A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching★★★★★
Rosemary Mosco A fast, funny, informative read about pigeons, their long history with humans, appearance and behavior, and even modern extreme pigeon breeds.
Birding Is My Favorite Video Game★★★★★
Rosemary Mosco A fun collection of cartoons about nature (not just birds!) collected from Bird and Moon. Mostly funny, a few serious.
Entradero Park Loop★★★★☆Relaxing walk through scrub habitat around a basin with restored wetlands. Not much shade, good for spotting birds.
George F Canyon★★★★★A quiet hike along a seasonal streambed. Shady for the first part, then opens up. Beware of poison oak. City view at the summit. Birds, rabbits, butterflies.
Hopkins Wilderness Park★★★★☆A good place to bring your kids or just take a shady walk in something that feels like nature. Lightly wooded, some hills, trails, a stream and a duck pond, plus picnic areas and camping.
iNaturalist (App)★★★★★Streamlines the basic use case of posting an observation from your phone and narrowing down the plant or animal you're looking at.
Toulon Drive Loop★★★☆☆The easy part runs along a stream bed. Then it gets steeper and a lot less shaded as it wraps around a chaparral-covered hill.