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[email protected] www.tricityvoice.com January 30, 2018 Vol. 16 No. 5 ARTICLE AND PHOTOS BY MARGARET THORNBERRY It’s a crisp morning at the Coyote Creek Field Station of the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO), and the staff is bundled up and ready to move out to put up mist nets. The nets are a fine mesh, nearly invisible, but flexible and fine enough so that when a bird flies into them, it is held safely, ready to be carefully removed by hand, placed into a small cloth bag to calm it, and tucked under a jacket or shirt to keep warm for the walk back to the station office. There it is weighed, measured, evaluated for health and either banded, or if already banded, logged, and then carefully released. Continued on page 17 Banded Snowy Plover Photo by Ben Pearl signature outdoor activity program, its Trails Challenge. Launched in 1993 to get East Bay residents moving outdoors and exploring their trails, the program makes it easy for hikers of all abilities to get to know and love their Regional Parks. Trails Challenge is a free program supported through financial contributions from the East Bay Regional Park District, Kaiser Permanente, and SUBMITTED BY DAVE MASON the Regional Parks Foundation. PHOTOS COURTESY EBPRD “The 2017 Trails Challenge was great,” said Hayward resident and 2017 participant This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Diane Petersen.