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It is a bit much at this point... but hey, the hills will be green longer and our reservoirs are all filled in preparation for summer! Plants are getting a much needed very deep soak, haha. We had a decent sized tree split sometime last night or early this morning in Lakeside Park in Oakland...

Thank you so much for the replies! Quite a few RIR and some New Hampshire votes. I'll research New Hampshire chickens a bit just in case and to check out how it compares to our fella. TT! - While the first haiku was a bit cruel (but funny), the follow-ups were good

Quote: Wow, thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear your family loved coming out to the refuge. It's a great location for urban youth and families to really experience some wildlife - it's in the middle of an urban city! Finding the queen bee is always a great, but sometimes challenging...

Hi there, I work at the Rotary Nature Center within the Parks and Recreation department in Oakland, CA. We're right on America's first wildlife refuge at Lake Merritt and someone dumped a chicken by the lake earlier this week that we picked up to get rehomed. We believe it may be a Rhode...

Hi there everyone! My name's Alexa and I work at the Rotary Nature Center at Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. We're part of the Oakland Parks and Recreation Department and oversee America's FIRST wildlife refuge located at Lake Merritt - it turned 141 years old a week ago! We have many abandoned...