1. Merced National Wildlife Refuge snow geese and great horned owls, was wondering if snow geese and Sandhill Cranes were still there. Missed one of nice snow geese flying show while watching great horned owls, likely 3 owlets in the nest. Therefore, decided to wait if any more flying. Watched one short flying after about 1 hour until at 12:45pm before heading to Fresno Blossom Trail. Sighted 2nd Great Horned owl in nest on the way to Fresno. 2. Coyote watching on Sandy mush road 3. Heading to Kingsbury instead of Fresno due to all the farms with Green leaves without blossoms. Therefore, not much expectations for finding any nice blossoms. But, just trying our luck before considering Pine Flat Lake wildflowers. Surprised to find some good blossoms in Kingsbury 1st stop - 9054 S Clovis Ave, Fowler, CA 93625 2nd stop - 15193 S Del Rey Ave, Kingsburg, CA 93631, 3rd stop - 666 S 6th Ave, Kingsburg, CA 93631, the best one. Couldn't locate one very nice one a few years ago 4th stop - 38835 Rd 12, Kingsburg, CA 93631 4. Decided back to Merced National Wildlife Refuge for snow geese and sunset lighting watching at about 5pm as will take about 1 hour to there with about 1 hour sunlight and will take about 1.5-2 more hours back home. Unfortunately, all snow geese were gone at about 6:30pm PDT or 5:30pm PST and so so sunset.

Sightseeing

San Jose, California, United States

time : Mar 9, 2025 8:20 AM

duration : 14h 6m 40s

distance : 398.9 mi

total_ascent : 6103 ft

highest_point : 1266 ft

avg_speed : 28.3 mi/h

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1. Merced National Wildlife Refuge snow geese and great horned owls, was wondering if snow geese and Sandhill Cranes were still there. Missed one of nice snow geese flying show while watching great horned owls, likely 3 owlets in the nest. Therefore, decided to wait if any more flying. Watched one short flying after about 1 hour until at 12:45pm before heading to Fresno Blossom Trail. Sighted 2nd Great Horned owl in nest on the way to Fresno. 2. Coyote watching on Sandy mush road 3. Heading to Kingsbury instead of Fresno due to all the farms with Green leaves without blossoms. Therefore, not much expectations for finding any nice blossoms. But, just trying our luck before considering Pine Flat Lake wildflowers. Surprised to find some good blossoms in Kingsbury 1st stop - 9054 S Clovis Ave, Fowler, CA 93625 2nd stop - 15193 S Del Rey Ave, Kingsburg, CA 93631, 3rd stop - 666 S 6th Ave, Kingsburg, CA 93631, the best one. Couldn't locate one very nice one a few years ago 4th stop - 38835 Rd 12, Kingsburg, CA 93631 4. Decided back to Merced National Wildlife Refuge for snow geese and sunset lighting watching at about 5pm as will take about 1 hour to there with about 1 hour sunlight and will take about 1.5-2 more hours back home. Unfortunately, all snow geese were gone at about 6:30pm PDT or 5:30pm PST and so so sunset.