A New Treasure This month, MMPC celebrates its twelfth anniversary. Often, in the course of those twelve years, we have made reference to the many “treasures” on More Mesa – birds, animals, plants, habitats, views etc. And now, just in time to celebrate our anniversary, we are delighted to report that yet another treasure has…
EXCITING NEWS ABOUT UPCOMING AND ONGOING EVENTS We reported in our February News, that the OAK Group will feature More Mesa in their month-long exhibition at the Faulkner Gallery, this coming October. As a prelude to this well-known gallery showing, the neighbors of the More Mesa Shorescommunity have joined together to host an all-day fund raising…
Despite the lack of rain, signs of spring are beginning to appear on More Mesa. This Sunday, two butterfly species and two flowering plants were photographed. More Mesa Native Plants – March, 2012 Lacy Phacelia Chaparral Clematis Lacy Phacelia is a native annual, found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The common name…
The Eyes Have It! Why Is It That Raptors Have Such Great Vision? Many expressions are used to extol the incredible vision of raptors. Most of us have used the phrase “Hawk-eyed”, or know someone we refer to as having an “Eagle Eye”. And then, there is the oft-quoted football field analogy … “A Golden…
Native Habitats on More Mesa Among the many ecological treasures of More Mesa are its plants and plant assemblages, also known as habitats. Six habitats, Oak Woodland, Riparian, Chaparral, Grasslands, Wetlands, and Coastal Sage Scrub, are listed in the Biological Resources Report released a year ago. While we have provided a link to native plants on…