Stevens Creek at Shoreline
On Saturday D. and I took a little walk along the Stevens Creek Trail at Shoreline Park here in town. This little walk exhausted me, but I did take some pics before I had to turn around and come home.
Stevens Creek.
Flowers at the trailhead.
A great egret flies overhead.
Pretty yellow fleurs.
The view of the mountains across the bay, and the salt pond next to the trail.
Another look at Stevens Creek, and a ruddy duck in the creek.
Behind us, the hangars at
Moffett Field.
A Forster's tern perches on a rusty pipe sticking out of a salt pond.
Another Forster's tern hovers over the pond looking for a fish to eat.
A great egret stalks the salt pond looking for lunch.
A great blue heron checks out Stevens Creek.
A while pelican finds a fish in the salt pond. It's unusual to see one here this early in the year.
A mallard hen swims up Stevens Creek.
Power lines stride along the creek toward San Francisco Bay.
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