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Coyote Ridge Hike, 4/13/14 by Ronald Horii
On Sunday, April 13, 2014, I went on a hike to Coyote Ridge, which is on the ridge east of the Coyote Valley between San Jose and Morgan Hill. The hike was led by docents of the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. I tagged along with members of the California Native Plant Society. The hike began near the entrance to the Kirby Canyon Landfill and followed old magnesite mine roads to the ridgetop. At the top of the ridge, we could see Anderson Reservoir, Henry Coe State Park, and privately-owned Rancho San Felipe. Along the way, we saw lots of bay checkerspot butterflies, a federally-protected threatened species. Coyote Ridge is one of the few places where these butterflies can still be found and has more of them than any other place in the world. See here for pictures from a previous wildflower hike here, but along a different route: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.205740286116168.47408.100000405933924&type=1&l=c5b396a974
On Sunday, April 13, 2014, I went on a hike to Coyote Ridge, which is on the ridge east of the Coyote Valley between San Jose and Morgan Hill. The hike was led by docents of the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. I tagged along with members of the California Native Plant Society. The hike began near the entrance to the Kirby Canyon Landfill and followed old magnesite mine roads to the ridgetop. At the top of the ridge, we could see Anderson Reservoir, Henry Coe State Park, and privately-owned Rancho San Felipe. Along the way, we saw lots of bay checkerspot butterflies, a federally-protected threatened species. Coyote Ridge is one of the few places where these butterflies can still be found and has more of them than any other place in the world. See here for pictures from a previous wildflower hike here, but along a different route: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.205740286116168.47408.100000405933924&type=1&l=c5b396a974
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