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San Francisco’s Farralon Islands – Home of the Egg War of 1863
TweetIf you’re going to fight a war, it might as well be over eggs, precious eggs. The Sunset District and the South East Farralones: click to expand.
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From the Cal Academy, Farallon Island Wildlife Webcam Kicks Off June 8
TweetMark your calendar and get your popcorn – soon you’ll be able while away those lazy afternoons at work glued to the images you’ll see from the “FIRST EVER WEBCAM TO STREAM LIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE...
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The California Academy of Sciences Goes All Out for World Oceans Day
TweetThey’re going all out at the California Academy of Sciences for World Oceans Day 2009, starting tonight. Check out the schedule of activities over the next couple of weeks here, and below. Giant...
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The Happy Sea Lions of the Farallon Islands – All Playing Together with Whales
TweetThis is the scene from five miles west of the Farallones. Get the story of the whales right here. Click to expand: Via (nz)dave
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Who, Besides the New York Times, Says the Sunset District is Bleak? On a...
TweetOr maybe it’s just the Outer Sunset, the Outset, that’s “bleak?” The view from Golden Gate Heights, more or less, after rain clears. Basically, it’s the Inner Sunset Click to expand Sugarloaf is...
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Where Oh Where is the U.S.S. Independence (CVL-22)? Is It Filled With Nuclear...
TweetWe’ve had more U.S.S. Independences than you can shake a stick at over the centuries, but this one is the one we had during the bulk of WWII. She came straight out of Joisey in ’42 and survived...
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Oh Marin, You So Crazy (OMYSC)! Saving the Non-Native, Bird-Killing Siberian...
TweetYou know, one of these days, I’ll start a half-assed non-profit, pay myself a six-figure salary, put the wife on staff, hire the kids too, put cute animal pictures on the homepage to keep the cash...
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Alaska’s Rat Island is Free of Rats after 229 Years, So Why Can’t Our...
TweetYou see, the Feds had a plan to kill the famous rats of Rat Island, Alaska and they did that, with extreme prejudice, just a few years back. See? No more Japanese rats from that shipwreck of the...
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The Feds Don’t Know Jack About Solyndra or the Central Subway, But They DO...
TweetObviously, non-targeted species will be affected when the Feds airbomb the Farallon Islands with rodenticide to kill all those mice. Like this one. See it? Here’s the big version, via nature...
View ArticleOMG, Your Best Way to Spend $125: 2012 Farallon Island Whale Watching Season...
TweetCheck it, our very own Oceanic Society is kicking off annual Farallon Island whale watching season on May 26, 2012. All the deets: “WHALE WATCH/NATURE CRUISES TO FARALLON ISLANDS BEGIN MAY 26...
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The “World’s Most Rodent-Packed Island” is in San Francisco – When Will We...
TweetHere we go, from the USA Today from a few months back: “Those suffering from musophobia would be wise to steer clear of the South Farallon Islands. The archipelago, which sits just 27 miles off...
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Here’s What Happens to Your Mylar Helium Balloons: They Fly to Middle...
TweetSee? Perhaps from a Raider’s game, or a black celebration: Steller sea lion with Mylar balloons near Middle Farallon (photo by CS) – click to expand Get all the deets on westernmost San Francisco...
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Can You Name the Extreme Points of San Francisco – North, South, East, and...
Tweet[UPDATE: Oh, man, you people are clever: 1. So what about SFO airport as southernmost? Well, that place is “owned and policed by the City and County of San Francisco, but is located in and...
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On a Clear Day You Can See the Farallon Islands from the Sunset District –...
TweetThe biggest of the Farallones is in this shot, if you can spot it, 25 miles away… Click to expand This was a much better than average day for looking for the Farallones…
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San Francisco Opposes the Feds Killing Off Mice on the Farallon Islands? Fear...
TweetWell, this is news to me. All the Feds want to do is kill off the mice of the Farallones and San Francisco is standing in the way? Check out how our Federales scored a “rip-roaring conservation...
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Your View of the South Farallon Islands as You Climb Out from SFO – Can You...
TweetNo, you cannot, but they’re still there. You can read up to learn how we can Restore the Farallones. Basically, the Feds would pay some company to place poison all over, prolly from a chopper....
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Frisco’s Very Own Sunken Radioactive Aircraft Carrier – See the USS...
TweetHere’s the history of the USS Independence wreck, down 2600 feet, near the Farallon Islands, and here’s the video feed live, like right now, or a little delayed, but good enough. Before Bikini...
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Our Farallon Islands on a Somewhat Clear Day
TweetWesternmost Frisco, usually obscured from view:
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South Farallon Islands, But Also the Faraway North Farallon Islands, On a...
TweetSouth islands and relatively easy to see from the Parkside / Sunset / West of Twin Peaks… …but it’s harder to see the north islands, including North Farallon Island, the Isle of St. James and/or...
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