by LATO | Apr 13, 2013 | News and Views
Title/Author: National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry, edited by J. Patrick Lewis Publisher/Date/Price: National Geographic, 2012, hardcover $24.95 Length/Audience: 192 pgs., families Deena’s commentary: One thing I love about National Geographic...
by LATO | Apr 4, 2013 | News and Views
Title/Author: The Nature Connection – an outdoor workbook by Clare Walker Leslie Publisher/Date/Price: Storey Publishing, 2010, paperback $14.95 Length/Audience: 304 pgs., families Deena’s commentary: This book is all about exploring the outdoors and keeping a...
by LATO | Apr 1, 2013 | News and Views
Friend and Cal Poly student Brandon and I were watching the antics of our neighborhood crows and commenting on their intelligence. Brandon then found this video which seems to affirm our suspicion: crows are smart birds!
by LATO | Feb 18, 2013 | News and Views
Wildlife camera volunteers Sue and Greig found what looks like an ancient oyster along the trail last week (Feb. 13,2013). Oak Ambassadors have learned the interesting story behind this discovery from LATO geologic history docent John McCabe. Have you heard of...
by LATO | Feb 16, 2013 | News and Views
Cal Poly interns Keelan Dann and Jillian Cosgrove led this January 2013 birding hike for Oak Ambassadors-in-training. We had a great time learning basic birding skills on the LATO trail.
by LATO | Feb 10, 2013 | News and Views
This black bear was photographed on Feb. 10,2013. Even though bears are not uncommon in our area, this was the first one captured by the LATO trail wildlife cameras.