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Hike: Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve & Shoreline Park, Mountain View, CA First Hike of Foothill College Day Hike Class Instructor: Thomas McCarthy (PHED23B) Friday, October 4, 2013, 1:00 pm-3:20 pm By Peter Y. Chou WisdomPortal.com |
| Preface: Registered for Thomas McCarthy's Day Hike Class (PHED 23B) at Foothill College that meets on Fridays (1 pm-4 pm). The first hike is at Palo Alto Baylands/Shoreline Park. Classmate Ivan gave me a ride to the hike in his red Nissan 300ZX sportscar. Came here on November 23, 2007 on a Midpenisular Open Space Preserve Hike with Docents Kay Partelow and Debbi Brusco for "Bird Watching". Today's 23 students in Foothill's Hiking Class were much faster than me, zooming way ahead on the trail. Taking photos of the numerous birds (mallard ducks, snowy egrets, great blue herons, and pelicans) slowed me down further on the hike. When I finally caught up with Thomas and Robin after the bridge near the north end (2:20 pm), Tom told me to walk back with them. I said Ivan was going to drive me back but didn't see him returning on the trail as a dozen other students. Tom said some may have circled back on a longer trail. When we got back around 3:20 pm, Ivan was chatting with Lee Hoang (webmaster of Day Hike Class) and another student. He had completed the hike 20 minutes earlier. Ivan drove me back to Foothill college Krause Center. Below are 68 photos from today's Shoreline Park hike. Seeing two snowy egrets on opposite ends of the pond inspired a poem "Deja Vu at Shoreline Park". |
 Bee on Daisy at my Front Door (12:30 pm) |
 "Trail Visitor Info" Signpost at Baylands |
 Bird Posts at Baylands Trail Entrance |
 Foothill Hike Class on Trail |
 Mallard Ducks in First Pond |
 Pelican Soaring in Blue Sky |
 Ducks in Second Pond |
 Ducks on Island |
 Soaring Heron in Sky |
 Baylands Nature Preserve Sign |
 "Diversity" Information Board |
 Rows of Mallard Ducks |
 Gathering of More Mallard Ducks |
 More Ducks on Land than Water |
 Pelican Flying near Trail |
 Pelican Flying by Palo Alto Baylands |
 Two Pelicans amidst Mallard Ducks |
 Great Blue Heron at the Baylands |
 Great Blue Heron |
 Two Pelicans Flying Towards Sun |
 Salvia mellifera on the Trail |
 Snowy Egret at Baylands |
 Mallard Ducks at Bend of Bay |
 Ducks Rested under Shady Bush |
 Two Pelicans Flying Overhead |
 Shoreline Amphitheatre across the Bay |
 "Interrelationships" Info Board |
 Hundred of Pelicans on Island |
 Pelican Island in the Baylands |
 One Pelican & Island of Ducks |
 Snowy Egret on Island Edge |
 Herons, Pelicans, Ducks on Islands |
 Black Sage (Salvia mellifera) by the Bay |
 Salvia & Ducks in the Bay |
 Snowy Egret Flying over the Bay |
 Powerlines at Palo Alto Baylands |
 Leaveless Craggy Tree on Trail |
 Three Egrets near Hiking Trail (1) |
 Three Egrets & Baylands Powerlines |
 Snowy Egret Takes Flight |
 Snowy Egret by Hiking Trail |
 Plane Flying by Baylands |
 Birds on Posts by Bridge |
 Great Blue Herons on Post & Pool Edge |
 Great Blue Heron Dives into Pool |
 Great Blue Heron on Post by Bridge |
 Fence Bridge at Trail's North End |
 Blue Heron on Post & Snowy Egret in Pool |
 Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis) |
 Snowy Egret near Hiking Trail |
 Egret & Reflection in Pond |
 Standing Egret & Reflection in Pond (1) |
 Two Egrets on Opposite Ends of Pool |
 Boat, Egret, & Baylands Powerlines |
 Madia elegans Bush by the Bay |
 Madia elegans by the Bay |
 Waves Lapping on Rock Piles by the Bay |
 Shimmering Light in the Waters |
 Moffett Field & Shoreline Amphitheatre |
 Pelicans & Mallard Ducks |
 Ducks & Pelicans at Baylands |
 Shoreline Park Info & Maps |
 Oleander Flowers (Nerium) |
 "Shoreline Interpretive Trail" Board |
 Rapid Currents under Bridge |
 Snowy Egret in Baylands Pond |
 Pampas Grass (Cortaderia selloana) |
 Bird Posts at Trail Entrance |
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