Archive for the ‘Animals’ Category
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Here you go, from the National Wildlife Federation, California:

Photo by Golden Gate Cetacean Research
Via Nikki Silverstein of the Pacific Sun comes the news:
“The bay has turned out to be a treasure trove for the investigators. In the five years since Stern saw that first pod of porpoises there, the GGCR has assembled a comprehensive photographic catalog of the species. It has identified 575 different porpoises, each with unique scarring or pigmentation. Included in the catalog is an extremely rare white porpoise, nicknamed Mini-Moby. In the past 100 years, worldwide, there have been only six other documented reports of white porpoises. A number of “citizen scientists” have reported white porpoise sightings to the GGCR, some sending photos snapped from fishing boats and the bridge. “This is the most recognizable porpoise in the Bay Area,” says Keener.”
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Monday, May 6th, 2013
4th Avenue:

Clement, just five minutes later:

But I suppose the Golden Gate Park area can no longer support the other kind of cougar so this hunt is over.
And to you headline writers out there, these days it’s mountain lion or puma, take your pick…
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Thursday, April 25th, 2013
From photographer David Cruz:
“Golden Gate Park before sunrise, coyote holds it ground and watches over its golf course.”

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Tags: 2013, bay area, california, coyote, coyotes, david cruz, golden gate park, golf course, hole, moon, night, San Francisco, sand trap
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Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
You know who has a lot of shots of coyotes in Golden Gate Park? Nature photographer Dina Boyer does.
Check it:

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And check out the rest of her set as well – she has a lot of great shots in there.
I’ll tell you, since the return of coyotes in numbers in GGP, there have been numerous dog incidents but no coyote incidents.
Interesting, non?
Tags: 2013, bay area, california, coyote, coyotes, dina boyer, dogs, dogs owners, golden gate park, horse, horses, Owners, Photographer, police, San Francisco, SFPD
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Friday, April 12th, 2013
It looks like this:

Via Nature’s Lantern - click to expand
Tags: 2013, Animals, bay area, california, coyote, coyote reserve, coyotes, david cruz, golden gate park, image, nature's lantern, photo, San Francisco
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
I haven’t seen a whale from San Francisco lately.
But David Cruz has:

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Monday, April 1st, 2013
Here are some recent reports of fox encounters in San Francisco:
2010 at Strybing Arboretum in Golden Gate Park
Another one in GGP
2010 in the Parkside near the Zoo
2009 in GGP
2009 at Strybing Arboretum in GGP
2009 near (or in) Daly City
2001 in the Presidio
It was a lot easier to spot foxes back in the Aughts, back in the first decade of the 2000′s. But then poison got a few of them (and one got hit by a car on Crossover Drive, I think).
And native gray foxes are probably up there in the Presidio still, but I can’t point you to photos to show that. Oh well.
Here’s a report from Joyce W., who saw a Fantastic Mr. (or Mrs. Fox) back in 2009:
“It was about 4:00 pm and the fox was within 15 feet of JFK BLVD at the far West end.
It was intently watching a gopher hole on a wide open patch of mowed lawn.
Two cars stopped and watched in silence which didn’t seem to bother the fox.
It wasn’t until a jogger came by that the creature dashed into the woods.
I am 90% sure it was a Red Fox and not our local Grey Fox. Very striking colour combination with the red, black and white.
How did these creatures end up in the park? Amazing.
I regret that my cell phone was tucked away. I was mesmerized by the vision before my eyes and didn’t want to divert my gaze for a second.
I watched it be absolutely still for at least three minutes.”
Here are some of the red foxes I’ve photographed in GGP over the years:

The last fox I photographed in Golden Gate Park. A wispy blur:

From about 175 feet away in Strybing Arboretum. She’ll see you before you see her:

A kit (or pup or cub) with its mom:

Keep a look out.
Tags: 2013, bay area, california, fox, foxes, golden gate park, gray, grey, presidio, red, San Francisco, vulpes
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Friday, March 29th, 2013
Hello!

Tags: 2013, arboretum, bay area, botanical, california, Callipepla californica, female, gardens, golden gate park, male, presidio, quail, San Francisco, strybing, Valley
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Monday, March 25th, 2013
You’ll soon be able to see a scene like this in Golden Gate Park when you look across Stow Lake up towards Heron Island.
Get on down to the Stow Lake Boathouse area on Saturdays starting April 13th to get involved with Heron Watch. It’s brought to us by Nancy DeStefanis, director of San Francisco Nature Education, every year.
The view from Strawberry Hill – Dad watches the kids while Mom’s out hunting gophers and whatnot:

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See you there!
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Monday, March 18th, 2013
Weill, I’ve never seen two wild coyotes together…
Photographer David Cruz does it again:

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