Tour Overview
Where Temescal Creek empties into San Francisco Bay there is a wealth of wildlife to see
Where Temescal Creek empties into San Francisco Bay there is a wealth of wildlife to see! The beach may not look like much, but where fresh water meets salt water, it creates an estuary ecology that features many types of life found nowhere else.
Stops
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Stop 1: Olympia Oysters
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Stop 2: Giant Ground Sloth
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Stop 3: Blue Mussels
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Stop 4: Delta Smelt
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Stop 5: Leopard Shark
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Stop 6: Gopher Snake
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Stop 7: Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
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Stop 8: Eelgrass
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Stop 9: Grey/ Humpback/ Blue Whale
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Stop 10: California Dodder
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Stop 11: Yellow Shore Crab
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Stop 12: San Joaquin Kit Fox and Red Fox
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Stop 13: Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse
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Stop 14: Ridgway's Rail
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Stop 15: Canada Goose
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Stop 16: Osprey
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Stop 17: Trash and Microplastics
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Stop 18: Porpoise
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Stop 19: Dire Wolf
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Stop 20: Green-winged Teal
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Stop 21: Great White Shark
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Stop 22: California Sea Lions
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Stop 23: Pacific Cordgrass
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Stop 24: Steelhead
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Stop 25: Columbian Mammoth
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Stop 26: California Grizzly
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Stop 27: American Avocet
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Stop 28: Snowy Egret
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Stop 29: Mudflat Art
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Stop 30: Blackwood Acacia
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Stop 31: Ribwort Plantain
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Stop 32: Ribwort Plantain
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Stop 33: Coyote Brush/ Ohlone
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Stop 34: Red-Shouldered Hawk
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Stop 35: Great Blue Heron
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Stop 36: California Fushsia/Ohlone
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Stop 37: Eastshore State Park Marshlands Vista