Squirrels and Flowers of Arroyo Del Valle Trail

As you all probably know now, Pleasanton Trail (Arroyo Del Valle Trail) is close to my house and I take walks there daily. Which also means I have a lot of photos from there. Today's post will focus on flowers and squirrels. Pleasanton Trail is in Pleasanton, California.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To see my best squirrel photos of 2012, use this link. To see my best flower photos, use this link. To see my best photos of Pleasanton in 2012, use this link. To see all of my photos from Pleasanton in 2012, use this link.

Yummy... Walnut... :O

Sunbathing squirrel...

It's all like WHAT IS THAT?

 I have no clue what flower this is...

Help me with the name here.

Help me with the name.

Ithuriel's spear (Triteleia laxa)

I think these are Cherry blossoms.

I hope you have enjoyed today's photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family! Also, if you would like notifications on your Facebook feed when I post new blog posts, you can "Like" us on Facebook here, or in the Facebook box on the top of the right side bar! Thanks for looking! See you next time!

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!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Shadow Cliffs Regional Park photos, use this link. To view all of my Shadow Cliff Regional Park photos of 2012, use this link.

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!