Aquatic Park EGRET

“May showers bring…” ???

admin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:40:59 +0000

Our late rains have the poppies going wild. This batch is in the SW corner of the Model Yacht Basin, near the old flag pole.

Poppies in bloom

Make Mark Liolios of Aquatic Park EGRET your Conservation Hero (and help BPFP win $5000)

admin — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:32:14 +0000

Vote for Mark and EGRET here. Deadline for voting is Sunday, October 10, 2010.

For more than a decade, EGRET under the leadership of Mark Liolios has worked to transform Aquatic Park into great habitat for herons, egrets, shorebirds, native plants — and people! On September 13, the Trust for Public Land, with Cox Enterprises, has named him one of five “Cox Conserves Heroes” for the Bay Area for 2010! See the Sept. 14 story on www.Berkeleyside.com!

Mark and four other finalists receive $1,250 for the nonprofit of their choice — and Mark has chosen Berkeley Partners for Parks (EGRET’s sponsoring organization)! If Mark gets the most online votes, BPFP will get a total of $5,000!

Watch videos of the five winners and vote online for your favorite at
www.coxconservesheroes.com/san-francisco-bay-area-ca/2010-finalists.aspx. Deadline for voting is Sunday, October 10, 2010.

Click the video below to start it, click it again to view it without the right side being cropped.

Videos of Aquatic Park from YouTube

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:23:09 +0000

The following video was posted on YouTube showing some sights at Aquatic Park (watch the bike ride past the egret on the grass):

And here’s one of egrets feeding at the north end:

Berkeley’s waterfront history in maps

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:31:35 +0000

Fading image

The image below fades between Berkeley’s waterfront in 1917 and 2009.
Notice that the current east shoreline of Aquatic Park is the historic shoreline of the Bay. Also notice the current railroad line appears in the 1917 map.

Image source:

Historic Berkeley: University of Texas Library
Present day: Google Maps

Combined image

Wonderful bird photo album

Liolios — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:53:37 +0000

Obie Gilkerson, a friend of EGRET and photographer extraordinare, has posted an album of photos of birds at Aquatic Park. View it here: http://obiegilkerson.zenfolio.com/p795881642. Click the “Slideshow” button to view all the photos as a slideshow.

Earth Team and Berkeley HS students celebrate Cesar Chavez day

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:57:42 +0000

A group of volunteers gather in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park Sunday March 8th to clear brush and plant trees. In the process of getting their hands dirty and improving their community, many discuss their actions in the context of a new President, a struggling economy, service, and an entitled generation.

The event was organized by a local volunteer and promoted through President Obama’s service website: www.usaservice.org/

18 “Berkeley Project Month – Greener Berkeley!” volunteers help out.

admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:57:54 +0000

Eighteen students from UC Berkeley, as part of “Berkeley Project Month – Greener Berkeley!”, spread the wood chips from three piles of mulch around the bases of several shoreline cypress trees planted two years ago by second graders from Rosa Parks Elementary School. After lunch they did trail improvement work, mounding the soil to create a wildlife overlook for park visitors.

Black Pine Circle kids do their part watering and bird watching

admin — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:58:02 +0000

Twelve very young students at Black Pine Circle came to the park with their parents on March 13th. They had a great time watching the egrets and herons while they watered the newly planted shoreline trees and cleared a visitor trail along the south side of Middle Pond.

Head-Royce students volunteer to help protect native plants.

admin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:54:39 +0000

Seventh graders from Head-Royce School worked along the southwestern shoreline of the Main Lagoon on March 6th. The twenty-five students, and the teachers and parents who accompanied them, protected the Monterey Cypress at that corner, as well as adjacent native shrubs, by covering the thistles and other invasive weeds with the wood chips from two enormous piles.

Welcome

admin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:34:18 +0000

Aquatic Park EGRET is the stewardship group for the tidal wetlands of Berkeley’s largest city park. Volunteers from the community help us tend native coastal plantings to improve the shoreline of San Francisco Bay for wildlife habitat.