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Ginger went on a Mid-Peninsula Open Space District sponsored hike in Picchetti Ranch Preserve. Here is the official description of the hike: What was that bird you just saw flying across the trail ahead? What is that bird doing in the underbrush? Docents Bill and Marilyn Bauriedel, and Farhana Kazi will cover some of the tried and true ways to help identify birds that tend to frequent this Preserve in late spring and summer. Birding by habitat and behavior are good methods. You'll explore grassland, oak woodland, chaparral, creekside, and up in the thermals. Bring binoculars if you have them. A spotting scope will be available to view perched birds. You'll walk along the Zinfandel and Orchard Loop Trails on this leisurely-paced hike with minimal elevation gain. Click Here for preserve map. Wildflower References All photos copyright Ginger Wolnik |
trail entrance sign
information about the preserve
fruit of California Manroot (Wild cucumber) Marah fabeceus
Rough Hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria ssp. taraxacifolia
Rough Hawksbeard Crepis vesicaria ssp. taraxacifolia
reddish new oak leaves
Golden Yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum
closeup of Golden Yarrow Eriophyllum confertiflorum
Lehigh Permanente Quarry
California Cudweed Pseudognaphalium californicum
closeup of California Cudweed Pseudognaphalium californicum
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis (non-native)
dead shrew on the path
Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
closeup of Chamise Adenostoma fasciculatum
Ithuriel's Spear Triteleia laxa
pond sign
the pond was dried up
another view of the dry pond
oak gall
open gall on the ground
Wood Rose Rosa gymnocarpa
closeup of Wood Rose Rosa gymnocarpa
Pink Honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula
Pitcher Sage Lepechinia calycina
Poison Oak leaves turning red already
bird watchers listening and consulting guides
excited bird watchers
The littlest bird watcher!
bird watchers in the distance
California Broom, Deerweed Acmispon glaber next to the trail
California Broom, Deerweed Acmispon glaber
closeup of California Broom, Deerweed Acmispon glaber
Yerba Buena Clinopodium douglasii
Yerba Buena Clinopodium douglasii
closeup of Yerba Buena Clinopodium douglasii
closeup of Yerba Buena Clinopodium douglasii
Coffee Fern Pellaea andromedifolia
Naked Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum
closeup of Naked Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum with butterfly on right
base of Naked Buckwheat Eriogonum nudum
Red Larkspur Delphinium nudicaule
Red Larkspur Delphinium nudicaule
Red Larkspur Delphinium nudicaule
Woolly Indian Paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa
Woolly Indian Paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa
Woolly Indian Paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa
Woolly Indian Paintbrush Castilleja foliolosa
Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor
Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor
Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor
closeup of Oceanspray Holodiscus discolor
Elegant Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata
Elegant Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata
closeup of Elegant Clarkia Clarkia unguiculata
sign at the boundry with the County Park, we turned around shortly past here
California chicory Rafinesquia californica
California Buckeye Aesculus californica next to the trail
Elk Clover (California Spikenard) Aralia californica
Elk Clover (California Spikenard) Aralia californica
closeup of Elk Clover Aralia californica
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