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Last Updated: May 21, 2013

Nature Notes

Nature Notes

If you would like to learn more about the plants, animals, ecology and other wonderful facets of Palo Alto's open space preserves, here are short articles explaining them.

Last Updated: Apr 6, 2012

Beach Hoppers
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (597 KB)

Birds of the Salt Marsh
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (2.75 MB)

Black Rail, Black-Necked Stilt
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (723.8 KB)

California Clapper Rail
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (693.5 KB)

Call of the Rails
Revision Date: 6/7/2007 (637.9 KB)

Diatoms
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (635.3 KB)

Fishes common to the South Bay
Revision Date: 7/13/2006 (1.22 MB)

From Marsh to Mudflats
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (271.4 KB)

Glimpse into the Past
Revision Date: 7/13/2006 (590.1 KB)

Harbor Seals
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (845.2 KB)

Microscopic Crustaceans
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (625.9 KB)

Peregrine Falcons
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (685.7 KB)

Preserving Habitat
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (255.8 KB)

Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (738.5 KB)

Sharks of the South Bay
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (935.6 KB)

Swallows
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (690.3 KB)

Tides
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (908.3 KB)

Water Boatmen
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (719.8 KB)

White-tailed Kite
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (728.6 KB)

Who's polluting our Bay?
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (251.2 KB)

Wild Ducks of the Baylands
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (2.78 MB)

Willets
Revision Date: 6/12/2007 (681.4 KB)

Worms
Revision Date: 6/13/2007 (533 KB)

Creeping Creatures

Feathers and Stars

Ferns of the Foothills

Fire in the Foothills

From Rancho to Parkland

Indian Food Plants

Leaves and why they fall

Plant Communities

Shrubs of the Foothills

Spring Wildflowers

Summer Flowering Plants

The First Palo Altoans

Trees of the Foothills

Upper Sonoran Life Zone

Weather in Foothills Park

Woodland Decomposers