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Birds

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    San Francisco to Protect Birds from Flying into Buildings

    ​Unless you're part of a small cadre of environmental activists, the danger posed to birds by high-rise buildings is probably not an issue in the forefront of your mind. Unless, of course, you are a member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, which just saw fit to pass a new set of development ... More >>

  • Film

    August 31, 2011

    "Love Exposure": Ninja Softcore Art Movie? Yes, Please

    ​Unless you're part of a small cadre of environmental activists, the danger posed to birds by high-rise buildings is probably not an issue in the forefront of your mind. Unless, of course, you are a member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, which just saw fit to pass a new set of development ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 31, 2011

    On Obsessions, Corinthians, and Parakeets

    ​Unless you're part of a small cadre of environmental activists, the danger posed to birds by high-rise buildings is probably not an issue in the forefront of your mind. Unless, of course, you are a member of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, which just saw fit to pass a new set of development ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Yoplait Encourages Eating Disorders, Are Today's Food Truck Fans Anti-Mexican?

    ​Today's notes on national stories, local trends, random tastes, and other bycatch dredged up from the food media. 1. Way to encourage healthy eating, Yoplait. Salon has an essay from Mary Elizabeth Williams on an effed-up Yoplait advertising campaign. In the campaign, a woman goes twitchy at the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Om, Lichens, Barn Owl Share Trancey Stories in the Dark of the Independent

    Om​ OmLichensBarn OwlDecember 16, 2010@ The IndependentBetter than: Any other situation involving lichens, barn owls, and sacred syllables.It was dark at the Independent last night. The performers sent forth their communal hypnoses in low light, the audience swayed along in relative blackness, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Ravens, Crows, Bedbugs, and Drain Flies Among Pests City Combats With Chemicals

    Begone, critters.​Following Tuesday's election, San Francisco may seem like a political island in a sea of shellacking states. Judging from a recent report from the Department of Environment's Integrated Pest Management Plan, we're an island under constant attack.Last year San Francisco bought 2,2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Five Reasons Why Bird is the Word For Local Band Names

    ​Birds are entrenched in popular culture. Putting aside The Eagles, To Kill a Mockingbird, and "Blackbird" by The Beatles, consider more recent winged occurrences: Harry Potter lives for a time with the Order of the Phoenix, and his pet is Hedwig the owl. Morgan Freeman lent his voice to a flick a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 26, 2010

    They Will, They Will …

    ​Birds are entrenched in popular culture. Putting aside The Eagles, To Kill a Mockingbird, and "Blackbird" by The Beatles, consider more recent winged occurrences: Harry Potter lives for a time with the Order of the Phoenix, and his pet is Hedwig the owl. Morgan Freeman lent his voice to a flick a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2010

    Get Me to the Church on Time

    ​Birds are entrenched in popular culture. Putting aside The Eagles, To Kill a Mockingbird, and "Blackbird" by The Beatles, consider more recent winged occurrences: Harry Potter lives for a time with the Order of the Phoenix, and his pet is Hedwig the owl. Morgan Freeman lent his voice to a flick a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    Tweeting

    ​Birds are entrenched in popular culture. Putting aside The Eagles, To Kill a Mockingbird, and "Blackbird" by The Beatles, consider more recent winged occurrences: Harry Potter lives for a time with the Order of the Phoenix, and his pet is Hedwig the owl. Morgan Freeman lent his voice to a flick a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Celebrate Filthy, Disease-Ridden Street Pigeons -- With Pot-Luck Dinner!

    Imin YehHappy Year of the Urban Street Pigeon!​Who can name all the cultural luminaries with an inordinate fondness for street pigeons? There's Bert the Muppet, Mike Tyson, Terry Malloy from On the Waterfront ... well, that's three. Good enough for a trend story. Yet this is not a trend story. A c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Need a Pear Tree to Go with That Partridge? We Found Some on Craigslist

    talia the AMAZING/FlickrWatch out for axe-wielding Santas.​Somewhere on Craigslist there is a partridge for sale. If you'd like to find a pear tree to go with it, look no further than Wiersig Garden Plants in Los Altos. The nursery is currently offering numerous varieties of deciduous fruit tr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Flipping the Bird: Lawsuit Alleges Government Neglecting Our Feathered Friends

    An endangered species indeedAn environmental group last week sued the federal government in San Francisco District Court, charging the U.S. has moved with the speed of a roadrunner with a broken leg and the efficiency of a decapitated chicken in protecting 31 species of birds via the Endangered Spec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2009

    The Big 4's Wild Game Week, May 12-16 (or DIY)

    Hoisin- and Scotch-glazed wild boar crispy tacos, anyone?

  • Calendar

    April 8, 2009

    A Walk in the Park

    Hoisin- and Scotch-glazed wild boar crispy tacos, anyone?

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Mayor Newsom Signs Resolution Commending SF Restaurants That Remove Foie Gras From Their Menus, as Plumpjack Restaurants Remove It From Theirs

    Photo by Rui OrnelasGather ye fattened duck or goose livers while ye may.It seems as if the tide of pc history is against you.Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the resolution that was unanimously passed by the Board of Supervisors commending SF restaurants that have removed foie gras from their menus, ahead ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2009

    Mxt Msgs

    Photo by Rui OrnelasGather ye fattened duck or goose livers while ye may.It seems as if the tide of pc history is against you.Mayor Gavin Newsom signed the resolution that was unanimously passed by the Board of Supervisors commending SF restaurants that have removed foie gras from their menus, ahead ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Art Vandals

    Mural gets a paint job after city crew issues warning about graffiti.

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Flipping the Bird: Local Airports' Methods of Repelling Winged Obstacles

    If the US Airways flight that yesterday took off from La Guardia and got only as far as the Hudson River suffered the "double bird strike" claimed by its pilot, it would just be the latest incidence of a two-pound creature downing a 91,000-pound plane. The Bird Strike Committee USA (yes, such a body ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Localvore: Bay Area Cravings of the Now

    (Image via SFist) •Conservatinis [SFist] •Kombucha on tap [Bay Area Bites] •Giant meatballs [SFist] •Bush toast and bald eagle bacon [Menupages SF] --Tamara Palmer

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    The Great Dickens Christmas Fair Offers Free Orphans, Bad Teeth

    (Image via SFist) •Conservatinis [SFist] •Kombucha on tap [Bay Area Bites] •Giant meatballs [SFist] •Bush toast and bald eagle bacon [Menupages SF] --Tamara Palmer

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Blitzen Trapper

    (Image via SFist) •Conservatinis [SFist] •Kombucha on tap [Bay Area Bites] •Giant meatballs [SFist] •Bush toast and bald eagle bacon [Menupages SF] --Tamara Palmer

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2008

    Phoebe The Smart Kid Sister

    (Image via SFist) •Conservatinis [SFist] •Kombucha on tap [Bay Area Bites] •Giant meatballs [SFist] •Bush toast and bald eagle bacon [Menupages SF] --Tamara Palmer

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2008

    Saturday Night: Encounters at the End of the World

    (Image via SFist) •Conservatinis [SFist] •Kombucha on tap [Bay Area Bites] •Giant meatballs [SFist] •Bush toast and bald eagle bacon [Menupages SF] --Tamara Palmer

  • Film

    June 25, 2008

    Deep Freeze

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    Encounters at the End of the World

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

    Spit-Roasted Goodness: Poggio's Allo Spiedo Festa

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    Deserving of Clapter

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    January 2, 2008

    I Did Not Know That

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    December 5, 2007

    It's Always Tropical Romance In Here

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    Cartoon Art

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • News

    June 21, 2006

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, June 21, 2006

  • Music

    November 10, 2004

    Wolf Eyes

    Burned Mind

  • Calendar

    August 4, 2004

    Rock Doves

    They have pink hair, they love birds, and now there's an art exhibit just for them

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Mixed Grill

    Foreign Cinema

  • Culture

    February 25, 2004

    The Raccoon Next Door: Getting Along With Urban Wildlife

    Wry, affecting tales about the animals that live around us

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best 1 A.M. Sugar Fix

    Bob's Donuts and Pastries

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Place to Strum Your Ukulele

    Stow Lake

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 15, 2002

    Best Hemingway Adventure Without the Dysentery

    Safari West

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Out of Santa Rosa

    The Safari West wildlife reserve is like a bit of Africa in the Bay Area

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Merry-Go-Round

    Children's Playground

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Barber

    1987 Hyde (at Union)

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Still the Best Place to Let Your Dog Run Free -- For Now

    Fort Funston

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Place to Don Pinstripes and Exude Latent Power

    Fifth Floor

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Thai Restaurant

    Thep Phanom

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Bistro

    Zax

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    Night Crawler

    Bringing in the Clowns

  • Calendar

    February 10, 1999

    Night Crawler

    Bringing in the Clowns

  • News

    August 9, 1995

    The Mission Blue Mission

    Saving the habitat of an inch-long violet butterfly, the endangered Mission Blue, is the starting point of a many-sided battle for dominance of San Bruno

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    Dog Bites

    Saving the habitat of an inch-long violet butterfly, the endangered Mission Blue, is the starting point of a many-sided battle for dominance of San Bruno

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