yellow-billed magpie (a natural list, no. 5)
they love a good oak tree
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look for snails this month
it's SLIME time (literally)
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join the Filter Feeder Mail Club!
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bay checkerspot butterfly (a natural list, no. 4)
it's from the bay area & subsists on plantains — sound familiar?
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how i set up my table at Native Plant Fest
not pictured: my intermittent anxiety around not having a tent
tule elk (a natural list, no. 3)
I kinda don’t usually care about most land mammals all that much (sometimes), but this one is quite stately.
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watching birds be birds
postcards from a coastal estuary (happy world wetlands day)
coastal sagebrush (a natural list, no. 2)
a fire-following chaparral icon
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so i read 52 books in a year. now what?
last year's faves, this year's hopes, & what comes next
san francisco garter snake (a natural list, no. 1)
they're beauty, they're grace, they eat mostly frogs (which seems like a whole thing because the frog they like to eat is also threatened, but oh well, that's nature I guess)
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new year's advice from some native plants
this is a self-help newsletter now, i guess
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seastarya is becoming something new
& it involves near-weekly issues, new zines, & weird/wonderful nature