in the canyon.
Read MoreEncountering an owl in the wild is an otherworldly experience. It’s often fleeting —perhaps only a glimpse of silent feathers flying through the dark forest.
Read MoreAnna’s hummingbirds had appeared in full force congruently with the manzanita blooms: they chirped and chattered and swooped down to drink pallid manzanita nectar.
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