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Monday Movies: Twenty seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me.

Today: One minute twenty-five seconds of peaceful scenes from the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Alviso, where we see the salt marsh, some waterfowl, grasses waving in the wind, and pretty flowers (and a few bumblebees too).

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Monday Movies: Wildlife Refuge Alviso Video MontageMonday Movies: 20 seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me ( Read more... )

National Wildlife Refuge, Alviso

On Saturday D. and I got some fresh air and sunshine at the nearby wildlife refuge, and here are some of the pics I took.

A view across the salt marsh.


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Coal Mine Ridge Part 2

Here's Part 2 of my recent visit to the Old Spanish Trail at Coal Mine Ridge (Part 1 here).

California wild rose.


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Calero County Park

On Saturday D. and I went to Calero County Park to visit the southern end of the park and walk along the Serpentine Loop and Bald Peaks Trails.  We saw lots of flowers, including Ithuriel's spear, clarkia, owl's clover, wild rose, bindweed, golden yarrow and mariposa lily.  We also saw wildlife, including deer, lizards, ( Read more... )

Ulistac Natural Area

On Saturday D. and I returned to Ulistac Natural Area in Santa Clara, because it had been a couple of years since we'd been there and it was close by and had flat, easy trails.  They have been expanding their native plant section since our last visit, and we also saw a couple of red-shouldered hawks (one of which had a band ( Read more... )

National Wildlife Refuge, Alviso

On Sunday D. and I took a late afternoon walk through part of the National Wildlife Refuge in Alviso, and I took these pics.


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Coal Mine Ridge Open Space

It had been over a year since D. and I last visited Coal Mine Ridge Open Space, so we decided to go back on Sunday and see the place again. I took these pics.

We see hedgehog dogtail grass as we set out on the Alpine Trail.


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Stevens Creek Trail: Yuba Dr. to Sleeper Ave.

On Sunday D. and I took a walk along the Stevens Creek Trail between Yuba Dr. and Sleeper Ave., and I took some pics.

The trailhead is next to a substation.


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Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve;
or, Three Trails, Four Parks

On a hot Saturday D. and I decided to go up to Saratoga Gap Open Space Preserve and walk the Saratoga Gap Trail through the shady woods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Little did we know we would wind up walking through 3 other parks in the process: Upper Stevens Creek County Park, just ( Read more... )