Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #californiawildlife, aggregated by home.social.
Rare baby American mink rescued in Healdsburg after being mistaken for an otter
A baby American mink found alone in a Healdsburg yard is being cared for at Sonoma County Wildlife…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #americanmink #babymink #Californiawildlife #mink #NorthBay #northerncalifornia #Science #SonomaCounty #sonomacountyanimalservices #sonomacountywildliferescue #wildliferescue
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/755746/
Lemur Disruption At Zoo Captures Glimpse of Unexpected Interaction
A San Diego Zoo visitor was surprised when a lemur jumped on them while they were watching a butterfly. See what happened and why.
#SanDiegoZoo, #LemurEncounter, #ZooAnimals, #AnimalInteraction, #CaliforniaWildlife
https://newsletter.tf/san-diego-zoo-lemur-jumps-on-visitor-watching-butterfly/
A recent visit to the San Diego Zoo turned surprising when a lemur decided to join a visitor's butterfly-watching session. This is a rare, unplanned animal interaction.
#SanDiegoZoo, #LemurEncounter, #ZooAnimals, #AnimalInteraction, #CaliforniaWildlife
https://newsletter.tf/san-diego-zoo-lemur-jumps-on-visitor-watching-butterfly/
Brown Pelican
I found this pelican down along the ocean in La Jolla in Southern California. The bird was nesting on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He/she wasn't very far from where I was at but didn't seem to be worried about my presence.
The look in the pelicans eyes was mesmerizing as it looked up at me.
https://pixels.com/featured/brown-pelican-bill-gallagher.html
#BrownPelican #BillGallagherPhotography #SeaBird #NestingBrownPelican #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #PelicanPortrait #NatureLovers #CaliforniaWildlife
Brush Rabbits (Sylvilagus bachmani) have some clever tricks for staying safe. They can sit motionless for ages, but when danger strikes, they dart away in a zigzag at 20–25 mph.
Friends of Big Bear Valley Eagle cam!
(BB is one of the big mountains we can see in the mountain skyline from where we live, it is further east of where all the LA fires were.)
We’ve been watching Jackie and Shadow since the pandemic started and so far they’ve been unsuccessful. But this year there are THREE eggs, which raises the odds! Here’s hoping for eaglets in a few weeks…
https://www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGcuE
#LiveCam #AmericanBaldEagle #BaldEagle #BigBear #FOBBV #CaliforniaWildlife #BigBearLake
In honor of California's new official crustacean, we present to you the illustrious #DungenessCrab, beautifully rendered by Fiorella Ikeue 🦀
In case you hadn't heard, "California has officially designated three new state symbols, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday. The state now recognizes the #Dungeness crab as its official crustacean, the banana slug as its official slug, and the black abalone as its official seashell."
You can find this particular crab in our new puzzle from Oakland Puzzle Company 🧩
https://oaklandpuzzle.com/products/under-the-bay?ref=SFBAYKEEPER
Learn more about California's new state symbols from the San Francisco Chronicle: https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/new-state-symbols-dungeness-crab-banana-slug-19798205.php
#baywildlife #crab #crabbing #californiawildlife #crustacean
California now has the dubious distinction of being a world leader in its endemic freshwater fishes likely to be driven to extinction 😢
And we know why, as @jarosenfield and Gary Bobker write: "California habitually fails to enforce environmental laws designed to protect our aquatic ecosystems. Following the state’s lead, federal agencies skimp on environmental safeguards and waive the meager protections they do offer any time protecting the public’s fish, wildlife, waterways, and water quality, gets in the way of diverting more water to meet California’s seemingly unquenchable demand."
https://mavensnotebook.com/2024/09/05/commentary-failure-to-implement-environmental-laws-shows-whats-really-in-store-for-the-endangered-san-francisco-bay-delta-ecosystem/
#fish #cawater #sfbay #sanfranciscobay #extinction #extinctioncrisis #californiawildlife #wildlife
I hear that most people get depressed from the cold and cloudy days. I get depressed from the unending sun and heat. This leads me to the odd wish I could crawl into a burrow and hibernate like an arroyo toad.
#GlobalWarming
#heatindex
#feelingdrained
#arroyotoad
#californiawildlife
We've officially put the US Fish & Wildlife Service on notice of our intent to sue for violating the #EndangeredSpeciesAct.
The agency proposed listing the SF Bay-Delta population of longfin smelt as an endangered species, but has failed to meet its deadline.
“The Fish and Wildlife Service needs to do its job and stick to the legal deadlines,” said Baykeeper's managing attorney, Eric Buescher. “As the Bay’s lawyers, Baykeeper is going to hold them accountable.”
Learn more on our website: https://baykeeper.org/press_release/baykeeper-puts-federal-agency-notice-will-sue-uphold-endangered-species-act
#endangeredspecies #longfinsmelt #fish #fishes #californiawildlife #californiafish #esa
#NationalFireNews: The National Multi-Agency Coordinating Group increased our National Preparedness Level to Preparedness Level 4). This is due to significant wildland fire activity in multiple Geographic Areas with the potential for additional large wildland fires. #FireYear2023 #wildfire #wildfires #californiawildlife #Californiawildfires #California
