Forever Forests: California Native Plant Society art contest showcases nature s beauty mtdemocrat.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mtdemocrat.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cedar Waxwing bird with berry
The first time I finally saw a cedar waxwing (my favorite bird) in person was moments after it banged into my coworker’s office window. We ran outside to see if it was alright, and found it sitting in the dirt looking a little stunned. Later that day it rejoined a crazed cloud of waxwings feasting on a nearby pyracantha bush chock full of brilliant red fall berries. It was a hilarious party to watch, with festive flitting from branch to branch and some waxwings picking, then passing a berry from one bird to another until someone finally gulped it down.
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By 05/05/2021
A history exhibit on the almost forgotten story of Chinese people in coastal Marin has long been a goal of the Bolinas Museum, but the current national conversations about anti-Asian racism led us to consider our coastal Marin story now. The San Francisco Bay Area has a dark history of anti-Chinese racism dating back to the Gold Rush, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that was not revoked until 1943, after China became our ally during World War II. Today, fueled by rhetoric linked to the pandemic, elderly Chinese, vilified, have been the victims of physical attacks that echo an attack on an elderly Chinese man on Bolinas Beach in 1878. Despite such history, the talents and accomplishments of Asian people have profoundly enriched the Bay Area’s culture and economy.
California Fawn Lilly (Erythronium californiacum). Photo by Kim Riley.
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – There are some plants (just like people and other animals) that just do better when they grow together and such is the case with buck brush and fawn lilies, two great friends that often grow together because it may be beneficial to both.
It’s not an exclusive relationship, but buck brush (Ceanothus cuneatus) provides the shade that the California Fawn Lilly (Erythronium californiacum) likes, so they are oftentimes found growing and blooming together.
One of the most widespread native plants in California, buck brush, as you might guess by it’s common name, is a food source for deer and is found throughout California and particularly in chaparral landscapes, growing to about 9 feet tall and covered with clusters of small white flowers in April and May here in Lake County.
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