2024

Hills in bloom

Coyote Hills
April 19, 2025
Canon R5

Swallow

Coyote Hills
Yup, this was the color of the water.br> April 19, 2025
Canon R5

Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk

Sign

Signs
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Pixel 9 Pro XL

King of the rock

Red tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Take off

Red tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Full speed ahead

Red tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Engines revved

Red tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

When hawk pretend they are tables

Red tail hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Family: Accipitridae (hawks, eagles)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Sc-owl

Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)
Family: Strigidae ("typical" owls)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Corvid carnivory

American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Crow and prey

American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

6PM

American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Family: Corvidae (crows, ravens)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Great egret

Great Egret (Ardea alba) Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

WTK

White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Crown of black

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

9 turkeys

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Deer

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
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Striped skunk

Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Family: Mephitidae (skunk)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
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Skunk paw

Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
Family: Mephitidae (skunk)
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon 7D Mark II

Poison oak branches

Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
Family: Anacardiaceae
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon 7D Mark II

Oak leaves

Valley oak
Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

All it's cracked up to be

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Back water

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Canon R5

Group shot

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
Pixel 9 Pro XL

Joyce and Bob

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
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Group on the trail

Coyote Hills
Santa Clara Bird Alliance bilingual walk
December 21, 2024 - winter solstice
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May 25, 2024

Hawk engrassed

Coyote Hills
May 25, 2024
Canon R5

Coyote Hills
May 25, 2024
Canon R5

Red-tailed hawk eating

Coyote Hills
May 25, 2024
Canon R5

Fly by birding

Great Egret (Ardea alba) Family: Ardeidae (herons, egrets, bitterns)
Coyote Hills
May 25, 2024
Canon R5

Coyote Hills
May 25, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro

Coyote Hills
May 25, 2024
Pixel 8 Pro

2021

Wild in the Hills of Coyote

Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Family: Phasianidae
Coyote Hills
January 3, 2020 - with Chris LeBoa
Canon 7DmarkII

Wrockin' wren

Rock wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)
Family: Troglodytidae (wren)
Coyote Hills
January 3, 2020 - with Chris LeBoa
Canon 7DmarkII

Pipit

American pipit (Anthus rubescens)
Family: Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
Coyote Hills
January 3, 2020 - with Chris LeBoa
Canon 7DmarkII

On reflection

Coyote Hills
January 3, 2020 - with Chris LeBoa
Canon 7DmarkII

California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
Family: Polygonaceae (knotweed family)
Coyote Hills
January 3, 2020 - with Chris LeBoa
Canon 7DmarkII

California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum)
Family: Polygonaceae (knotweed family)
Coyote Hills
January 3, 2020 - with Chris LeBoa
Canon 7DmarkII

Bob rocks

Bob
Coyote Hills
January 4, 2020
Photo credit: Chris LeBoa
Cell phone

Bob
Coyote Hills
January 4, 2020
Photo credit: Chris LeBoa
Cell phone

2020

Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Family: Hirundinidae
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020 - with Wendy
Canon 7DmarkII

Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Family: Hirundinidae
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020 - with Wendy
Canon 7DmarkII

Sheepbird

Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Family: Icteridae (New World blackbirds and orioles) on
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries)
Family: Bovidae
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

When deer sing

Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Deer
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries)
Family: Bovidae
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Domestic sheep (Ovis aries)
Family: Bovidae
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Carp
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Cattail (Typha)
Family: Typhaceae (cattails, bulrushes)
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020 with Wendy
Canon 7DmarkII

Alemeda creek ponding area

Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Bridges
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

Bridges
Coyote Hills
June 21, 2020
Canon 7DmarkII

2018

Pied-billed grebe
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Ruddy duck

Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Family: Anatidae
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Ruddy duck

Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Family: Anatidae
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Feeling droolish

Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Family: Anatidae
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Ruddy duck diving

Ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Family: Anatidae
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus)
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus)
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus)
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

WTK

White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus)
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII
Canon rebel T5i

Hawk

Hawk
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Mockingbird

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Mockingbird
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Mockingbird
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Looking for love

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Family: Cricetidae
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Family: Cricetidae
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Muskrat trail

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Family: Cricetidae
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Deer

Deer
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Buck

Deer
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Lichen
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII
Canon rebel T5i

Lichen
Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII
Canon rebel T5i

Mushroom

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII
Canon rebel T5i

Formal shoot

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Hanging out

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Hanging out

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Wetlands

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Wetlands

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon rebel T5i

Catwalk

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Olympus Tough TG-5

No drone zone

Coyote Hills
January 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Other Baylands pages:

Palo Alto Baylands 2018

Palo Alto Baylands 2017

Palo Alto Baylands 2016

Palo Alto Baylands 2015

Palo Alto Baylands 2014

Palo Alto Baylands 2013

Palo Alto Baylands - earlier photos - up through 2012

Byxbee Park

Don Edwards National Shoreline

Hayward Regional Shoreline

Coyote Hills

Other relevant pages

Palo Alto Baylands - earlier photos - up through 2013