Hansen Park - Pleasanton, CA

Hansen Park is a small community park in Pleasanton, CA. I sometimes go take my walks there. Here are some photos I shot at the park.

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A photo of a tree and a house near Hansen Park. I thought the tree looked nice.  

A scenery shot of Hansen Park.  

  Black and white process of the photo above.

 A photo of an American Robin (Turdus migratorius) at Hansen Park. 

 Two more photos of the American Robin (Turdus migratorius) at Hansen Park.

I thought these newly grown leaves looks really nice under the glow of the afternoon sun so I took a photo of it.  

 Black and white process of the photo above.  

Here is another photo of some newly grown leaves.  

  Black and white process of the photo above.

Another photo of newly grown leaves.  

 Black and white process of the photo above.  

A sunset photo from Hansen Park.  

 Black and white process of the photo above. 

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American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

The American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is a very common bird in the US. Today, I will show you all the American Robin photos I have took throughout the time I've been doing photography. The photos are not in order, but reorganized so the best looking photos are first. I have photos from robins from all over the place such as from Yosemite National Park, Redwood Regional Park, and some from my front yard. I also have a few baby robin photos from the time where this family of robins nested in my backyard. I hope you enjoy viewing the photos.

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A robin in my front yard in Pleasanton, CA. This could have been the same robin in the baby robin photos below. I remember one of the babies having giant eyes. 

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A robin at the Swinging Bridge picnic area in Yosemite National Park. It refused to look down at my camera. :/

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 Photos of robins on Arroyo Del Valle trail in Pleasanton, CA. 

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Remember those baby robins nesting in my backyard a few years back? Here are the photos again. 

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 More photos of the baby robin. 

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Mama robin feeding the babies. 

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 The baby robin peeking out from the nest. 

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The first day out of the nest learning how to fly for the baby robin. 

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A photo of another robin in my front yard. I still think it is the same robin all grown up from above. 

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A photo of a robin from Arroyo Del Valle Trail in Pleasanton, CA. 

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This robin just stood there still for half a second as I exposed the photo. I shot this photo in Augustine Bernal Park in Pleasanton, CA. 

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A robin eating a worm. Photo from Pleasanton Tennis & Community Park.

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A robin eating a worm. Photo from Redwoods Regional Park in Oakland, CA. 

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Swinging Bridge/Happy Isle Loop - Yosemite National Park (Part 14)

Yosemite National Park is a national park located in California that stretches eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California and covers around 761,268 acres or 3,080.74 km² of land. Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, deep valleys, grand meadows, giant sequoias, giant wilderness area, and much more. I, personally, love Yosemite National Park. I think it is very beautiful and is a great place for photographs. I also happen to live in the SF Bay Area which isn't very far from it! I try to make at least 1 trip almost every year to the park. I visited the park several month ago and I am here to show you some of the photos I took in the park as well as some photos I took on the way into the park from the SF Bay Area. These photos will be divided over several blog posts. I hope you enjoy the photos! Also, I have route information recorded using a Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver. If you are planning a similar trip to Yosemite National Park and would like to see the route I took, feel free to email me at the email address I provided on my "About the Photographer" page for a copy. I can provide you the route information in Google Earth KMZ, Canon NMEA, and GPX formats. If you would like to get notifications when I do post, you can Like/Follow me on the following fan pages: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

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Now let's introduce you to the photos for today. The photos for today was from the 3rd day of my trip. I have photos from the Swinging Bridge Picnic Area and photos from my drive and walk toward Happy Aisles/John Muir Trail to go see Vernal Fall.

A photo on the Swinging Bridge facing Eagle Peak with a pretty great view (in my opinon) of the Merced River. Really wanted to dip my feet in the water, but the shoreline was fenced off. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 44 13 N 119 36 00 W

An HDR composition from the same spot.  

I turned around on the bridge and shot a photo of Yosemite Falls and the Merced River.  

 I walked into the meadow and took another photo of Yosemite Falls. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 44 14 N 119 35 58 W

Mallard Ducks (Anas platyrhynchos). Male (left), Female (right). 

While shooting the landscapes, I noticed there were some wildlife around, so I switched over to my telephoto lens for some wildlife shots. 

 American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

Sadly, after switching lenses, most of the wildlife (birds) were gone. 

View of Indian Rock from Happy Isle Loop Road.

 After Swinging Bridge, I started driving towards Vernal Fall. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 44 24 N 119 34 17 W

 HDR composition of the Glacier Point viewing area, which is on top of the mountain you see here. 

Driving along Happy Isle Loop Road, you will see a sign saying no visitor vehicles beyond this point, you can turn into a parking lot. That is where I parked before starting my walk towards the John Muir Trail leading to Vernal Fall. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 56 04 N 121 11 55 W

HDR composition of the forest floor with many Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and Red Fir (Abies magnifica). 

I now begin my walk towards the John Muir Trail via the non-car accessible part of Happy Isle Loop Road. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 56 30 N 121 09 46 W

Another HDR composition of the forest floor.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 45 02 N 120 43 18 W 

Photo of the Merced River where Happy Isle Loop road crosses via a bridge. After this photo, I turned onto the John Muir Trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 58 N 119 33 33 W

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I will have photos from my hike to Vernal Falls on the John Muir Trail. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Backyard and Pleasanton Trail Birds

As the title suggests, today I have bird photos I took in my backyard and on Pleasanton Trail (Arroyo Del Valle Trail). Well it was actually the Pleasanton Sports Park, but I'm going to call it Pleasanton Trail anyways because it was kind of the border between the trail and the park. LOL So anyways, if you are new here, the trail is located in Pleasanton, CA. (Duh!) So here are the photos! I'm going to start off with my backyard photos.

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Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)

The black phoebe really loved to perch on my bird cage (the one I'm not using). There are a lot of bird poop on the top... If you are new here, I used to have a lot of pet birds. 2 died and 1 flew away. Now I only have 2 parakeets left, which I keep in my smaller cage now, which I can bring indoors easily. I don't use my big cage now. My big cage is located near the nest, and the black phoebe enjoys using it as a perch before flying up to its nest. 

Nom nom nom... HAHA It caught a bug...

Well anyways, here is the story of this family of black phoebes. The family nested in my backyard and had baby birds. Now they flew away because the babies hatched. I enjoyed their company though. I got some great photos! :D

That looks like a dragonfly in its mouth. Nom nom nom... 

 Another photo of it perched on top of my bird cage. My big bird cage had a small bird play gym at the top. 

 Fence post got in the way of this shot... That's the thing in the bottom right corner. I was taking these photos indoors to not startle the bird. I temporarily removed my window's mesh screen to get these photos.

The bird standing on my wire vine crawler thingy I stuck in my flower pot.  

You know what bugs me... How a bird can grip such a thin round piece of wire and not flip upside down. LOL

The black phoebe was from my backyard. The rest of the robin photos are from the Pleasanton Trail/Pleasanton Sports Park border...

Looks like it found a worm. 

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

This is all the photos for this post! I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time, I will have some bird and squirrel photos from Pleasanton Sports Park. After that post, I will begin my Monterey photos! :) I know all of you have been looking forward to those, so 1 more post before I start! Please don't forget to share the blog posts with your friends! Also, if you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.