Enthusiastic world explorer, digital creative, environmental technologist, citizen scientist & budding computational ecologist. California Naturalist. KM6LCB
Overview and History The Brown Pelican is the hero in its own real conservation success story! They were listed as a federally endangered species in 1970, endangered in California in 1971. They reached a low of just 466 nests in 1978 7 . Amazingly they recovered and were delisted again in 2009 5 . Today there are estimated to be over 70,680 nesting pairs in California 1 . Fortunately for them,…
Murder She Wrote credits supercut from natbat on Vimeo . All the clips from all the opening credits of twelve seasons of murder she wrote
Courses I’ve taken In 2019/2020 I took these Stanford classes as a JSK fellowship affiliate: Ornithology (BIO221) Conservation photography (BIO53) Evolution (BIO85) Ecology and Evolution of Animal Behaviour (BIO245) Applied Ecology at Jasper Ridge preserve (BIO205) Geology, Landscapes and Tectonics of the SF Bay Area (GEOLSCI42) Concepts in Environmental communications (EARTHSYS 291) Ecology…
Department of public works have a proposed replacement plan you might like to see: http://bit.ly/tree-plan-hayes-valley In short, lots of lovely flowering trees that support local ecology like birds, bees and butterflies and evergreen trees to continuously scrub toxins out of the air and improve our air quality all year round. Any questions or comments please email Susan Cieutat susan AT…
Behind me are dozens of California Sea Lions. I’m in San Francisco opposite the famous pier 39 where for over 30 years this floating marina has been the batchelor pad home to nearly 600 Male and juvenile sea lions. You may be wondering why I’m wearing a tiny hat, well I’ve come to wish Happy Birthday to half of them! That’s right, 50% of all California Sea Lions are born today, on June 15th, and…
The hot rainless summer days in the west coast of the USA bring with them the cool ocean moisture pulled inland forming thick fog. That fog is essential for the redwood ecosystem and the redwood trees themselves. Coastal Redwoods - sequoia sempervirens - grow all along the Pacific coast from central California up to Oregon, including here in Stern Grove, San Francisco and in Jasper Ridge. They…
Bats, or as I prefer to call them “ sky puppies ” are adorable, wonderful and play an essential role in ecology. But they are facing a significant new threat. White-nose syndrome is a fungal disease that is spreading at an alarmingly fast pace, affecting colonies of hibernating bats. It has killed 90% of some species in the USA, literally millions of bats since its introduction from Europe in…
This is the first hike Simon and I did with Wild Equity, December 2013, we went to Muir Woods and then Lagunitas to find the Endangered Coho Salmon. The salmon have suffered from many changes to the river over time including the straightening of the river in the area, there are a lot less places for the baby fish to grow up. We didn’t find any in Muir Woods but saw several of them actually mating…
Western Snowy Plover chicks, photo by USFWS. Dan Murphy talks about these beautiful birds Brent talks about the new dog leish proposal and how it could help save the Snowy Plover Through the binoculars Simon looks out at the tiny birds The Western Snowy Plover, photo from Wikimedia Commons Riley, Roman and Hannah bringing coffee The Snowy Plover iced coffee from Andytown coffee roasters in SF,…
Those of you who know me personally will likely know that I have always been passionate about wildlife and the environment. The News: I have decided to leave Eventbrite and Lanyrd. My plan is to use my technical and organisational skills to make a difference in environmental conservation. Read on for some musings on the intersection of my career to date with my passion for environmental and…
Driving over the Golden Gate Bridge from natbat on Vimeo . Periscope
Project Ubiquity celebration from natbat on Vimeo .
We finished! Ran/power-walked the 12k San Francisco #baytobreakers on (stupidly) no training!
Me, Simon and an endangered blue iguana! (at Queen Elizabeth Botanical Gardens)
Hugging a turtle! (at Grand Cayman Turtle Farm)
Hummingbird from natbat on Vimeo .
Last UK driving lesson, drove 37k! We did the duel carriageway twice at about 40mph which felt ever so fast! There was also roundabouts, parallel parking, bikes and commuters, unexpected pedestrians, irrational honking from other cars, schools, tunnels, buses and a fire engine playing the bagpipes!
Driving lesson #2… I did Parallel parking and Roundabouts! (& I saw two squirrels!) on Flickr.
View this post on Instagram 2013 #flipgram - My year in pictures. Quite a year!
Adventures in Marrakech: The Film from natbat on Vimeo . Simon and I took Mum and Dad to Morocco for four days. This is the 15 minute film of our trip.