Field Notes

Butterfly Monitoring on San Bruno Mountain

Posted by Jodi Gunning on May 30th 2018
When I tell my friends that I monitor butterflies, I think they picture me and the team skipping through a field in sundresses with butterfly nets in hand.... ViewView Butterfly Monitoring on San Bruno Mountain

Meet San Bruno Mountain's Callippe Silverspot Butterfly

Posted by Sarah Roy on Sep 27th 2017
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.... ViewView Meet San Bruno Mountain's Callippe Silverspot Butterfly

On a Mission to Find Mission Blue Butterflies

Posted by Jana Ng on Jul 19th 2017
With tiny, delicate wings ranging from silvery to dark shades of blue, the Mission blue butterflies are the living sapphires of San Bruno Mountain.... ViewView On a Mission to Find Mission Blue Butterflies

What's Blooming?!

Posted by Ramona Arechiga on Mar 22nd 2017
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.... ViewView What's Blooming?!

Coyote Hour on San Bruno Mountain

Posted by Ramona Arechiga on Jul 1st 2015
He had intelligent eyes, a healthy coat mixed with brown, tan and white fur with black guard hairs, long legs and a long narrow nose with a mouthful of beautiful white teeth.... ViewView Coyote Hour on San Bruno Mountain