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Baylands Nature Preserve

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Apr 04 2016

Sandwiched between Mountain View and East Palo Alto, the Baylands Nature Preserve is one of the best bird watching areas in the West Coast.  The preserve has a substantial resident population of birds, and it is a major migratory stopover on the Pacific Flyway. Aside from bird watching, the preserve also provides ample outdoor activities for all walks of life including hiking, jogging, wind surfing, boating, and picnicking. Better yet, there’s neither entrance nor parking fees charged to visitors. Most of the bird-watching activities are concentrated around the ranger station. Egret and herons calls can be seen busy building their […]

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Birds of Ardenwood Historic Farm

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Sep 19 2015

Ardenwood farm was originally owned by the George and Clara Peterson family from the 1850s. It was turned over to the City of Fremont on 1978, and the East Bay Regional Park District has operated the property as a fully functioning, turn-of-the-last-century farm since 1985. A visit here is a journey back to the time of the 1850s Patterson Ranch–a prosperous, 19th-century country estate with a beautiful Victorian mansion and elaborate Victorian Gardens. The farm still grows the same kind of produce for the last 100 years. Visitors can buy fresh produce at the small stand on the left side of the […]

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Birds of Costa Rica – Part 1

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Jul 24 2015

This is the first of a series of posts for the two-week trip I made to Costa Rica back in May 2014.  Please click on each image for a better view. Costa Rica, a small country located in the bird-rich neotropical region is a must for avid bird photographers.  To-date, a total of 850+ bird species have been recorded, which is more than all of the United States and Canada combined. It has an area smaller than West Virginia yet provides a wide array of natural habitats that include mangrove swamps, wet Caribbean coastal plains, dry lowlands, and multiple high […]

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