Rush Creek Photo Gallery by Laura Milholland at pbase.com

Rush Creek

A wonderful nature trail in northern Novato, just east of Highway 101 at the Atherton turn off.
This is a great place to see lots of water birds and wildflowers at the right time of year.
And some years a great variety of fungi as well.

Confident Ducklings	A Shiny Catch	Yellow and Purple Grass	Twin Avocets
Lesser Goldfinch	Salsify	Sunlit Tree	Mid Air Fish
Fanned Out	Duck Silhouette	Snowberries	Lose the Grass, but Not the Rodent
Old Man's Beard	Curving Fence	Northern Pintail - Bill Dip	Avocet Flight Reflections
Purple and Pink	Yellow Chanterelle	A Snowy Arch	Neat Discovery
Narrowleaf Plantain 1	Purple Chinese Houses	River Otter Pops Up	Many Shooting Stars
Fenceline	Northern Shoveler Landing	Sunlit Bush	Buggy Ride
Horse & Buggy	Kite on a Post	Western Shooting Star	Sunset Reflected in Creek
Sandpipers and Mallard	Trail Walk	Golden Pond	Cattail Fluff
Western Kingbird	Bullock's Oriole on the Fence	Closeup View	Take Off
Fannies Up	Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear!	Beautiful Bullock's Oriole	Blue Dicks
Fly Away	Great Egret	Miner's Lettuce Group	Hermit Thrush with Berries
Landing Redone	Shadows and Sunlight	Near Sighted Goldfinch?	Wide View
Wild Naked Ladies	Grassy Trail	Row of Stilts	Mirrored Killdeer
Cinnamon Teal Ducks	Fallen Tree	Fence Reflected	Rush Creek Marsh
Black-necked Stilt	Muskrat Head On	2/9/11: Muskrat	Colorful Wings
Rush Creek Reflections	Great Egret Poses	Peli Formation	Morning Glories
Very Low Marsh	Mud Tracks	Horseman Under Tree	Horseman
Surprised by "the Marlboro Man"	Rush Creek Map	10/19/11: Rush Creek Open Space	Great Blue Heron
Grass and Creek	Killdeer	Cemetery Marsh	Green-winged Teal
Frost	Frosty Grasses	Disappearing Fence - Color	Disappearing Fence - Black/White
Forest and Light Rays	Hawk on Fence 2	Red-shouldered Hawk on Fence	Eucalyptus Row
Grand Tree and Bridge	Tree in Mists	Camo Moth	Hiding Sun
One More Web	Spectre	Lichen Hammock	Tall Weed & 3 Posts
Reflecting Posts	Spokes	Path Through the Hole	Perfect Web
2/8/12: Curled Leaves Dripping	Clarkia Center	Fast Gopher	Ladybug
Ithuriel's Spear	Singing Song Sparrow	Swimming Muskrat	5/30/12: River Otter Swim
Lincoln Sparrow	Lincoln Sparrow 2	Hiding Egret	Morning Rays
Pleasant Path	Backlit Tree	Culicue	"Are you sure this will clear out my sinuses?"
Pintail with a Drip	Green-winged Teal	Swimming Away	Bird Watching
Shoveling	Rush Creek Trailhead	Fence Posts and Flowers	Frozen Twig
Muskrat Swimming	Rush Creek	Wild Cucumber on Barbed Wire	Pastel Sky & Grasses
Sunlit Tree	Deer In the Light	The Egret Has Landed	Two Teasels
Brisk Walker	Muddy Path and Sunlight	Kite Sighting	Side By Side
Swan Gosling Imitating Hikers	Rush Creek and Fog	Windblown	Black-necked Stilt
Caught a Fish	Reflected Sunset and Fence	Curved Fence	Tree-framed Marsh
Lit Hill	Egret Flight	Horse and Walking Rider	Downward Path
Red Tailed Hawk	2 Horses 2 Kids	Framed	Closeup of Woodland Star
Flaps Up	Snowy Egret Fluff	Avocet Flight	Three In A Row
Fuzz Top	Avocet Through The Fence	White-tailed Kite	Purple Finch
Female Reflections	Tree Reflections	Chinese Houses	Curved Fence
Dropping In	Moon	Fence Reflected	Getting Goosed!
Running Mallard	Closer View	Take Time to Reflect	Milkmaids
Thistle & Bees	Water Skiing	Black-necked Stilts in Flight	Budding Branches
Ruby Crowned Kinglet	Peaceful Morning Bike Ride	Pintail in Flight	Lift Off
Perfect Mirror	Landing Reflected	Song Sparrow Silhouette	Wingtips
Yellow and Purple Hill	Still Waters	Wet Clover	Teasel
Woodland Star and Barbed Wire	Norhtern Pintail and Stilt	Purple Thistle	Acacia
Interesting Cattail Clump	Northern Pintails in Flight	Swan Family Swim	Log Reflections
Tree Light	Western Kingbird Close Up	Goldfinch	Two Reflected
Tree & Moon	Wingtips To Water	Phoebe in Tree	Red-winged Blackbird
Female Bullock's Oriole	Great Egret and Friends	All Fluffed Out	Fuzzy Tree
Definitely A Ratlike Tail	Wild Radish	Caught With His Mouth Open	Another Cattail
Cattails	A Meandering Stroll	Wing Spread	Feather Detail
Quiet Reflection	I See Myself	2 Rows of Blooms	More Teasels
Milkmaids and Fern	Bird on Pickleweed	Woodland Star	Sunset with Geese and Cars
Not Speaking	Slow Action	Down the Hatch	All Fluffed
Water Drop on Fire	Song Sparrow on Fence	Gadwall	Curved Leaves
Caught	Checking Out Every Angle	Avocet and Stilt	Walking on a Wire
At Home In the Water	Yellowlegs in the Reeds	Milkmaid Blossoms	Hunting
Water Skiing Without Rope	Great Blue Heron in Morning Light	Rodent for Lunch	Shows How Far I Was . . .
A Walk in the Reeds	In the Morning Sun	Avocet - Bill Open	Muddy Foot
Northern Shoveler & Female Northern Pintail	Yellowlegs and Stilt	Avocet in Flight	Rush Creek Entrance
Woodland Star Flowers	Avocet Gold	Here He Comes Again, Marge. . .	Stilt Tilt
Giving Directions?	Northern Pintail in Reeds	Crow	Colors and Reflection
Another Song Sparrow	Tandem Flight Gulls	Egrets	Another Blue Dick Blossom
Northern Shoveler in the Green	Pond Reflections	Miner's Lettuce	Plantain 2
Milkmaids Alone	Northern Pintails	Greater Yellowlegs	Black necked Stilt
Cinnamon Teal In the Reeds	Avocet and Shovelers	Shovelers and Fence	Bermuda Buttercups
Water Skiing	Milkmaids	Sparrow on Post	Fungi & Lichen
Sunset and Branches	Wild Roses	Simple Reflections	Northern Pintail - at Angles
Quiet Reflections	Song Sparrow Perched in Reeds	Shorebirds	Family Outing
Path Into the Sun	Driftwood & Pond	Reflecting Sunset	Striped Grasses
Spread Out for Warmth	A Family Walk	Lit Grasses & Bright Water	Sparrow on Pickleweed
Sparrow at Spider Web	Dog On Path	Sparrow in Reeds	White Tree Trunk
Still Waters	Pintail Circle	Shaped Tree	Running By Trees
Evening Grasses	Restful Sandbar	Evening Light	Creek and Hills
Grasses with Fallen Tree	Hill Last Light	View Along Creek	Great Egret and Reeds Reflected
Early Evening Reflections	Deer Face	Purple Finch	Great Egret Flying Away
gallery: Recent Rush Creek Visit

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joseantonio		30-Mar-2014 05:17
Magnificent gallery. A feast for the eyes.V.

Ali Majdfar		13-Jul-2008 10:53
Fabulous gallery, stunning captures. GMV

IMRAN HAFEEZ		10-Jul-2008 18:49
a very beautiful and very enjoyable gallery

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