The Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal at the world, and can reach speeds of more than 200 miles an hour when diving for prey. Keep a sharp eye out and you might spot one hunting near the pier at Seacliff State Beach! This enamel lapel pin measures 1.625″ across.
Wildlife Pin – Belted Kingfisher
Look for these striking birds on perches overlooking rivers or creeks, where they watch the water and dive in at the first sign of a fish. This bold enamel pin measures 1.25″ wide.
Wildlife Pin – Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owls hide in dense trees during the day and fly silently at night, making them hard to spot. But you probably know their classic, haunting call, often heard in the evening or just before dawn. This lovely enamel lapel pin measures 1.25″ wide.
Wildlife Pin – Great Egret
These tall, elegant birds can often be spotted in the pond next to the butterfly grove at Natural Bridges State Beach, and you can also sometimes spot them fishing the kelp beds just off shore! This beautiful lapel pin measures 1.5″ wide.
Wildlife Pin – Coyote
These scrappy, intelligent creatures can be easily spotted in many of our local state parks and forests. This lovely enamel pin measures 1.25″ across and looks great on a lapel, jacket, or hat.
Wildlife Pin – Mountain Lion
Have you ever been lucky enough to spot a mountain lion at one of our State Parks? These shy, powerful creatures go out of their way to avoid humans, so a sighting is a rare occurrence. Show your appreciation for these reclusive predators with this beautiful enamel pin. 1.25″ across.
Wildlife Pin – Bat
Show some love for our most mysterious pollinators with a beautiful bat lapel pin! This enamel pin is 1.25″ wide and looks great on jackets, sweaters, backpacks, and hats.
Evergreen Cemetery of Santa Cruz
Created in 1858, the Evergreen Cemetery provided a final resting place for a multitude of Santa Cruz’s adventurers, entrepreneurs and artists. The land was a gift from the Imus family, who’d narrowly escaped the fate of the Donner Party more than a decade earlier and had already buried two of their own. Alongside these pioneers, the community buried many other notables, including London Nelson, an emancipated slave turned farmer who left his land to the city schools, and journalist Belle Dormer, who covered a visit by President Benjamin Harrison and the women’s suffrage movement. Join Traci Bliss and Randall Brown as they bring to life the tragedies and triumphs of the diverse men and women interred at Evergreen Cemetery.
Santa Cruz History Journal #7: Split History
The history of the Santa Cruz Mountain redwoods consists of many stories: stories that tell of the thousands of years these aged giants thrived as the Ohlone people managed the landscape; that tell of the settlers who came from afar and saw the seemingly endless forests as a source of profit; that tell of the far-sighted women and men who joined together to preserve groves of these ancient trees. The stories progress to the present day as the split interests of logging and conservation continue to collide.