The end of May marks the end of the planting season for the BCLT Stewards on the Bolsa Chica Mesa. Planting season matches the cooler, wetter season here in Southern California – late October through mid-May. Throughout this time we normally have thousands of volunteers working twice a month alongside our Lead Stewards to…
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We hope you all are well and safe in your homes, and send our deep thanks to those on the front-lines fighting this crisis – whether you are in our hospitals, restocking our shelves, delivering our food, or any of the other task we have all take for granted for so long. As a gift…
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In these changing and challenging times as we all work to “bend the curve” of the Covid-19 crisis by staying isolated, the importance of open spaces and places to…
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It’s not news to us here at BCLT that connecting kids to nature leads to good things – for the kids and for our world. Recent studies and articles only confirm what we have watched for the last eleven years with our Jr. Stewards program that kids who connect with nature adopt good behaviors, become…
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While they may be called the American Pipit, these little birds can also be found in Greenland, eastern Russia, and parts of northern China and Mongolia. February’s bird of the month is the American Pipit (Anthus rubescens) The American Pipit (6.5’’ long; 10.5’’ wingspan; 0.74 oz.) is the most common pipit seen in North America. In breeding season it…
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Ready for take-off! Our April Bird of the Month is the Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator). Like many of ducks, the Red-Breasted Merganser is a winter visitor to Bolsa Chica, and we are happy to have these lively diving ducks visit us here. These ducks nest and breed the furthest north of all the American Mergansers,…
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Happy Pollinator Week! Since 2007 the US Department of Agriculture has designated one week in June to recognize, educate, and celebrate the important role that pollinators play in our ecosystem. Around 75% of flowering plants need the help pollinators – birds, butterflies, flies, wasps, beetles, ants, moths, small mammals, bats, and (of course) bees –…
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