Field Notes

While unfortunately the lizard is now tail-less, it isn't dying, far from it actually. Learn why lizards drop their tails.... View more at Parks DepartmentView "Oh no! I think it's dead, it has no tail!"

A few feet farther up the slope I saw the telltale yellow flowers, looking like a garden “pansy,” peaking out of the mass of green. It was California Golden Violet, Viola pedunculata... View more at Parks DepartmentView Stalking the California Golden Violet

It's a bird, It's a plane—no it's the endangered Callippe Silverspot Butterfly! If you are ever on the San Bruno Mountain during a warm sunny day late spring or summer, keep your head up and look for these endangered butterflies.... View more at Parks DepartmentView Meet San Bruno Mountain's Callippe Silverspot Butterfly

Flowers are blooming in San Mateo County Parks! The natural resource management staff have been out to several of our parks this spring and want to report what we are seeing so you can get out and enjoy some of these special places before the early spring flowers disappear.... View more at Parks DepartmentView What's Blooming?!