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

Today: Twenty seconds of a wild turkey hen pausing her grazing in a meadow at Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve to be a lookout for the flock.

Be sure to check out the full Birds series playlist for more of these exceptionally cool micro-movies.

Enjoy.

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Monday Movies: Wild Turkey

Monday Movies: 20 seconds (more or less) of video from the world around me.

This week: Twenty-four seconds of a wild turkey grazing in Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve back in April.  Enjoy.

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Wild Turkey


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Long Ridge Return

Here are some pics from a return visit to Peters Creek at Long Ridge Open Space Preserve on Monday.

The trailhead begins in grasslands and moves quickly down to the forested area by the creek.


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Rancho San Antonio

Here are some pics from a wind-blown visit to Rancho San Antonio Preserve on Monday.

The trail eventually leads to an educational farm, but there is still a ways to go.


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Edgewood Preserve

Here are some pics from Monday's visit to Edgewood Preserve.

It's a lovely spring-like late winter day, but still a little early for wildflower blooms.


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Wunderlich Park

Here are some pics from yesterday's visit to Wunderlich Park.

The second-growth redwood forest is damp from the weekend's rain storm, and the air is very fresh and cool.  Most of the trail had rivulets of water running down it.


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Picchetti Ranch Preserve

Here are some pics from a visit to Picchetti Ranch Open Space Preserve on Monday.

California poppy and blackberry are in bloom.


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