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| Walk / Tour | 3.17 Miles |
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| | Walk / Tour | 3.17 Miles | 1 Hour 17 Mns | | 2.47 mph |
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| no partners | | A friend was looking for some company while she got some fitness walking in, so I headed out to the Riparian preserve, hoping to see some new birds. If you plan to visit and mosquitoes delight in your presence, you may want to make sure you put on the bug stuff preemptively - I did not, and layered on some bites on top of the ones I had been recently graced with during a hike  The lesson I seem slow to learn is to slather on the bug repellent if I suspect there might be biting insects.
With the recent rains, all the ponds have water, some are looking rather scummy and stagnant (which might also explain the plethora of mosquitos). There were plenty of skimmers and dragonflies flying around but they can only do so much. The afternoon was plenty warm, though the skies were overcast. There were lots of bunnies and ground squirrels along the trails. Saw plenty of quail, pigeons, doves, the usual mallards, and egrets. There were a few cormorants around, along with some other non-mallard ducks. As for the migratory birds, I heard a killdeer, saw some small to mid-sized wading birds (too far away to identify), a white-crowned sparrow, and a group of pelicans! |
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Happier when hiking....I may not move fast (and I'm often distracted by wildflowers), but I'll get there eventually  |
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The lesson I seem slow to learn is to slather on the bug repellent if I suspect there might be biting insects.
