Stinson Vacation 2024

· San Francisco

Family vacation at its finest. We hike then come back and share food. Life couldn't be better. The food has been incredible as has the company and conversations. Birds are everywhere and we are just starting to be able to identify birds by their song. It is stupefyingly hard and also totally satisfying when you know, you know.

So far we've walked 124.17 miles in two weeks. We have seen many birds which will be detailed at the end. Also deer, a fox, two skunks, bats, lizards galore, a young rattlesnake, two snakes with yellow stripes (Aquatic garter snakes), and one snake with red stripes (California red-sided garter snake), bunnies of various ages.

Barn Swallow
Red-shouldered Hawk
Brown Pelicans
Single-lane road to a beloved hike

Sunset Beach / Drake's Estero
Drakes Estero
Estero Trail looking back
Study of Western Gulls
Home of many White-crowned Sparrows
The song of the Killdeer
View from the dune where phone calls take place because there is reception
The wee-est fire hydrant at Pantoll
Gopher snake skin. The shed skin was at least one meter long outside of the hole!
Beloveds who make this magic happen

Have a lovely day and remember to give love to family and friends as that is all that matters.

Over the two weeks, we saw 81 Species of birds, including a Chestnut-sided Warbler in full plumage (like https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Chestnut-sided_Warbler/photo-gallery/64803561). It was on Sky Trail somewhere around here on Thursday, June 13, 2024, 12:06:39.251 PM GMT-07:00 DST.

Canada Goose
Surf Scoter
Red-breasted Merganser
California Quail
Wild Turkey
Western Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Killdeer
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Western Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Steller's Jay
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Bushtit
Wrentit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Pygmy Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
European Starling
Western Bluebird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Yellowthroat
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Wilson's Warbler