Coyote Hills Willows Trail

On Sunday D. and I returned to Coyote Hills Regional Park to take a stroll on parts of the Crandall Creek Trail and the Willows Trail around the DUST Marsh, and I took a few pics before I got too tired and achey and we had to come home.

Alameda Creek runs next to the park on its way to San Francisco Bay.


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Fox Talk at National Wildlife Refuge

On Saturday D. and I went to the National Wildlife Refuge in Fremont to hear a talk about the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) given by "The Fox Guy" naturalist Bill Leikam.  Gray foxes are highly successful survivors and are adapting to living closer to urban environments.  We learned about the typical ( Read more... )

Cooley Landing

Cooley Landing is a small 9-acre peninsula that extends into tidal marshlands and mud flats at the edge of San Francisco Bay, near Ravenswood Open Space Preserve. D. and I went there on Saturday, and I took some pics.

The view of the salt marsh to the north.


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