If you are interested in learning more about the plants of the Preserve, check out our iNaturalist Field Guides that includes our entire plant species list. Just click on the “Guides” tab at the top of the project page, then type in “Jenner Headlands” in the search window and you will find two guides to the flora of the Preserve. The online guides are fully interactive with a search feature to search for a particular plant if you wish, or scroll through the plant photos and click on the one you want to learn more about. Each species account is linked to a plethora of online databases that will allow you to dig down and learn more about any particular plant to your heart’s desire. Enjoy!

Last week (2/21/15) heard first of the year purple finch and dark-eyed juncos singing as well as a northern flicker. Buckeyes have already broken bud. This week (2/28/15) heard song sparrow, white-crowned sparrows and house finches singing -- first of the year. Grasses that germinated with the fall/winter rains are already starting to turn brown at the tips. With the unseasonably warm weather and lack of rains, looks like spring has come early. Unless substantial rain falls in the next 2 months, we are headed for another of severe drought.