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Mount Tamapais, Marin County, CA Go one half mile past the entrance to Muir Woods National Monument and park on a small pull out at the trail head for Redwood Creek. No dogs or bikes are allowed. Beware of many horses, horse droppings, and ticks. The trail is relatively flat and very pleasant as it follows the creek in a reparian habitat with willow thickets, alders, one large redwood near the beginning of the trail, bay trees, and oaks. On a visit on April 7, 2003 there was a pileated woodpecker very close to the trail calling loudly.	Pileated Woodpecker
In spring you will see and hear many orange-crowned warblers and wilson's warblers. Other birds you may see and or hear include turkey vultures, ravens, red-tailed hawks, Macgillivray's warbler, hutton's vireo, pacific slope flycatcher, tree swallows, violet-green swallows, barn swallows, golden-crowned sparrows, song sparrows, Allen's and Anna's hummingbirds, Cooper's hawk, goldfinches, nuttall's woodpecker, chestnut-backed chickadee, wrentit, western wood peewee, olive-sided flycatcher, hermit thrush, warbling vireo, cassin's vireo, black-headed grosbeak. If you go very early before the crowds you can stop by Muir Woods and look for the spotted owl.
April 2003, Mount Tamalpais, CA	California Poppies at Mount Tamalpais