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Introducing the Higgs Boson
Global Warming Makes Heat Waves More Likely, Pluto Has a Fifth Moon - 7/11 KQED Science News Roundup
Tracking Big Cats to Learn Their Secrets
Oriental Ink Painting with a Computer Instead of a Brush
Apple's Withdrawal From 'Green' Certification Program Surprises Purchasers, 7/10 KQED Science News Roundup
New Studies Nix Report of Arsenic-Loving Bacteria, Drain Hetch Hetchy Reservoir? - 7/9 KQED Science News Roundup
Seeding Life Through the Universe
High-Speed Rail Up For Critical Vote Today In California Senate, Drought Reaches Record 56% of Continental US: 7/6 KQED Science News Roundup
First Flight: Bald Eaglet Expected To Leave Lake Chabot Nest Soon
All My Children: Making and Donating a Rock Collection
Study Finds White Abalone on Brink of Extinction, What is Polonium-210?: 7/5 KQED Science News Roundup
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CERN researchers have been cagey in their answers. Director General Heuer was quick to point out that they have definitely discovered a new particle (with odds better than a million to one), and that they know it is a boson, which is what Higgs and colleagues predicted. Still, it might not be quite what the theorists had in mind, and many checks are still being performed. Depending on your favorite theory, a single Higgs boson may not even suffice, and this could simply be one of many. In the end, confirmation of the Higgs won’t be the final word in particle physics. The theory of the new particle has almost nothing to say about other deep questions involving gravity or \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory\">string theory\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c9NDk','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/common/icons/t_wb_75.gif\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c9NDk\\'>Global Warming Makes Heat Waves More Likely, Study Finds</a>Some of the weather extremes bedeviling people around the world have become far more likely because of human-induced global warming, researchers reported on Tuesday. Yet they ruled it out as a cause of last year\\'s devastating floods in Thailand, one of the most striking weather events of recent years.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.nytimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Nytimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/common/icons/t_wb_75.gif\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Global Warming Makes Heat Waves More Likely, Study FindsSome of the weather extremes bedeviling people around the world have become far more likely because of human-induced global warming, researchers reported on Tuesday. Yet they ruled it out as a cause of last year's devastating floods in Thailand, one of the most striking weather events of recent years.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c9NV2','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17segnra9xj9wjpg/fb.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c9NV2\\'>Astronomers discover an entirely new class of black hole</a>Scientists working with CSIRO\\'s Australia Telescope Compact Array have found a new kind of black hole that would make Goldilocks quite happy: By not being too big, nor too small, it falls within a new class of \\"middleweight\\" black holes.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://io9.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Io9</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17segnra9xj9wjpg/fb.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c9NV2\">Astronomers discover an entirely new class of black hole\u003c/a>Scientists working with CSIRO's Australia Telescope Compact Array have found a new kind of black hole that would make Goldilocks quite happy: By not being too big, nor too small, it falls within a new class of \"middleweight\" black holes.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://io9.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Io9\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/car5Y','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://i.space.com/images/i/11091/i01/compass-scale-image-pluto.jpg?1311170236\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/car5Y\\'>Pluto Has a Fifth Moon, Hubble Telescope Reveals</a>New annotated image showing Pluto and moons, including the newly discovered P4, released July 20, 2011.CREDIT: NASA, ESA, and M. 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Researchers using NASA\\'s Hubble Space Telescope found the moon, bringing the number of known Pluto satellites to five.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.space.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Space</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://i.space.com/images/i/11091/i01/compass-scale-image-pluto.jpg?1311170236\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/car5Y\">Pluto Has a Fifth Moon, Hubble Telescope Reveals\u003c/a>New annotated image showing Pluto and moons, including the newly discovered P4, released July 20, 2011.CREDIT: NASA, ESA, and M. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40683\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/11/tracking-big-cats-to-learn-their-secrets/bobcat-catscapes-carousel/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40683\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/bobcat-catscapes.carousel-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"bobcat in marin\" title=\"bobcat catscapes.carousel\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-40683\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This bobcat was captured by a motion-sensitive camera in Marin County. (Photo: Felidae Conservation Fund)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Imagine you’re a bobcat resting on a warm rock when suddenly you hear voices, then spy a horde of humans heading your way. You might bolt toward a steep, rocky ledge to monitor the intruders from a safe distance, or slink into the nearest thicket to hide from prying eyes. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing the world through the eyes of a wild carnivore, the province of expert trackers, takes training and patience. Reading the landscape for evidence of animals once helped our ancestors survive by distinguishing signs that could lead to a meal from those that could prove fatal. Now, the skill is increasingly enlisted to help wildlife survive in human-dominated landscapes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trackers infer the presence, behavior and interactions of animals by piecing together clues in the form of footprints, trails, beds, scrapes, hair, scat and other visible traces known as spoor. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent Saturday morning, I rose early to take a crash course on spoor detection from local trackers John Brossard and Scott Davidson. We met along a ridge in Marin County overlooking Stinson Beach, along with 13 other mostly local hardy souls willing to brave the swirling, dense morning fog that stubbornly shrouds the mountain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since March, Brossard and Davidson have led similar outings for \u003ca href=\"http://catscapes.com/\">Catscapes\u003c/a>, sponsored by the \u003ca href=\"http://www.felidaefund.org/\">Felidae Conservation Fund. \u003c/a>“The focus of the classes is to increase awareness of the cats’ ecology and presence, and to cultivate empathy for them,” Brossard tells us. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He invites us to use all our senses to assess the living landscape, listen for avian alarm calls, watch for signs of prey activity, and note where vegetation might provide cover for prey or predator. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobcats, like mountain lions, are opportunistic ambush predators. They take cover, waiting patiently for their favorite food to appear—deer, in the case of lions, rabbits and rodents for bobcats (though they’ll settle for raccoons, turkeys, really anything within reason).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scanning the steep hillside just east of the trail where our group stops for instructions, I notice triangular tufts of grass emerging from the hillside. Could be rodent residences. Just to the left of the tufts, a long run stretches from the base of the hill to its crest. If I were a bobcat, that’s where I’d settle in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40682\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/11/tracking-big-cats-to-learn-their-secrets/elbroch_bobcattracks/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40682\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Elbroch_BobcatTracks-337x253.jpg\" alt=\"bobcat tracks \" title=\"Elbroch_BobcatTracks\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40682\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The two front paws of a bobcat. Bobcats, like lions, tend to move slowly and stealthily, often pausing to look for prey, taking care not to betray their presence. (Photo: Courtesy Mark Elbroch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen lots and lots of signs of bobcats,” Davidson says. “They didn’t disappear. They’re resting in bushes somewhere with good cover. Listen to the birds. They might have something to say about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the birds are telling me something, I don’t know what it is. I start scaling the steep hillside, slipping on the parched golden grasses to reach the tufted rises. Sure enough, the tufts cover little dugouts, carved out of the dirt. Could be burrows for voles, pocket gophers or ground squirrels. I head toward the run skirting Rodent Central, looking for footprints and scat, but see nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearing the crest of the hill, I spot a well-worn run ringing a dense stand of firs and large boulders, which cats big and small use for cover. At the top of the hill, I see a rather large scat on top of a rock. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, though scat is easy to spot, it’s notoriously difficult to tell who left it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evidence-Based Tracking\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nEcologist and master tracker Mark Elbroch says \"there's nothing esoteric\" about what he does. \"It's really just looking for signs that betray the passage of an animal. And knowing where to look.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's looked at scat “for years and years and years,” and still comes across specimens he just can’t identify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/516/#sec8\">2011 population survey\u003c/a> of snow leopards in Nepal, genetic analysis showed that 52 of 71 scats identified as snow leopard in the field came from another carnivore (probably fox, dog, wolf, or lynx), even though the highly trained field team followed an exacting protocol. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every project that relies on scat to study the diet of felids ends up mixing felid and canid scat, says Elbroch, who’s studied lions in California, Colorado, Patagonia, and now, as leader of the Teton Cougar Project, in Wyoming. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet some general rules apply, he says. Bobcats and coyotes both mark trails, so you’ll likely encounter them on a hiking trail, deer run, or along a ridge path. But mountain lions almost always hide their scat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After killing a deer, mountain lions drag it into cover, if they can, and usually cache it or cover it with debris, Elbroch explains. And they’ll form a latrine close by, from 15 feet to a quarter mile away, where they’ll defecate time and again over the course of feeding on the carcass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40689\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 273px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/11/tracking-big-cats-to-learn-their-secrets/elbroch_lionscrape/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40689\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Elbroch_LionScrape-273x360.jpg\" alt=\"Lion scrape in Patagonia\" title=\"Elbroch_LionScrape\" width=\"273\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40689\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lions leave deep impressions in dirt made with their hind feet to mark their territory or signal their presence to females and other males. Multiple lions may use the scrape site like a community bulletin board. Juan Carlos Bravo sits next to a scrape in Patagonia. (Photo: Courtesy Mark Elbroch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Elbroch looks for lions, he relies more on footprints and scrapes, depressions made with the hind feet, than on scat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions use scrapes as community bulletin boards, Elbroch says, a behavior documented on video cameras. “You’ll see females coming in to check the males. They smell the site and start yowling, going into heat.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chris Wilmers has great footage of a male coming in and scraping, another male coming in, smelling the scrape, then walking through, then a female coming in and smelling the scrape.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since all the lions are collared, Wilmers, a UC Santa Cruz biologist who leads the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bapp.org/\">Bay Area Puma Project\u003c/a>, could tell that the female and male in the footage spent three days together—typical for a romantic interlude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharing the Spoils\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThanks to video cameras and advances in GPS technology, the hidden life of mountain lions is slowly emerging. In a recent study from his work in Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America, \u003ca href=\"http://www.switzernetwork.org/news/featured-fellows/mark-elbroch-teton-cougar-project-ecological-role-pumas\">Elbroch used GPS collars to show that lions help feed their neighbors\u003c/a>. Often, the big cats lose their hard-earned meals to other hungry animals. In California, a black bear may scare a cat off a carcass. In Patagonia, Elbroch found, lions supplied more than 500 pounds of meat per 38 square miles to a diverse community of scavengers, including the increasingly rare Andean condor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A cougar kills something in the open then retreats to cover, because it doesn’t want to sit in the middle of a big grassland all day,” he explains. “But it doesn’t go back, because it knows it’s already gone.” The Andean condor, cousin to the California condor, makes fast work of the remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means lions have to kill more prey to avoid starvation. It also means lions function as a wilderness grocer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elbroch's videos show everything from weasels and martins to foxes, coyotes, and wolves to grizzlies and black bears feeding on a kill. “And the insect life on top of carcasses is crazy. That draws in the birds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Wyoming, he adds, “we got this amazing footage of a flycatcher sitting above the kill and just zipping down in little dives right over the carcass, just cleaning up on all the flies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Humans Aren’t on the Menu\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSpecialist hunters, lions focus on large ungulates like deer and elk, which provide enough meat to offset the energy spent hunting, even with all the food lost to scavengers. Lions, as every expert will tell you, prefer to avoid humans. So how to explain the recent attack on a 63-year-old Marin County man camping near Nevada City?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well it’s total speculation,” Elbroch says. “It happens so rarely, the sample size is so low, it’s hard even to guess.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the first thing Elbroch wondered was whether the lion was attracted by a wheezing snore, which can sound like a dying animal. “Cats don’t just walk up to people and bite them. But if they were to walk by and hear rustling movement and this weird snoring wheeze, you bet they’re going to come up and check it out. They are \u003cem>incredibly\u003c/em> curious.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, Elbroch uses tapes of whining foxes or rabbits—whines being universal signs of distress—to attract lions to pit snares, so he can outfit them with a GPS collar or check on them during a study. “It's the easiest way to pull in a lion.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After two lion attacks in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park near San Diego in the 1990s, researchers got funding to study the behavior of 10 collared lions who used the park. Even as the number of people using the park increased, with close to 600,000 visitors in 2002, cats and humans rarely had occasion to meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40686\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 239px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/11/tracking-big-cats-to-learn-their-secrets/elbroch_cougartrack_mytrack/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40686\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Elbroch_Cougartrack_mytrack-239x360.jpg\" alt=\"Cougar track\" title=\"Elbroch_Cougartrack_mytrack\" width=\"239\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40686\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracks of an adult female lion, taken in Los Padres National Forest, California, next to Mark Elbroch's footprint. (Photo: Courtesy Mark Elbroch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"They're sleeping right next to the trail, and using the trail all the time, but generally at night,” Elbroch says. “The lights go out, the lions start using the trail. The lights come on in the morning, the lions just walk 50 to 100 feet off the trail and lie down for the day. Horses and people go by them all day, every day. And there’s never an encounter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lions, like wolves, play beneficial, essential roles in maintaining healthy ecosystems, Elbroch says. “We shouldn’t just consider them vermin or competition or threats to our children and livestock, which is how we looked at wolves forever. Now people are starting to talk about the ecological benefits of wolves. It would be great to get there for mountain lions, too.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To help Bay Area residents appreciate these benefits, the Felidae Conservation Fund has outfitted the hills we’re exploring with motion-sensitive cameras. The “camera traps” don’t just produce compelling images of wildlife, they collect data, preparing for the day when the Bay Area Puma Project reaches Marin. (The \u003ca href=\"http://catscapes.com/\">next Catscapes outing\u003c/a> is Saturday, July 21.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before heading back down the hill to rejoin the group, I take a quick detour to see what lies beyond a nearby ridge. When cats hunt, they often travel just below the ridgeline, out of sight, but close enough to pop up and peer over into the next drainage, looking for deer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when I pop up over the ridge, I see houses about a mile or so below. Just a few minutes before, I imagined every snapping twig, every moaning breeze to be a lion in the brush. Now, looking down on the populated shore, I realize how little space we’ve left these wide-ranging cats—and wonder how they’ve managed to survive.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He invites us to use all our senses to assess the living landscape, listen for avian alarm calls, watch for signs of prey activity, and note where vegetation might provide cover for prey or predator. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobcats, like mountain lions, are opportunistic ambush predators. They take cover, waiting patiently for their favorite food to appear—deer, in the case of lions, rabbits and rodents for bobcats (though they’ll settle for raccoons, turkeys, really anything within reason).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scanning the steep hillside just east of the trail where our group stops for instructions, I notice triangular tufts of grass emerging from the hillside. Could be rodent residences. Just to the left of the tufts, a long run stretches from the base of the hill to its crest. If I were a bobcat, that’s where I’d settle in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40682\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 337px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/11/tracking-big-cats-to-learn-their-secrets/elbroch_bobcattracks/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40682\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Elbroch_BobcatTracks-337x253.jpg\" alt=\"bobcat tracks \" title=\"Elbroch_BobcatTracks\" width=\"337\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40682\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The two front paws of a bobcat. Bobcats, like lions, tend to move slowly and stealthily, often pausing to look for prey, taking care not to betray their presence. (Photo: Courtesy Mark Elbroch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’ve seen lots and lots of signs of bobcats,” Davidson says. “They didn’t disappear. They’re resting in bushes somewhere with good cover. Listen to the birds. They might have something to say about that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the birds are telling me something, I don’t know what it is. I start scaling the steep hillside, slipping on the parched golden grasses to reach the tufted rises. Sure enough, the tufts cover little dugouts, carved out of the dirt. Could be burrows for voles, pocket gophers or ground squirrels. I head toward the run skirting Rodent Central, looking for footprints and scat, but see nothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearing the crest of the hill, I spot a well-worn run ringing a dense stand of firs and large boulders, which cats big and small use for cover. At the top of the hill, I see a rather large scat on top of a rock. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, though scat is easy to spot, it’s notoriously difficult to tell who left it. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evidence-Based Tracking\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nEcologist and master tracker Mark Elbroch says \"there's nothing esoteric\" about what he does. \"It's really just looking for signs that betray the passage of an animal. And knowing where to look.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He's looked at scat “for years and years and years,” and still comes across specimens he just can’t identify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/4/516/#sec8\">2011 population survey\u003c/a> of snow leopards in Nepal, genetic analysis showed that 52 of 71 scats identified as snow leopard in the field came from another carnivore (probably fox, dog, wolf, or lynx), even though the highly trained field team followed an exacting protocol. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every project that relies on scat to study the diet of felids ends up mixing felid and canid scat, says Elbroch, who’s studied lions in California, Colorado, Patagonia, and now, as leader of the Teton Cougar Project, in Wyoming. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet some general rules apply, he says. Bobcats and coyotes both mark trails, so you’ll likely encounter them on a hiking trail, deer run, or along a ridge path. But mountain lions almost always hide their scat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After killing a deer, mountain lions drag it into cover, if they can, and usually cache it or cover it with debris, Elbroch explains. And they’ll form a latrine close by, from 15 feet to a quarter mile away, where they’ll defecate time and again over the course of feeding on the carcass.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40689\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 273px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/11/tracking-big-cats-to-learn-their-secrets/elbroch_lionscrape/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40689\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Elbroch_LionScrape-273x360.jpg\" alt=\"Lion scrape in Patagonia\" title=\"Elbroch_LionScrape\" width=\"273\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40689\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lions leave deep impressions in dirt made with their hind feet to mark their territory or signal their presence to females and other males. Multiple lions may use the scrape site like a community bulletin board. Juan Carlos Bravo sits next to a scrape in Patagonia. (Photo: Courtesy Mark Elbroch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Elbroch looks for lions, he relies more on footprints and scrapes, depressions made with the hind feet, than on scat. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mountain lions use scrapes as community bulletin boards, Elbroch says, a behavior documented on video cameras. “You’ll see females coming in to check the males. They smell the site and start yowling, going into heat.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chris Wilmers has great footage of a male coming in and scraping, another male coming in, smelling the scrape, then walking through, then a female coming in and smelling the scrape.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since all the lions are collared, Wilmers, a UC Santa Cruz biologist who leads the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bapp.org/\">Bay Area Puma Project\u003c/a>, could tell that the female and male in the footage spent three days together—typical for a romantic interlude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharing the Spoils\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThanks to video cameras and advances in GPS technology, the hidden life of mountain lions is slowly emerging. In a recent study from his work in Patagonia, at the southern tip of South America, \u003ca href=\"http://www.switzernetwork.org/news/featured-fellows/mark-elbroch-teton-cougar-project-ecological-role-pumas\">Elbroch used GPS collars to show that lions help feed their neighbors\u003c/a>. Often, the big cats lose their hard-earned meals to other hungry animals. In California, a black bear may scare a cat off a carcass. In Patagonia, Elbroch found, lions supplied more than 500 pounds of meat per 38 square miles to a diverse community of scavengers, including the increasingly rare Andean condor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A cougar kills something in the open then retreats to cover, because it doesn’t want to sit in the middle of a big grassland all day,” he explains. “But it doesn’t go back, because it knows it’s already gone.” The Andean condor, cousin to the California condor, makes fast work of the remains.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That means lions have to kill more prey to avoid starvation. It also means lions function as a wilderness grocer. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elbroch's videos show everything from weasels and martins to foxes, coyotes, and wolves to grizzlies and black bears feeding on a kill. “And the insect life on top of carcasses is crazy. That draws in the birds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Wyoming, he adds, “we got this amazing footage of a flycatcher sitting above the kill and just zipping down in little dives right over the carcass, just cleaning up on all the flies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Humans Aren’t on the Menu\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nSpecialist hunters, lions focus on large ungulates like deer and elk, which provide enough meat to offset the energy spent hunting, even with all the food lost to scavengers. Lions, as every expert will tell you, prefer to avoid humans. So how to explain the recent attack on a 63-year-old Marin County man camping near Nevada City?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well it’s total speculation,” Elbroch says. “It happens so rarely, the sample size is so low, it’s hard even to guess.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, the first thing Elbroch wondered was whether the lion was attracted by a wheezing snore, which can sound like a dying animal. “Cats don’t just walk up to people and bite them. But if they were to walk by and hear rustling movement and this weird snoring wheeze, you bet they’re going to come up and check it out. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/10/oriental-ink-painting-with-a-computer-instead-of-a-brush/sumiebird/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40648\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/sumiebird.png\" alt=\"Computer-painted bird in sumi-e style\" title=\"sumiebird\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40648\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/sumiebird.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/sumiebird-400x225.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Traditional occidental painting techniques like watercolor or oil build an image from many layered brush strokes. You don't usually notice the individual strokes unless you stand very close. But in traditional oriental ink painting, called \u003cem>sumi-e\u003c/em>, the brush strokes \u003cem>are\u003c/em> the painting. 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And subjects can be infinite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now three computer science researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology have \u003ca href=\"http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4634\" title=\"arXiv paper\">cracked the sumi-e puzzle\u003c/a> by training a digital ink brush with a technique called reinforcement learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40650\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 278px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/10/oriental-ink-painting-with-a-computer-instead-of-a-brush/learning/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40650\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/learning-278x253.png\" alt=\"digital brush learning how to paint\" title=\"learning\" width=\"278\" height=\"253\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40650\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iterations in the learning process of the digital brush, from Xie et al.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>They trained their model brush not on entire images (like a bird) but only on individual brush strokes (like the curve of the bird's belly). They digitized eighty natural brush strokes and gave them to the model to mimic, along with a function that rewarded smoother shapes. (To your correspondent's dismay, \"reward functions\" in computer science don't actually hand out cookies.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the sumi-e brush program had been trained, the researchers tested it with a greater variety of natural brush strokes. Finally, they used it to create full paintings from photos--though they had to lend a helping hand, by manually drawing contours onto the photos for the program to find and fill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40651\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 326px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/10/oriental-ink-painting-with-a-computer-instead-of-a-brush/edinburgh/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40651\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/edinburgh-326x360.png\" alt=\"edinburgh, real photo and rendered in sumi-e\" title=\"edinburgh\" width=\"326\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40651\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top: photo of Edinburgh. 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"content": "\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c8EW6','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c8EW6\\'>Apple\\'s withdrawal from \\'green\\' certification program surprises purchasers - San Jose Mercury News</a>City of San Francisco says city departments can no longer buy Apple computers<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c8EW6\">Apple's withdrawal from 'green' certification program surprises purchasers - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>City of San Francisco says city departments can no longer buy Apple computers\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurynews\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c8GKK','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c8GKK\\'>Giant ice telescope hunts for dark matter\\'s space secrets</a>MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Scientists are using the world\\'s biggest telescope, buried deep under the South Pole, to try to unravel the mysteries of tiny particles known as neutrinos, hoping to shed light on how the universe was made. The mega-detector, called IceCube, took 10 years to build 2,400 meters below the Antarctic ice.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c8GKK\">Giant ice telescope hunts for dark matter's space secrets\u003c/a>MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Scientists are using the world's biggest telescope, buried deep under the South Pole, to try to unravel the mysteries of tiny particles known as neutrinos, hoping to shed light on how the universe was made. The mega-detector, called IceCube, took 10 years to build 2,400 meters below the Antarctic ice.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c80rg','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c80rg\\'>Eagle-killing rule changes proposed</a>Officials are proposing changes to extend the lifetime of the federal permits used by businesses for the unintentional killing of eagles. U-T San Diego reported (bit.ly/PFv3i9) Monday that the proposed changes would lengthen the duration of a permit from five years to 30.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c80rg\">Eagle-killing rule changes proposed\u003c/a>Officials are proposing changes to extend the lifetime of the federal permits used by businesses for the unintentional killing of eagles. U-T San Diego reported (bit.ly/PFv3i9) Monday that the proposed changes would lengthen the duration of a permit from five years to 30.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c8EZu','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/fb.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c8EZu\\'>Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill removing water bond from November ballot</a>With his signature, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday pulled an $11-billion water bond measure from the November ballot, delaying it until the 2014 election. The governor signed legislation introduced by supporters who worried that a separate ballot measure by Brown that would raise taxes might be jeopardized if it was on the same ballot as a massive water bond.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Latimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/fb.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c8EZu\">Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill removing water bond from November ballot\u003c/a>With his signature, Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday pulled an $11-billion water bond measure from the November ballot, delaying it until the 2014 election. The governor signed legislation introduced by supporters who worried that a separate ballot measure by Brown that would raise taxes might be jeopardized if it was on the same ballot as a massive water bond.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://latimesblogs.latimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Latimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c8GCw','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/0710-mummy/13095454-1-eng-US/0710-mummy_thumbnail_90.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c8GCw\\'>\\'Frankenstein\\' mummies provide breakthrough to researchers</a>This mixing of remains was perhaps designed to combine different ancestries into a single lineage, archaeologists speculated. Mummies found off the coast of Scotland are Frankenstein-like composites of several corpses, researchers say. 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Mummies found off the coast of Scotland are Frankenstein-like composites of several corpses, researchers say. Skip to next paragraph This mixing of remains was perhaps designed to combine different ancestries into a single lineage, archaeologists speculated.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Csmonitor\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c8I9S','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/12/corn_crop_image.jpg.400x300_q90_crop-smart.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c8I9S\\'>Organically Grown Corn Outperforms Non-Organic in Drought Conditions</a>Another stat you should remember regarding organic farming, and apropos of heatwaves and drought: According to Rodale Institute\\'s long-running side-by-side trials of organic and non-organic farming, in conditions of drought organic corn yields were 31% higher than non-organic.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.treehugger.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Treehugger</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/12/corn_crop_image.jpg.400x300_q90_crop-smart.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c8I9S\">Organically Grown Corn Outperforms Non-Organic in Drought Conditions\u003c/a>Another stat you should remember regarding organic farming, and apropos of heatwaves and drought: According to Rodale Institute's long-running side-by-side trials of organic and non-organic farming, in conditions of drought organic corn yields were 31% higher than non-organic.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.treehugger.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Treehugger\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c8GYV','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://timewellness.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/84662278cranberriescrop.jpg?w=240\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c8GYV\\'>Cranberries Protect Against Urinary Tract Infections | Healthland | TIME.com</a>This folk remedy may be for real: A new study finds that cranberry products really do help prevent urinary tract infections. The benefit of cranberry juice and other cranberry products in staving off urinary tract infections (UTIs) has long been debated.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://healthland.time.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Time</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://timewellness.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/84662278cranberriescrop.jpg?w=240\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c8GYV\">Cranberries Protect Against Urinary Tract Infections | Healthland | TIME.com\u003c/a>This folk remedy may be for real: A new study finds that cranberry products really do help prevent urinary tract infections. 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"content": "\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c3Swt','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c3Swt\\'>Official: More in US convinced of climate change</a>CANBERRA, Australia (AP) â Increasingly common experiences with extreme climate-related events such as the Colorado wildfires, a record warm spring and preseason hurricanes have convinced many Americans climate change is a reality, the head of a U.S. scientific agency said Friday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" alt=\"\">Official: More in US convinced of climate changeCANBERRA, Australia (AP) â Increasingly common experiences with extreme climate-related events such as the Colorado wildfires, a record warm spring and preseason hurricanes have convinced many Americans climate change is a reality, the head of a U.S. scientific agency said Friday.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c3TE6','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/07/05/2058182330_374e4a7125_o_wide.jpg?t=1341517463&s=2\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c3TE6\\'>Dead Reefs Can Come Back To Life, Study Says : NPR</a>Coral reefs may be able to recover from disaster, according to a study that provides a bit of reassurance about the future of these endangered ecosystems. Coral reefs around the world are at risk as the ocean\\'s temperature continues to rise.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.npr.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Npr</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/07/05/2058182330_374e4a7125_o_wide.jpg?t=1341517463&s=2\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c3TE6\">Dead Reefs Can Come Back To Life, Study Says : NPR\u003c/a>Coral reefs may be able to recover from disaster, according to a study that provides a bit of reassurance about the future of these endangered ecosystems. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c3Swt','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c3Swt\\'>Official: More in US convinced of climate change</a>CANBERRA, Australia (AP) â Increasingly common experiences with extreme climate-related events such as the Colorado wildfires, a record warm spring and preseason hurricanes have convinced many Americans climate change is a reality, the head of a U.S. scientific agency said Friday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" alt=\"\">Official: More in US convinced of climate changeCANBERRA, Australia (AP) â Increasingly common experiences with extreme climate-related events such as the Colorado wildfires, a record warm spring and preseason hurricanes have convinced many Americans climate change is a reality, the head of a U.S. scientific agency said Friday.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c3TE6','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/07/05/2058182330_374e4a7125_o_wide.jpg?t=1341517463&s=2\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c3TE6\\'>Dead Reefs Can Come Back To Life, Study Says : NPR</a>Coral reefs may be able to recover from disaster, according to a study that provides a bit of reassurance about the future of these endangered ecosystems. 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Coral reefs around the world are at risk as the ocean's temperature continues to rise.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.npr.org\" target=\"_blank\">Npr\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/c3TR4','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://i.livescience.com/images/i/19804/i01/drought-lake-bed-110908.jpg?1315516871\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/c3TR4\\'>Drought Reaches Record 56% of Continental US</a>The United States is parched, with more than half of the land area in the lower 48 states experiencing moderate to extreme drought, according to a report released today (July 5). Just under 56 percent of the contiguous United States is in drought conditions, the most extensive area in the 12-year history of the U.S.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.livescience.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Livescience</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://i.livescience.com/images/i/19804/i01/drought-lake-bed-110908.jpg?1315516871\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/c3TR4\">Drought Reaches Record 56% of Continental US\u003c/a>The United States is parched, with more than half of the land area in the lower 48 states experiencing moderate to extreme drought, according to a report released today (July 5). 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40450\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 287px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/06/bald-eaglet-expected-to-leave-lake-chabot-nest-soon/bald_eagle_portrait/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40450\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-40450\" title=\"Bald_Eagle_Portrait\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Bald_Eagle_Portrait-287x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"360\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult Bald Eagle Portrait by {link url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bald_Eagle_Portrait.jpg\"}Saffron Blaze{/link}\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In honor of our nation’s birthday, I thought I’d share a local story of our national symbol. We have a nesting pair of \u003ca title=\"Bald Eagle Identification, Cornell All About Birds website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bald_eagle/id\">bald eagles\u003c/a> at \u003ca title=\"Lake Chabot Regional Park\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/parks/lake_chabot\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Chabot Regional Park\u003c/a> above San Leandro in the East Bay. The young couple, with the female only about four years old, hatched their eaglet on Earth Day. It’s expected to fledge with its first flight attempts around the Fourth of July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a noteworthy event as bald eagles once neared extinction. Unique to North America, by the 1970s bald eagles were on the brink of extinction with only about 500 nesting pairs left from the original estimate of half a million birds found in 45 of the 48 states. Their numbers had plummeted due to poisoning with DDT and lead, as well as shooting and habitat loss. Over the last 40 years, they’ve rebounded and they’re now off the Federal Endangered Species list, though still \u003ca title=\"California Endangered Species Act\" href=\"http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/permitting/cesa_summary.html\" target=\"_blank\">endangered in California\u003c/a>. The \u003ca title=\"Migratory Bird Treaty Act\" href=\"http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/migtrea.html\" target=\"_blank\">Migratory Bird Treaty Act\u003c/a> and the \u003ca title=\"Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940\" href=\"http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/baldegl.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bald and Golden Eagle Protection\u003cem> \u003c/em>Act\u003c/a> provide protection against hunting. Bald eagles took up nesting in the Bay Area in 1996 and now have a pair at about four of our larger lakes and reservoirs. They need about two square miles for a hunting territory. If you’re fortunate, you might witness their spectacular courtship and territorial displays, which include pairs locking talons and plummeting toward earth in a twirl of six-to-seven foot wingspans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40451\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 379px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/06/bald-eaglet-expected-to-leave-lake-chabot-nest-soon/800px-bald_eagle_nesting/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40451\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-40451\" title=\"Bald_eagle_nesting\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/800px-Bald_eagle_nesting-379x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald Eagle Nest by {link url=\"http://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bald_eagle_nesting.JPG\"}Robert Lawton{/link}\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What will happen to the bald eagle fledgling once it leaves the nest? In my reading about eagle migration, the young seem to migrate away without parental direction and have about a 50-50 chance of survival in their first year. Some young California eagles have been found as far north as Alaska in their first year. Imagine catching rising thermals and letting them carry you to the far ends of our continent! Bald eagles reach maturity at four years and mate for life. If the mate dies, though, they will take another and can live for about 30 years in the wild. Their hunting prowess lies in their keen eyesight with a double focal point that allows them to see to the side and also ahead of them. They can spot a fish or squirrel from a mile above. They’re also highly adaptable and not above scavenging dead animals or thieving from others. Adaptability, instead of nobility, oftentimes predicts survival success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40452\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 188px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/06/bald-eaglet-expected-to-leave-lake-chabot-nest-soon/sharol-lake-chabot/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40452\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-40452\" title=\"Sharol at Lake Chabot\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Sharol-Lake-Chabot-188x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birdwatching with Sharol at Lake Chabot by Robert Embry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want to see the eagles, they’ll likely hang around Lake Chabot for some time, perhaps with the young fledgling testing its wings and fishing skills. You can take either the East Shore or the West Shore trails from the Marina for great views of the lake. On my last two walks at Lake Chabot I kept an eye out for the famous pair, but didn’t spot them either time. Instead we were treated to whooping calls from mating \u003ca title=\"Pied-billed Grebes identification, Cornell All About Birds website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/pied-billed_grebe/id\" target=\"_blank\">pied-billed grebes\u003c/a>, young \u003ca title=\"Great Blue Heron identification, Cornell All About Birds webiste\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_blue_heron/id\" target=\"_blank\">great blue herons\u003c/a> flapping about on the island with parents feeding them, a \u003ca title=\"Black Skimmer identification, Cornell All About Birds website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black_Skimmer/id\" target=\"_blank\">black skimmer\u003c/a> dipping its bill to fish as it flew inches above the water and a hummingbird nest hanging at eye level far back on the East Shore Trail. I hope you get a chance to get out on the trail during these long summer days and enjoy special sightings like the bald eagles as well as the extraordinary treats found in the ordinary doings of nature!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Additional Links:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLake Chabot Bald Eagles \u003ca title=\"Lake Chabot eagles news release\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/news/Bald_Eagle_Hatchling_in_Anthony_Chabot_Regional_Park_s1_p1070\" target=\"_blank\">news release with video footage of eagles\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Nature article about East Bay raptors including \u003ca title=\"Bay Nature article: East Bay Raptors\" href=\"http://baynature.org/articles/jan-mar-2009/east-bay-raptors\" target=\"_blank\">Bald Eagles\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bald Eagle \u003ca title=\"Department of Fish and Game website, Bald Eagle viewing\" href=\"http://www.dfg.ca.gov/wildlife/nongame/t_e_spp/bald_eagle/view.html\" target=\"_blank\">winter migration information\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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We have a nesting pair of \u003ca title=\"Bald Eagle Identification, Cornell All About Birds website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/bald_eagle/id\">bald eagles\u003c/a> at \u003ca title=\"Lake Chabot Regional Park\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/parks/lake_chabot\" target=\"_blank\">Lake Chabot Regional Park\u003c/a> above San Leandro in the East Bay. The young couple, with the female only about four years old, hatched their eaglet on Earth Day. It’s expected to fledge with its first flight attempts around the Fourth of July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is a noteworthy event as bald eagles once neared extinction. Unique to North America, by the 1970s bald eagles were on the brink of extinction with only about 500 nesting pairs left from the original estimate of half a million birds found in 45 of the 48 states. Their numbers had plummeted due to poisoning with DDT and lead, as well as shooting and habitat loss. Over the last 40 years, they’ve rebounded and they’re now off the Federal Endangered Species list, though still \u003ca title=\"California Endangered Species Act\" href=\"http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/permitting/cesa_summary.html\" target=\"_blank\">endangered in California\u003c/a>. The \u003ca title=\"Migratory Bird Treaty Act\" href=\"http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/migtrea.html\" target=\"_blank\">Migratory Bird Treaty Act\u003c/a> and the \u003ca title=\"Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940\" href=\"http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/baldegl.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bald and Golden Eagle Protection\u003cem> \u003c/em>Act\u003c/a> provide protection against hunting. Bald eagles took up nesting in the Bay Area in 1996 and now have a pair at about four of our larger lakes and reservoirs. They need about two square miles for a hunting territory. If you’re fortunate, you might witness their spectacular courtship and territorial displays, which include pairs locking talons and plummeting toward earth in a twirl of six-to-seven foot wingspans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40451\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 379px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/06/bald-eaglet-expected-to-leave-lake-chabot-nest-soon/800px-bald_eagle_nesting/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40451\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-40451\" title=\"Bald_eagle_nesting\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/800px-Bald_eagle_nesting-379x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bald Eagle Nest by {link url=\"http://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bald_eagle_nesting.JPG\"}Robert Lawton{/link}\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What will happen to the bald eagle fledgling once it leaves the nest? In my reading about eagle migration, the young seem to migrate away without parental direction and have about a 50-50 chance of survival in their first year. Some young California eagles have been found as far north as Alaska in their first year. Imagine catching rising thermals and letting them carry you to the far ends of our continent! Bald eagles reach maturity at four years and mate for life. If the mate dies, though, they will take another and can live for about 30 years in the wild. Their hunting prowess lies in their keen eyesight with a double focal point that allows them to see to the side and also ahead of them. They can spot a fish or squirrel from a mile above. They’re also highly adaptable and not above scavenging dead animals or thieving from others. Adaptability, instead of nobility, oftentimes predicts survival success.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40452\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 188px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/06/bald-eaglet-expected-to-leave-lake-chabot-nest-soon/sharol-lake-chabot/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40452\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-40452\" title=\"Sharol at Lake Chabot\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/Sharol-Lake-Chabot-188x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"253\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birdwatching with Sharol at Lake Chabot by Robert Embry\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you want to see the eagles, they’ll likely hang around Lake Chabot for some time, perhaps with the young fledgling testing its wings and fishing skills. You can take either the East Shore or the West Shore trails from the Marina for great views of the lake. On my last two walks at Lake Chabot I kept an eye out for the famous pair, but didn’t spot them either time. Instead we were treated to whooping calls from mating \u003ca title=\"Pied-billed Grebes identification, Cornell All About Birds website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/pied-billed_grebe/id\" target=\"_blank\">pied-billed grebes\u003c/a>, young \u003ca title=\"Great Blue Heron identification, Cornell All About Birds webiste\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/great_blue_heron/id\" target=\"_blank\">great blue herons\u003c/a> flapping about on the island with parents feeding them, a \u003ca title=\"Black Skimmer identification, Cornell All About Birds website\" href=\"http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black_Skimmer/id\" target=\"_blank\">black skimmer\u003c/a> dipping its bill to fish as it flew inches above the water and a hummingbird nest hanging at eye level far back on the East Shore Trail. I hope you get a chance to get out on the trail during these long summer days and enjoy special sightings like the bald eagles as well as the extraordinary treats found in the ordinary doings of nature!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Additional Links:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nLake Chabot Bald Eagles \u003ca title=\"Lake Chabot eagles news release\" href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/news/Bald_Eagle_Hatchling_in_Anthony_Chabot_Regional_Park_s1_p1070\" target=\"_blank\">news release with video footage of eagles\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_40499\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/05/all-my-children-making-and-donating-a-rock-collection/rockcollectionslate/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40499\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionslate-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rockcollectionslate\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-40499\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The search for a good specimen of slate took me across the Central Valley, but once there it was a moment's work. Photos by Andrew Alden\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few months ago, I accepted an assignment to gather a set of California rocks for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.chabotspace.org/index.htm\">Chabot Space & Science Center\u003c/a> in Oakland. I thought I could putter around the local hills and have it done in a few afternoons. Didn't turn out that way. Finding good teaching specimens is an exacting project. Now that I'm done, it's a little hard to let them go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was given a list of 15 rock types—five each of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks—but some of them were clearly nonstarters. For instance, coal was on the list, but \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/05/17/black-diamond-reopens-visitor-center/\">California's coal\u003c/a> is too soft for presentation, and besides it's off limits in park lands. I made some substitutes and then set forth to find the following:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Igneous rocks: basalt, granite, obsidian, pumice, scoria\u003cbr>\nSedimentary rocks: breccia, chert, conglomerate, sandstone, shale\u003cbr>\nMetamorphic rocks: gneiss, marble, schist, serpentine, slate\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Almost everything was available in loose material by the side of the road. Indeed, picking up roadside rubble is doing the public a favor. Conglomerate and sandstone were available within the Oakland city limits; in fact Chabot authorized me to collect from its own property, but the sandstone there is too soft. Chert came from my own Oakland yard, the same red Franciscan chert \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2011/04/21/geological-outings-around-the-bay-marin-headlands/\">that makes up the Marin Headlands\u003c/a>. I was using it in the landscaping, but giving up a few choice pieces was all for a good cause.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/05/all-my-children-making-and-donating-a-rock-collection/rockcollectionchert/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40501\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionchert.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rockcollectionchert\" width=\"600\" height=\"444\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40501\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionchert.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionchert-400x296.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With other rocks, I knew where to get them; it was just a matter of scheduling a trip. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/02/02/geological-outings-around-the-bay-napa-glass-mountain/\">Obsidian came from the Napa Valley\u003c/a>, shale from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/01/26/geological-outings-around-the-bay-mount-vaca-and-the-monticello-dam/\">the Great Valley Sequence north of Fairfield\u003c/a>, schist from the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/06/28/side-trips-from-interstate-5-stony-creek-valley/\">Franciscan Complex in Glenn County\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A teaching specimen needs to be clean and sound, naturally. It needs to be the right size. More difficult is that it has to be \u003ci>typical\u003c/i>, showing what the textbooks describe and nothing more. Once I found the right spot, it took a lot of pawing, picking and pondering to assemble a satisfactory group, like this basalt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/05/all-my-children-making-and-donating-a-rock-collection/rockcollectionbasalts/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40500\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionbasalts.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rockcollectionbasalts\" width=\"600\" height=\"456\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionbasalts.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionbasalts-400x304.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Toward the end, I had to go pretty far afield. Take the metamorphic set, shown below. The schist (upper left) I already mentioned. Going clockwise, the slate came from near Copperopolis, the marble from near Columbia, the gneiss from near Murphys, and the serpentine from near Clear Lake. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/05/all-my-children-making-and-donating-a-rock-collection/rockcollectionmets/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40502\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionmets.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rockcollectionmets\" width=\"600\" height=\"442\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40502\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionmets.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionmets-400x295.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That left two igneous rocks: scoria and pumice. I could have made an overnight visit to the volcanic districts of northeastern California or the trans-Sierra, but I elected instead to check out the local landscape suppliers. I finally found what I wanted at Morgan's Masonry Supply, in San Ramon: fist-size lava rock (scoria) and a boulder of pumice. From that boulder I carved five hand samples like this one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/07/05/all-my-children-making-and-donating-a-rock-collection/rockcollectionpumice/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40503\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionpumice.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"rockcollectionpumice\" width=\"600\" height=\"461\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40503\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionpumice.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2012/07/rockcollectionpumice-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now I have added respect for the people who make and market those \u003ca href=\"http://geology.about.com/od/rockcollecting/bb/rockcollections.htm\">boxed rock collections\u003c/a>. They have to keep truckloads of rock types on hand, most of them imported from somewhere else, then pick through the chips and waste to get what they need. On the other hand, they don't know the pride I take in delivering this custom collection to my local science educators. And I can visit my rocks any time to see how they're doing.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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