Shadow Cliffs Regional Park

I have 12 photos from Shadow Cliffs Regional Park today. Shadow Cliffs is located in Pleasanton, CA and is one of the parks in the East Bay Park region. These photos were taken last year during December (sorry for the delay). I hope you enjoy viewing them!

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Close up photo of yellow flower. I'm not sure what type of flower this is. 

 Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)

For some reason, the color did not turn out well on this photo. I took 2 photos, not that good.

That is either a seagull or a goose. Not too sure.

Seagulls flying.

There are lots of seagulls flying.

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

These birds sure are big!

Photography Tip: As I mentioned in some of my previous posts, the best way to take a photo of a bird in flight is to set your camera on Shutter Priority (Tv) and use a fast shutter speed. If you have a Canon EOS camera, also set the focus mode to AL SERVO (may be under different names on other brands of cameras). This will insure your camera will constantly focus on the moving subject.

Help me with the name. Thank you. :)

Ducky butt. XD

Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

My guess this is a Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

My guess this is a Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) 

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

That is all the photos today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing it. If you know the flower names, please leave me a comment below. Thank you! Please check back soon for more photos!

Mission Peak in Fremont, CA (Part 2)

Today I will share with you some pictures of Mission Peak. Today I'm going to focus on some of the animals there. Part 1 focuses on the scenery and Part 3 will be more animals. Hope you enjoy it. Mission Peak is a mountain in Fremont, CA, USA. I sometimes go hiking there because I live pretty close.

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If you look closely at this picture, you will spot 2 squirrels. :)

Lots of cows on Mission Peak

This should be a Lazuli Buntin (Passerina amoena)

A close up of the previous picture.

This is a Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

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Killdeers

The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover. These pictures as taken at Fremont Central Park in Fremont, CA, USA.

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Where the killdear is standing, usually you can see water. The reason you see land in this picture is because workers have drained part of the lake to build a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transportation something like a lightrail) extension.

The next few images, will be a bit blurry because I went to the park a bit late that day, there wasn't enough lighting for me to take clear pictures. My camcorder doesn't have a really good camera flash either. Photoshop was able to fix most of the colors though. But please enjoy!

Birds at Fremont Central Park

Lots of people take walks at Fremont Central Park in Fremont, CA, USA, but they don't notice how abundant life is there! Right now I'm going to show you pictures of different birds at Fremont Central Park. If I get the names wrong, please do correct me below in the comments.

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A Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). This type of heron is nocturnal.

Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)

The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized plover.

Not sure what this is called, if you know tell me in the comments below.

The Mallard, or Wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand (where it is currently the most common duck species), and Australia.

Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)

White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

And thanks to the following websites for helping me name all these birds:

• Bay Area Hiker
• Tom Grey
• Wikipedia