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Belted Kingfisher Goes Hungry on Christmas Day
Four belted kingfisher poems about a bird who could not eat because Sligo Creek was filled with pollution from a water main break.
Christmas Brings Beauty, Fright: Metal-Laden Torrent Pouring Into Sligo Creek
Christmas brings joy on Sligo Creek but then a pollution emergency when a torrent of chlorinated, metal-laden water rushes into the creek.
Biking Sligo Creek and Writing – How One Fuels The Other
Sligo Creek fuels my body and soul every time I'm there. I'm even starting to find connections between cranking out miles on the bike...
Stephen Davies: Photography and Persistence
Check out what Stephen Davies has to say about getting started in the worlds of birding and photography -- and why he loves Sligo Creek.
Plastic Pollution Kills Two Great Blue Herons Along Sligo Creek – We’re All Responsible
The best way to stop plastic pollution from killing our watersheds and ourselves is to to change our behavior and fight it at its source.
Fuzzy Brown Face – And Will I Get Eaten By A Giant Frog?
The sun is going down over Sligo Creek. Is that a beaver in the retention ponds, and will I get eaten by a giant frog?
Mama Goose 2021 Takes High-Risk Gamble on Sligo Creek
Won-ok and I head down to the University Boulevard stormwater retention ponds to check in on the spring breeding season for the Canada geese...
Happy New Year? No. Happy Heron Year!
Incredible luck greeted us for a second consecutive New Year's Day. Forget Happy New Year. Let's make it Happy Heron Year!
