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Spring Break Place

(if the embedded map doesn’t work here is a link: https://goo.gl/maps/auhpbLNATpn)

For spring break I went back home to San Francisco. San Francisco is one of my favorite cities in the world because of the fact that not only is it surrounded by beautiful nature, there is a national park within the city itself. I knew I had to go there for my place, because the Presidio National Park has native wildflowers and over 200 bird species that visit. Even though it was once an airbase, it has since been transformed into a wonderful hub of nature and hiking trails.

The presidio is a big park, so I went near the Crissy Marsh, which is next to the bay.  Here is an image of some birds that I believe to be Brown Pelicans (on the far left), Canada Goose (in the middle), and the California Gull (far right)

In this second image, although it is hard to see it because the bird blends in so well, right in the center of the image is what I believe to be a white crowned sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

after walking around the marsh, I ventured to the Crissy Fields, which are located right next to the marsh. There, I found another group of Geese.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the rocky beach, I found a bee. Bees are dying out in the city, however many people have started keeping hives in their own backyards, to help with this scary problem. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This spot and my spot in Burlington are similar in a lot of ways. Although the weather patterns and species differ, both places were once nature, then taken down for human uses. In Vermont, Centennial woods was once farmland, and the Presidio in California was an airbase. Still, life has been found again and now both places are protected by the government.

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