Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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September 20, 2024
Explore the Lakes Basin's conifer trunks, a hidden ecosystem for birds, insects, and fungi.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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September 13, 2024
Explore the presence of Western Swallowtail Butterflies, Achemon Sphinx Moth caterpillars, and Common Aerial Yellow Jackets in a Downieville garden.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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September 13, 2024
Recent rain in Downieville revitalizes garden, attracting diverse wildlife including Steller’s Jays and Lesser Goldfinches.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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July 30, 2024
Signs of River Otters, unexpected Sucker Fish, Osprey sightings, and Common Merganser families on the river.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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July 22, 2024
Downieville experiences extreme heat, residents find solace at North Yuba River, home to diverse wildlife.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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July 9, 2024
Once again the ripened “wild” cherries in our neighborhood have attracted lots of birds!
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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July 1, 2024
There are several Spotted Sandpipers on the North Yuba River right now.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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June 26, 2024
It’s Reptile Weather! The daytime temperatures have been in the 70’s lately, and reptiles have become very active and visible.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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June 13, 2024
Baby Birds are showing up everywhere!!! I’ve seen them in Sierra Valley as well as in my neighborhood!
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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June 6, 2024
I've never seen a Black-necked Stilt sitting down! This one might have been on a nest!
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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May 29, 2024
Every Spring I eagerly anticipate going over to Sierra Valley.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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May 22, 2024
Bullock’s Orioles are LONG distance migrants. They migrate down to central Mexico and northwestern Costa Rica for the winter, a distance of over 4,000 miles!
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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May 15, 2024
We had crazy weather last weekend! It hailed, snowed, thundered, and poured rain!
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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April 18, 2024
Back in the beginning of March a pair of American Dippers built a nest on the bridge pillar featured in the photos below.
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Katie's Sightings
By Katie O'Hara Kelly
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April 8, 2024
This week we had three gloriously beautiful sunny days, so we decided to explore the foothills!
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