Sunday, February 28, 2010
Temporarily out of Service
Sorry Folks, but due to stolen notebooks and general buggery Mission Creek Naturalist will be out of service for a while. I'll try again later this year. Please feel free to post any sighting or comments here or Email me at teal.waterstrat@gmail.com
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Mission Creek Field Notes September 8- December 31, 2009
September 9, 2009 (9/9/9):
8:15am- Saw a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers just as I left the North-South path and headed West. Then another one flew over the path through the meadow to Lybarger. Same one or a third Pileated woodpecker? Also saw a bluebird not a Stellar's Jay @ Lybarger.
September 24, 2009:
A big thank you to whomever fisxed the swing yesterday and a pox on the hoodlums who have been vandalizing it. Also the useless individual who found it necessary to break this pencil, Bah!
September 27, 2009:
I pulled 2 tansy ragwort plants blooming in the open field.
September 29, 2009:
Saw a doe and her triplett fawns @ San Francisco entrance (to the North). I understand this family frequents yards on Wilson and 12th and eastwards.
October 12, 2009:
Keep seeing Native blackberry but w/ huge (Himalayan) size berries. All the Native BB I've seen before had a really small berries- Do you think the native & Himalayan are hybridizing? These berries have an awesome wilder flavor.
October 17th 2009:
Pineapple Express! With high winds. A melodic swooshing of the wind in the trees. All the big trees seem HUGE. No People, Warm 61° F. Colors. What a cool park. -Ty
Beautiful birds nest to the north at the llama farm entrance.
October 27, 2009:
Lots of crows about today. I also saw a tiny green black & yellow snake on the north side of the park
November 2, 2009:
Saw a large owl with haunting black eyes. We regarded each other for some time before he flew off. Obviously assessing a threat, not a meal. Also a furry black and orange catepiller. -Raeychelle
December 2, 2009:
Walking along in love. It was easy to feel out warmth in the warmth of this very special and comforting forest/glade/wilderness and on…
And the sun is shining so brightly-everything is beautiful
8:15am- Saw a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers just as I left the North-South path and headed West. Then another one flew over the path through the meadow to Lybarger. Same one or a third Pileated woodpecker? Also saw a bluebird not a Stellar's Jay @ Lybarger.
September 24, 2009:
A big thank you to whomever fisxed the swing yesterday and a pox on the hoodlums who have been vandalizing it. Also the useless individual who found it necessary to break this pencil, Bah!
September 27, 2009:
I pulled 2 tansy ragwort plants blooming in the open field.
September 29, 2009:
Saw a doe and her triplett fawns @ San Francisco entrance (to the North). I understand this family frequents yards on Wilson and 12th and eastwards.
October 12, 2009:
Keep seeing Native blackberry but w/ huge (Himalayan) size berries. All the Native BB I've seen before had a really small berries- Do you think the native & Himalayan are hybridizing? These berries have an awesome wilder flavor.
October 17th 2009:
Pineapple Express! With high winds. A melodic swooshing of the wind in the trees. All the big trees seem HUGE. No People, Warm 61° F. Colors. What a cool park. -Ty
Beautiful birds nest to the north at the llama farm entrance.
October 27, 2009:
Lots of crows about today. I also saw a tiny green black & yellow snake on the north side of the park
November 2, 2009:
Saw a large owl with haunting black eyes. We regarded each other for some time before he flew off. Obviously assessing a threat, not a meal. Also a furry black and orange catepiller. -Raeychelle
December 2, 2009:
Walking along in love. It was easy to feel out warmth in the warmth of this very special and comforting forest/glade/wilderness and on…
And the sun is shining so brightly-everything is beautiful
Monday, September 7, 2009
Field Notes August 10th-September 7th 2009
Well the Mushroom Rains have come to the NW at last and all those wonderful flowers of the fall are starting to burst and bloom from the soil and wood. Looks like the Indian plums are yellowing and the Ashes and Hawthornes are heavy and colorful with berries. Enjoy the rains!
August 25th, 2009:
This morning its cloudy with a still-warmish wind and the sound of wind in the leaves overhead. Random droplets of rain and birds "wreek wreeek wreek wreek" "Twee twee. Twee twee" "Wreek! Wreek! Wreek!" Twee twee twee" "ssweeyou" "chleskp" "tweep" "tsss-joss" (rich layering of sound~is there a bird language alphabet? :) I'm going to get a bird book and start there.) Thanks for the notebook space!
(Try this book, its reccomended by bird nerds everywhere)
August 28th, 2009:
Please keep this note book inside the the small ziplock bag to keep it dry. Thank you
(good idea I'll place one for every notebook after they dry out)
August 31, 2009:
Our first time here. Beautiful day, Stellar's jays. Ripe blackberries YUM!
September 7th, 2009:
Evening: a break in the clouds after a great weekend of fall rains. Feels refreshed outside. Japanese Knotweed growing at San Francisco entrance, Oh No! mushrooms sprouting out everywhere! Hooray for the mushroom rains. Indian plum starting to yellow, European bittersweet in bloom. -FTW
August 25th, 2009:
This morning its cloudy with a still-warmish wind and the sound of wind in the leaves overhead. Random droplets of rain and birds "wreek wreeek wreek wreek" "Twee twee. Twee twee" "Wreek! Wreek! Wreek!" Twee twee twee" "ssweeyou" "chleskp" "tweep" "tsss-joss" (rich layering of sound~is there a bird language alphabet? :) I'm going to get a bird book and start there.) Thanks for the notebook space!
(Try this book, its reccomended by bird nerds everywhere)
August 28th, 2009:
Please keep this note book inside the the small ziplock bag to keep it dry. Thank you
(good idea I'll place one for every notebook after they dry out)
August 31, 2009:
Our first time here. Beautiful day, Stellar's jays. Ripe blackberries YUM!
September 7th, 2009:
Evening: a break in the clouds after a great weekend of fall rains. Feels refreshed outside. Japanese Knotweed growing at San Francisco entrance, Oh No! mushrooms sprouting out everywhere! Hooray for the mushroom rains. Indian plum starting to yellow, European bittersweet in bloom. -FTW
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Field Notes July 27th - August 9th, 2009
July ???, 2009:
Thanks to whoever left the faire folk in the horsetails!
July 31, 2009:
Walk with 3-year-old daughter ~@ end 3 deer in front of us. Magical moment for my girl and 1♥
August 4th, 2009:
-Peace. Kent & Yadira
August, 6th, 2009:
-Found the biggest red huckleberry I've ever seen! Its huge and bearing THOUSANDS of big red sweet berries! Just West of the Maple with the swing. Enjoy!
-Saw a Great Horned Owl yesterday at 8 am, not here today.
-Another Great Day- I'm grateful for this lovely space!
August 8th, 2009:
Thimble Berries- nice to see more than blackberries! And are the small pink berries huckleberries? (ftw maybe young salal berries?). Well there is a lot of wildlife to feast on right now, and we saw plenty of scat to prove it! 2 small snakes, one about 6" another about 2" long. Both were black with blue striper. It was a very pleasant, overcast, but warm afternoon.
August 9, 2009:
-Blackberries coming. What is the scorch mark on the Big Maple Swing Tree? Ouch! Tears…
-Don in Ho and Trout cuzed on a 58 and 63 Schwinn across the trail knowing it's not for bikes (we did it Cautiously) wanting the solitude we expect from this park- GOAL! Asp
(FTW- sorry if I butchered your tag there)
-Beagle and I saw 3 snakes sunning before a light drizzle came.
Thanks to whoever left the faire folk in the horsetails!
July 31, 2009:
Walk with 3-year-old daughter ~@ end 3 deer in front of us. Magical moment for my girl and 1♥
August 4th, 2009:
-Peace. Kent & Yadira
August, 6th, 2009:
-Found the biggest red huckleberry I've ever seen! Its huge and bearing THOUSANDS of big red sweet berries! Just West of the Maple with the swing. Enjoy!
-Saw a Great Horned Owl yesterday at 8 am, not here today.
-Another Great Day- I'm grateful for this lovely space!
August 8th, 2009:
Thimble Berries- nice to see more than blackberries! And are the small pink berries huckleberries? (ftw maybe young salal berries?). Well there is a lot of wildlife to feast on right now, and we saw plenty of scat to prove it! 2 small snakes, one about 6" another about 2" long. Both were black with blue striper. It was a very pleasant, overcast, but warm afternoon.
August 9, 2009:
-Blackberries coming. What is the scorch mark on the Big Maple Swing Tree? Ouch! Tears…
-Don in Ho and Trout cuzed on a 58 and 63 Schwinn across the trail knowing it's not for bikes (we did it Cautiously) wanting the solitude we expect from this park- GOAL! Asp
(FTW- sorry if I butchered your tag there)
-Beagle and I saw 3 snakes sunning before a light drizzle came.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Field Notes July 13th-July 26th, 2009
Another hot dry summer week, when will the rain return. Fireweed tall and bright in the park the last several weeks. Legends say that when the top blossom of the fireweed blooms summer is over. Berries are nice and ripe, but nobody has mentioned all the tasty thimble berries that are out, although it seems like some critter sure has been enjoying the cherries! Don't forget that there is a chance to help Mission Creek stay healthy and beautiful this August 1st at the Fir street Entrance. Postings about the volunteer workday are posted in the park...See you there.
July 13th, 2009:
-(July ???) This park is the S#$%. Much love.
One Deer (female)
3 chickadee
1 dragonfly
lots of different bird noises.
-I Like Cheese
Sometimes I sneeze
But not before I wheeze
Sometimes people jump or say they're in a slump and don't like the speed bump
Thump...Thump...Thump...
PEACE
-I'm Just a tourist, but I'm falling in love and maybe we'll see something here. A map later.
July 20th 2009:
-Andes, Maggie, tim, Nora, Gregor(?) went to what we call "the Giant's Swing." There is a new swing there now. We saw wild blackberry, Huckleberries, & fireweed in Bloom. We alos saw some sort of Squirrel or bird in brush bigger!
July 24th, 2009:
- 11:30am Ovecast->Sunny. WJW &FTW. Juvenile Brown Creeper foraging along giant Maple with swing. Fireweed tall and blooming throughout park.
-Goddesses in the trees. Let them be.
July 25th, 2009:
-Saw some poop on trail with lots of cherry seeds-Raccoon??
July 13th, 2009:
-(July ???) This park is the S#$%. Much love.
One Deer (female)
3 chickadee
1 dragonfly
lots of different bird noises.
-I Like Cheese
Sometimes I sneeze
But not before I wheeze
Sometimes people jump or say they're in a slump and don't like the speed bump
Thump...Thump...Thump...
PEACE
-I'm Just a tourist, but I'm falling in love and maybe we'll see something here. A map later.
July 20th 2009:
-Andes, Maggie, tim, Nora, Gregor(?) went to what we call "the Giant's Swing." There is a new swing there now. We saw wild blackberry, Huckleberries, & fireweed in Bloom. We alos saw some sort of Squirrel or bird in brush bigger!
July 24th, 2009:
- 11:30am Ovecast->Sunny. WJW &FTW. Juvenile Brown Creeper foraging along giant Maple with swing. Fireweed tall and blooming throughout park.
-Goddesses in the trees. Let them be.
July 25th, 2009:
-Saw some poop on trail with lots of cherry seeds-Raccoon??
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Field Notes June 23rd-July 12th, 2009
Well, the rain has finally returned and with a bang! Its nice to see rain washing and wetting everything down again. Thimble berries are ripe and the young birds of the year are putting out an effort to exercise their wings.
June 23rd, 2009:
-We found a secret trail- Quinn and Azalea
June 28th, 2009:
-Morning Partly Cloudy, Park is full of birdsong
Willow Flycathcher
Warbling Vireo
Wilson's Warbler
Swainson's Thrush
Song Sparrow
Many more seen
-Jim Parker
June 29th, 2009:
-noonish Birding and photography: Swainsons thrush -3 (1 carrying food). Pacific Sloped fly catcher singing, Vireo spp= sing and warbling vireo, Wilson's Warbler- 1 male with food. Blackheaded Grosbeak-singing male. Song Sparrows, Black-throated Grey Warblers.- 1 male. Western Tanager-1 male
-Jim and Debby Parker, Bishop, CA
June 23rd, 2009:
-We found a secret trail- Quinn and Azalea
June 28th, 2009:
-Morning Partly Cloudy, Park is full of birdsong
Willow Flycathcher
Warbling Vireo
Wilson's Warbler
Swainson's Thrush
Song Sparrow
Many more seen
-Jim Parker
June 29th, 2009:
-noonish Birding and photography: Swainsons thrush -3 (1 carrying food). Pacific Sloped fly catcher singing, Vireo spp= sing and warbling vireo, Wilson's Warbler- 1 male with food. Blackheaded Grosbeak-singing male. Song Sparrows, Black-throated Grey Warblers.- 1 male. Western Tanager-1 male
-Jim and Debby Parker, Bishop, CA
Monday, June 22, 2009
Field Notes June 14th-22nd 2009
June 14th, 2009:
- we saw so many berries. You can't believe how many grow in the forrest. They are everywhere you go. -Roma
June 16th, 2009:
- Mama bird sitting on a nest (thrush?) in a vine maple on path to left off San fran entrance. 6pm warm overcast
June 18th, 2009:
- Enjoying reading peoples' identifications and descriptions! (thanks to the person who named Hawthorne trees on April 2nd!). So many different bird songs happening! Thanks to all the writers for the notes! - a neighbor
June 20th, 2009:
-There are so many Salmon berries! They are a little bit sour-but Ella gobbled them up!
-Rebecca
June 22nd, 2009
-We found the secret swing and fixed it. Beautiful!
- we saw so many berries. You can't believe how many grow in the forrest. They are everywhere you go. -Roma
June 16th, 2009:
- Mama bird sitting on a nest (thrush?) in a vine maple on path to left off San fran entrance. 6pm warm overcast
June 18th, 2009:
- Enjoying reading peoples' identifications and descriptions! (thanks to the person who named Hawthorne trees on April 2nd!). So many different bird songs happening! Thanks to all the writers for the notes! - a neighbor
June 20th, 2009:
-There are so many Salmon berries! They are a little bit sour-but Ella gobbled them up!
-Rebecca
June 22nd, 2009
-We found the secret swing and fixed it. Beautiful!
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