Coastside nature walk...

We took a nice walk along the Coastside trail this afternoon, in between showers!  The Coastside trail is a 3 mile paved trail from Miramar to Half Moon Bay State beach.

We were armed with an umbrella and a camera, and in addition to a great walk, we got opportunities to use both of them.

Wildflowers along the walkway

One of the dozens of bunnies that we saw along the trail

Venice Beach

Wildflowers

Yellow and white daisies along the trail, and wildflowers

We watched a group of dolphins swimming north towards the harbor - it looked like there were 8 or 10 of them

Ok, what is this critter?  There were two of them on the path

They are very small - with really long, tufted tails

And stand up like a ferret - any guesses?

A happy thistle!!

A mitzie!  In Japan, a mitzie is a big, black bug!!

There was a fairly large group of kids and counselors camped out at a park along the trail.

We think this is a goldfinch - very brightly colored bird!  We also saw red-wing blackbirds, but they refused to pose!