{"id":435,"date":"2008-12-21T19:48:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T05:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2008-12-21T20:53:42","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T06:53:42","slug":"hayward-regional-shoreline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Bird watching at the Hayward Regional Shoreline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When going home from school on Friday Leilani remarked how pretty the East Bay hills looked. &#8220;That would be a nice place for a picnic.&#8221; she said, pointing to Mt. Diablo. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday we started out to put that idea into action, but while driving across the Bay on what was once the longest bridge  in the world, she changed her mind. &#8220;Let&#8217;s go to the beach!&#8221; She begged and pleaded. We finally gave in and tried a short stop at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center right next to the bridge, but&#8230; Short did not work out. &#8220;A museum!!!&#8221; she exclaimed.  We stayed inside for about an hour, and then sat on their deck and had our picnic lunch while watching all the birds, followed by a short walk  to the mud flats at the edge of the Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Geese formations<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-geese.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-geese.jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great blue(???) Heron<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-heron.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-heron. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leilani was pretty lazy&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-l-andy.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-l-andy. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but she really takes great photos now &#8211; this one is completely uncorrected, not cropped, not straightened<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-l-photo-SOnja_Andy.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-l-photo-SOnja_Andy. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>some of her photos are very unusual<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-l-photo-feet.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-l-photo-feet. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A group of marbled Godswits<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-marbled-godwits.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-marbled-godwits. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Birds are boring&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-sleep-l.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-sleep-l. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great Egret<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-hs-egret2.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-hs-egret2. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some more Leilani photos<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-l-photo-catbowl.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-l-photo-catbowl. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081220-l-photo-geckos.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081220-l-photo-geckos. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few days ago Leilani had her new friends Sydney and Isabella over:<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081219-sydny-isabella-l.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081219-sydny-isabella-l. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081219-sydny-l.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081219-sydny-l. jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bubblebath<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081221-bath leilani.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081221-bath-leilani.jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s cold here<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/081221-mikey.JPG'><img src='http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/images2\/fourth-year\/1\/web\/081221-mikey.jpg'\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When going home from school on Friday Leilani remarked how pretty the East Bay hills looked. &#8220;That would be a nice place for a picnic.&#8221; she said, pointing to Mt. 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