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On this day I drove up to north bay and into Mill Valley to visit Muir Woods. The temperature was perfect. The skies were clear and it was very sunny out. I have wanted to visit Muir Woods many times over the past couple of years and was never able to make it happen so this was the perfect opportunity! Initially, I was worried that I was not going to be able to find enough species for this project because I was half expecting there to be pretty low biodiversity. However, when I arrived, I was very shocked by the immense amount of biodiversity in the forest. This is easily the most biodiverse place that I have had to visit for this class. What I was not expecting, however, was the number of people in the park. I visited Muir Woods on a Tuesday afternoon and I was hoping that the park was going to be relatively empty. Oh boy was I wrong! Although the park was not overly crowded, there were still tour busses full of people visiting the park. With that being said, I think most people were there to stay on the paved paths and go over the bridges so, as soon as I got on the trail that I was hiking on (Canopy View Trail) and walked for a couple of minutes, the density of people went way down and I only saw a couple of hikers. The forest felt really peaceful on this day and it was wonderful to get outside and see some cool plants and animals. I saw and heard many different bird species on this hike but was unable to photograph them well enough for them to be identified by the app so I did not include them. Other than the birds I saw so many different plants and the wildflowers are in bloom so I got to take photos of many incredible flowers!

On Sunday April 14th at around 3:00 pm I went for a short hike in the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (Moss Beach) in Half Moon Bay. I drove down there from San Francisco. Although the weather was not nice in the morning, it became very nice in the afternoon and by the time I went on my hike, the day had become very warm and the sun was out. I have wanted to go tide pooling for a long time and this project felt like the perfect opportunity. Once I walked down to the beach, I spent my time venturing from pool to pool in a small area with a lot pools and lots of biodiversity. I managed to see hermit crabs, so many anemones, a lot of sea weed, some gull, barnacles, clams, mussels, kelp and so much more. Once I got to the tide pools, I spent about an hour there and by the time I left the tides had risen significantly. I had a very good time on my hike and would love to go tide pooling again sometime soon!