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Hike: Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve & Shoreline Park, Mountain View, CA First Hike of Foothill College Trail Hike Class Instructor: Thomas McCarthy (PHED23A) Friday, April 17, 2015, 1:00 pm-4:20 pm By Peter Y. Chou WisdomPortal.com |
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Preface: Registered for Thomas McCarthy's
Trail Hike Class (PHED 23A) at Foothill College
that meets on Fridays (1:00-4:00 pm). Our first hike is at Palo Alto Baylands/ Shoreline Park. A friend gave classmate and me a ride to the hike. Came here on October 4, 2013. Tom asked me to take a photo of the class before our hike. Because of drought, the waters were not so deep in the lake and bay. Perhaps that's the reason of no sightings of pelicans or great blue herons today. After reaching the Libby Dutton Bench with inscription "Her spirit now flies with the pelicans she loved", we turned back home (3:13 pm). Below are 70 photos from our Baylands hike. |
 Shoreline at Mountain View Sign |
 Interpretive Trail Info Board |
 Pond View from Bench near Entrance |
 Bird Posts at Baylands Trail Entrance |
 Bird in Bush Flying Away |
 Foothill Trail Hiking Class |
 Black Heron & Ducks in Pond |
 Black Heron & Ducks Closeup |
 Colorful Field of Wildflowers |
 Lone Canadian Goose in Pond |
 Canadian Goose & Wild Mustard |
 Eight Canadian Geese in Flight |
 Two Ducks Heading for Water |
 Wild Mustard, Pond, and Ducks |
 Wild Mustard & Bend of Bay |
 Bay Trail Map Signpost |
 Two Ducks on the Trail |
 Soaring Hawk & Sun Flare |
 Snowy Egret Near the Shore |
 Shoreline Amphitheatre Across the Bay |
 Hundreds of Seagulls on Island |
 Wavy Ripples Coming to Shore |
 Nine Posts in Pond (1999 Project) |
 Sky, Hills, Lake, and Grass |
 Snowy Egret Flying Away |
 Snowy Egret Closeup |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 1 |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 2 |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 3 |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 4 |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 5 |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 6 |
 Two Egrets by the Shore |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 7 |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 8 |
 Two Mallard Ducks by the Shore |
 Closer View of Two Mallard Ducks |
 Hundreds of Seagulls on Island |
 Snowy Egret in Flight 9 |
 Seagulls on Island Closeup |
 Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) |
 Bull Thistle 2 |
 Flowering Thistle |
 A Bird on the Post? |
 Two Canadian Geese in Flightt |
 Crocodile Log Image |
 Raven on the Post |
 Raven on the Post 2 |
 Libby Dutton (1948-1998) Bench |
 Powerlines & Rock Piles by the Bay |
 Raven on the Rock Pile |
 Raven on the Rock Pile Closeup |
 Raven Flying by Rock Piles |
 Raven and Shadow Flying By |
 Two Ravens on Rock Piles |
 Lone Canadian Goose in Lake |
 Raven on Post |
 Raven on Post Closeup |
 Thistle by the Bay |
 Soaring Seagull & Sun Flare |
 Mallard Duck out of Water |
 Mallard Duck Closeup |
 White Thistle Flower |
 Small Tree by the Bay |
 Snowy Egret by the Shore |
 Snowy Egret at Water Edge |
 Sun Flare Overhead |
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