Puente Hills Nature

Plants play a big role during the holiday season, from Christmas trees to Poinsettias, holly and mistletoe. Our hills are also celebrating t...

Earlier this week, a Peregrine falcon was seen hanging around the Core Habitat area of the Preserve, just west of Arroyo Pescadero. At firs...

Almost precisely two years ago, former Habitat Authority Ecologist Dan Cooper posted a blog lamenting about his observations of cactus wrens...

Nature can sure put on some amazing, jaw-dropping shows! Last week was a case in point, as two rattlesnakes along the Powder Canyon trail pu...

As we approach late summer, you are likely noticing the bounty of fruits that are becoming plentiful on the plants in the Hills. Just like i...

While hiking the Hellman Park Trail the other day I noticed this small deer mouse (Peromyscus sp.) lying in the middle of the trail. Upon cl...

I bet you’re thinking I’m going to be talking about the butterflies fluttering to and from the wildflowers in the Hills this time of year. B...