March 23, 2019

Taking the long way home



This is the Seal Slough, about half a mile inland from Mariner's Point. I walk here a lot.  There are office buildings, condos, and several major highways nearby, but this stretch is quiet and the birds love it. Coots are the mainstays, but gulls, loons, and egrets frequently drop by as well.  I've even seen stilts, dropping in from their migratory travels.  Currently there are some mallards in the neighborhood, including two that have gone rogue and splash around in a fountain in front of a nearby office building.  This is also one of the few places where you can see the endangered California clapper rail, although it is several miles from the nearest breeding ground in Belmont.

The area is technically a park, but there's rarely anyone here.  A good secret.

3 Comments:

Blogger JAB said...

Noting that I believe after all these years this is the only image of you on this site!

March 24, 2019 at 12:07 PM  
Blogger The Other Front said...

There is another. Photobucket disappeared it for a while, but in this 2011 entry on a visit to the Art Institute in Chicago, there was this photo of the old stock exchange trading floor they have in there.

No shots of you and Halle Berry, alas.

March 25, 2019 at 9:38 PM  
Blogger JAB said...

Alas!

March 29, 2019 at 11:19 AM  

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