sofiana's Journal

This week my sister and I walked around the Presiodio, Baker Beach, and Golden Gate Park looking for fungi. It was very difficult to find any. We mostly saw one type of lichen. I am still trying to upload the pictures from our trip, it takes a while for them to load. We did find one mushroom, and it was the size of my hand. I am hoping to find more fungi after we have had some rain. This coming week we are hoping to go see the Pier 39 seals. I also found a few mushrooms outside of my church. I found one in a crack, and two in the grass.

Week 4 was a crazy week for me as I had two midterms, so iNaturalist slipped my mind. I had planned to stop by Pier 39, but ended up not having enough time so we decided to wait. We also began thinking about other places to go, like Crystal Springs and the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.

This week I went out to a San Bruno Mountain trail in Brisbane before work hoping to see some animals. I was not able to take pictures of any, as they were either too far away or would run off before I could take a picture. On the trail I noticed a weird tree that looked barren, but had pear-like fruits growing on it. After I got off of work we went to Pier 39 and saw the sea lions. They were very loud and amusing. We also saw a few gulls in the water and on beams. This coming week we are planning to go to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, and hope to see more creatures.

This week we went to Wunderlich County Park. It was beautiful and very fun. We got a lot of pictures of leaves and lichen. We struggled to get pictures of animals at first, as our little brother kept scaring away birds and other creatures. There were several different types of leaves, and the lichen was very vibrant. On our way back we saw two deer, a male and a female. I was so excited, and tried to get as close as possible. We also saw several wild turkeys in the parking lot on our way out, and I tried to get good pictures of them. I ended up kind of chasing one. I had no idea they were so fast.

This week we went to the beach on our way home, and saw several dead crabs. There were also several seagulls. The crabs were all missing legs, and had been eaten by the seagulls. It was also high tide so we did not get to see as many animals as we usually do. We are very busy this weekend so we are hoping to go to the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve next week or the week after (I have two big tests this coming week) to find more phyla.