נובמבר 20, 2021

Week 11

These pictures are from Overfelt Park, San Jose and Lake Cunningham, San Jose. Lots of space and huge lake and park. Ducks are plenty and unique plants. There's also big meadows and Marina, nice place to relax and observe.

Some pictures didn't come out too well because of time restrictions but I'll definitely come back one of these days to the lake and spend more time. There's a small beach as well. I'm planning to come back there when it's warmer.

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נובמבר 14, 2021

WWek 10

This week's observation is from Alviso Marina County Park. This is a nice surprise, I passed by here many times before but I never noticed this amazing place. It is at the south end of San Francisco Bay, near saltwater marshes and ponds and it's National Wildlife Refuge. I have new observations from molluscs family, snails, different kinds of birds, grasses and plants so unique I didn't know they can grow in ares with a lot of saltwater. But I found out a lot of grasses and plants grow in marshes, lots of them.

I took a lot of pictures of birds, snails, plants, grasses of course , no trees. I saw a man in a small boat trying to fish and it's a quiet place with lots of interesting living things to observe. Of course I noticed the great place to launch a boat, go through the saltwater marshes that will take you to open water up the San Francisco Bay.

Next time, weather and time permitting, I will explore more areas near south or east of Fresno County I haven't observed before.

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נובמבר 7, 2021

Week 9

Hi
I happen to come across this pond around Madera area with a lot of ducks. It's a nice small pond with some leafy trees around. Clean and organized. I didn't know this place existed, nice and quiet. Not as big as county parks but definitely peaceful and natural.

Pictures of ducks and leafy trees came out great. Other pictures of plants didn't turn out well.

Next week, I'll try to go south of Fresno if time and weather permits. There's also other areas to explore northeast of Fresno, that looks promising.

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נובמבר 1, 2021

Week 8

Hi:
This week, Skaggs Bridge Park in Kerman, CA is still temporarily closed. But I'm able to take pictures of conifers, grape vines, bees, some unique looking weeds or grasses, and other trees I'm not familiar yet but so curious to find out. There is also a beehive.

I wasn't able to get closer into the park. The gate was closed so I walked around to take pictures and there were still quite a bit of plants and insects to observe. I saw a lot of ant hills also.

Next week I have no definite plan where to go for observation but if I have time, I'd like to go to Cottonwood Park in Clovis, CA where there is a trail, holding pond where you can watch birds and there is also a stream.

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אוקטובר 23, 2021

Week 7

I'm finally able to go to Los Banos Widell/Ramacciotti Wetland Restoration, a restored property that provides waterfowl and wildlife habitat. It has varieties of birds flying around, bees, moths, water lilies, small fishes.

I took pictures but a lot some of them didn't come out well specially the birds and fishes. Water lilies pictures came out good.

Next week I'm heading to Kerman, hopefully it's open this time. The river area there seems more accessible and wider. I'm hoping to take better pictures for idetification.

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אוקטובר 18, 2021

Week 6

October 16, 2021
I end up going to Riverbottom Park instead because I'm on my way to Madera and the river with a few birds flying around is tempting to observe. There are small fishes, I think hornworts, dragonflies, bees, grasshoppers, and they're all very fast and I'm hoping to catch them.

I was able to take pictures of dragonfly, fishes, trees, waterplants, butterfly. I can't wait til they get some identification.
Next time, I plan to go just somewhere close because school schedule is tight. I plan to go to Kerman next, the other side of town, Hopefully there's access there like the Riverbottom Park.

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אוקטובר 11, 2021

Journal Week 5 October 7, 2021

I wasn't able to go to Los Banos but I planned on going to Oso de Oro park anyway which is much closer.

Here are pictures of squirrels , flowers and the lake. It's a flood control district so they have a lake and tall trees all over to reduce flooding. There are bees on the flowers, big spiders, lots of webs and big ants on the bushes but my phone camera couldn't take good pictures.

I'll try to go to Los Banos next week because there are a lot of wildlife preservation areas there, but it's quite far.

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אוקטובר 4, 2021

October 3, 2021

Skaggs Bridge Park information online says Closed Oct.1 to the day before Easter so we drove to Ave 7 1/2, Madera County near Sycamore Island not so far from San Joaquin River and there are a lot of interesting trees. I'm not sure what this tree is and what it's infested with, maybe termite, but I thin termite eggs are light in color. The other tree looks like it's growing out a bundle of stems and leaves rolled into a ball or looks like symbiosis with another plant, but I'm not sure at this point.

Next week, I'll come earlier so I could spend more time and look around more. I'll try San Joaquin River Conservancy Spano Ranch next week if it's open because it must be good , close to Willow Unit of California Fish and Wildlife’s San Joaquin River Ecological Reserve or if I have time, I would like to visit Los Banos Waterfowl Management Area or Volta State Wildlife Area in Volta near Los Banos.

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אוקטובר 3, 2021

Week 3 Plans

Tomorrow, I'll be visiting Kerman, CA and check out that part of San Joaquin River there. I saw on the map it's temporarily closed but if there's access somewhere else, I could check it out. If there's none, I'm planning to go to Sycamore Island, Ave 7 1/2, Madera, CA with nature trails for walking, biking, nature observations, huge Sycamore and Oak trees. There's Sycamore Island Trout Pond that stocks Hatchery trouts during hot summer months. It should be fun to visit. I wasn't able to take good pictures of fishes in the river last week, only very small fishes which is difficult to see in pictures. I hope to get pictures of squirrels that I missed last week. They moved too fast, same as the birds and insects that I wasn't able to capture on camera.

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ספטמבר 28, 2021

Week 2

I visited San Joaquin River Parkway Conservancy Wildwood Native Park off of Highway 41 in Fresno last week. There were only few people there. It was quiet, peaceful and the sound of the river where I saw small fishes swimming was quite nice. But it was hard to take pictures of fishes, they were tiny although the water was clear. I wasn't aware of Wildwood Native Park until I searched it. It's isolated, it's protected land and nice escape. The conservation area has access to river and trails for walking, running, biking. Coke Hallowell Center for River Studies is also located in the park. The place is scenic and has acres of protected wildlife habitat. The Conservancy replanted native species of trees, shrubs and grasses which is good for healthy environment. Friant Dam and Millerton Lake is nearby. This area is also available for picnicking, fishing, canoeing, swimming, some areas have horseback riding. I was hoping to take pictures of some insects and animals that live around the river but it's either hiding behind or under the rocks, or too fast. I'm hoping to come back here and spend more time, hoping to catch pictures of birds, fishes, insects and other native plants I might have missed.

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