We return to early frontier California at Rush Ranch, part of the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area near Fairfield. This is a Gold Rush-era farm complete with horse corrals and old barns, set within 2,000 acres of grasslands and marshes. The land … Continue reading
At Las Gallinas, hundreds of acres of grasslands, ponds and marshes extend from a small water treatment facility. The marshes recede in all directions for hundreds of yards, and are surrounded by the beautiful hills of Marin. Acre for acre, … Continue reading
This tour will highlight several beautiful locations: Winters, a charming valley town, the Davis Raptor center and Lake Solano. We’ll start at the Davis Raptor Center south of Sacramento in the morning for ducks, raptors and woodpeckers along Putah Creek. … Continue reading
Registration fee is $95 for the whole term and $50 for a half term. Individual trips are $30. Register online or contact me. The class meets every Wednesday morning for 10 weeks, with six fieldtrips and four class sessions. Classes … Continue reading
This wild and open expanse of East Bay hills is part of Garin Dry Creek regional park, high above the city of Hayward. Our bracing tour will also include riparian groves and oak woodlands, additional habitats for many varieties of … Continue reading
Scenic Bodega Bay, nestled on the Sonoma coast west of Sebastopol, is one of our most exciting local birding locations, designated an IBA (Important Bird Area) by the American Bird Conservancy. The great headlands, coves and marshes surrounding the bay … Continue reading
This new course surveys the history of North America’s wildlife and human ecology of the last two centuries (1800-2000) up to the present. Major themes this semester will include: endangered wildlife, lives of great 19th and 20th century biologists and … Continue reading
This course celebrates the music and civilization of the European Renaissance (ca. 1450-1600). Course topics will include musical style (such as polyphony and the popular song), musical notation , the mass, madrigals, the Burgundian school, ancient instruments, the Early Music … Continue reading
This class examines recent history by showing films that depict the lives of people caught up in the important events of the 20th century. Through historical dramas and satires such as Gandhi, The Third Man, Paths of Glory and Dr. … Continue reading
This course presents documentary films that examine current social, economic and political issues around the world. In the last two decades films such as The Fog of War, Waiting for Superman, Fahrenheit 9/11, An Inconvenient Truth and Enron: the Smartest … Continue reading