Bay Nature Winter 2025

Description

Tap-tap-tap-tap-tap! This winter, we tap a sapsucker expert to explain how these specialized well-drillers are speciating in our midst. We drive up to Lake Tahoe to paddle through algae and invasive weeds that seem to be in cahoots. We peer into livestock ponds, and head to three new Bay Area parks. We consider a community of cats. We learn how to read the wind by the waves, like sailors, and how to distinguish our local warblers. We spy some adder's-tongues in the dark redwood understory. Plus: the conversations of sperm whales, gulls, and convergent lady beetles.

Cover photo by Jerry Ting