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How I became a docent for burrowing owls. What a hoot!

Burrowing owl at Berkeley’s Cesar Chavez Park in February. Photo: Doug Donaldson Burrowing owl at Berkeley’s Cesar Chavez Park in February. Photo: Doug Donaldson By Rubi Abrams Newly retired from a fulfilling career as a community college librarian last year, I was ready to plunge into as many birding activities as I could schedule. Birding-related […]

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Berkeley bans feeding of wildlife in parks, public spaces

After saying it would exterminate hundreds of squirrels in César Chávez Park, the City of Berkeley backtracked to focus on the main cause of the squirrel over-population: people feeding them. Photo: Doug Mosher After saying it would exterminate hundreds of squirrels in César Chávez Park, the City of Berkeley backtracked to focus on the main cause of […]