February 8, 2010
Bay Area
The Great Newt Commute is what happens on the way to the Great Newt Party. From the first winter rains through early spring, California Newts migrate from their summer homes to their winter breeding grounds — to ponds and streams where they mate and lay eggs before trundling back up the hills and into burrows [...]
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January 28, 2009
Birds
There’s a newt party every year at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. I visited a week ago and there were just a few early arrivals enjoying the full spread to themselves. Once we merge into February, there’s a good chance that more newts will have ambled on down the hill, into the Japanese garden, ready to [...]
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