In science news this week: A Honking, Fluttering Spectacle:  “The honking, fluttering spectacle of tens of thousands of snow geese in flight is a breathtaking sight—like watching “snowflakes drifting lazily across the azure sky,” in the words of naturalist and historian George Bird Grinnell. It is also a sight that would be far less common in the Sacramento Valley if the region was not one of the largest rice-growing areas in the United States.  In Grinnell’s day, the meandering Sacramento … Continue reading SCIENCE NEWS: A honking, fluttering spectacle; Climate change, drought threatens small Sierra streams; Counting juvenile salmon and lizards; and more …