COYOTE HILLS REGIONAL PARK: Ohlone Spirit Abounds In Ancestral Lands On Fremont Bay Shoreline









The Marsh boardwalk provides easy access for all to enjoy a remnant of the wetland / marshland environment that once dominated. A leisurely stroll takes you in to the reedy interior of the marsh.
Red-winged blackbirds congregate on the fringes, singing up a ruckus, whilst the lovely marsh wren reigns queenly among the tule and cattails. Terns, gulls, herons and many other aquatic fowl can be spotted.




It’s a familiar story made famous in Malcolm Margolin’s masterful The Ohlone Way.
Various tribes of Ohlone peoples flourished here in widely scattered encampments up and down the Diablo and coastal ranges of central California.
The Bay Area was an entirely different place. Magnificent bald eagles and condors patrolled the skies. Predators like grizzly bears, wolves, cougars and humans hunted salmon, otter, beaver, deer and tule elk.


Whether bivouacked creek side in rolling hills heavily forested with oak, bay, and madrone, or banded together for a bountiful season on tidal bay shores, inlet rias and deltas, wherever they settled, Mother Earth sumptuously offered up an inexhaustible cornucopia of varied food sources, from esculent plants, to large and small "game", to tasty banquets to be had in the sea, river, and bay.




From inspecting rock formations and wandering about aimlessly, to picnicking, bird watching, hiking, biking, or, fancy yourself setting up an easel and painting. Take Bay View Trail up for a super-loop and amazing views. Check out the side trail leading to a crescent moon of a shoreline for a very unusual bayside stroll (of course my camera’s battery died right then).


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