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Drone fly nectaring on Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Drone Is a Drone Is a Drone

December 5, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
 It's "Friday Fly Day" but we haven't seen a drone fly (Eristalis tenax) for at least a month.It's a member of the hover fly family, Syrphidae, but it manages to appear almost everywhere as...a... bee. A drone is a drone is a drone. A bee is a bee is a bee. (Thank you, Gertrude Stein, who penned "A…
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North Sacramento Valley Walnut Day 2026

Mar 5, 2026

Please join us for 2026 Walnut Day! Lunch is provided at no cost, thanks to the generosity of the California Walnut Board and Commission, with registration before February 24th, 2026. 
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California Naturalist Course with Sierra Streams Institute

Mar 11, 2026 - May 13, 2026

Sierra Streams Institute is delighted to be one of the training sites for the UC California Naturalist Program. In the program, you will become part of a committed corps of volunteer naturalists and citizen scientists, equipped with the skills needed to take an active role in local natural resource…
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