Cooley Landing
Cooley Landing
Here are some pics from a visit on Monday to Cooley Landing.
It's low tide.
There are a lot of shorebirds at the mudflats -- dunlins, short-billed dowitchers, yellowlegs, and willets.
The view across the bay from the seating pavilion.
A Diamond Star plane flies overhead after taking off from nearby Palo Alto Airport.
Another view from the pavilion.
One of the dozens of ground squirrels scampering around the park.
Looking southeast over the mudflats.
Invasive, non-native eastern mudnsails (Ilyanassa obsoleta) cluster to feed in a tiny puddle on the mudflats.
A Champion Sky-Trac plane heads to the south.
Yarrow is one of the few things in bloom.
Wigeons ride the rising tide on the bay.
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Here are some pics from a visit on Monday to Cooley Landing.
It's low tide.
There are a lot of shorebirds at the mudflats -- dunlins, short-billed dowitchers, yellowlegs, and willets.
The view across the bay from the seating pavilion.
A Diamond Star plane flies overhead after taking off from nearby Palo Alto Airport.
Another view from the pavilion.
One of the dozens of ground squirrels scampering around the park.
Looking southeast over the mudflats.
Invasive, non-native eastern mudnsails (Ilyanassa obsoleta) cluster to feed in a tiny puddle on the mudflats.
A Champion Sky-Trac plane heads to the south.
Yarrow is one of the few things in bloom.
Wigeons ride the rising tide on the bay.
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