A Walk from the House part 2

On this cold winter day we took a walk from the house very close to our previously posted walk. There is a whole network of trails around the salt marshes in the area. We walked along a road and into the Marina Bay development. From there we had access to a piece of land that was built up in the salt marshes to use as a road when the area used to be a Naval Air Station. (There is an old airport-turned park close by that we will document in the future.) The Quincy Environmental Network is hoping to get a grant to build a bridge that would better connect this piece of land so that it is not a dead end, but instead helps to form a loop of trails in the area. At this time, a part of this walk requires jumping over a small water channel (which you can see on the map below).


The walk started on the beach where we noticed these footprints- either of Canada Geese or perhaps some of our local Brant population.
(http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brant/id)

At the beginning of the spit of land that goes into the salt marshes- there were no tracks made from humans.

But there were these tracks- of our local coyotes, or "coywolves"- a hybrid of coyotes and wolves!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuXdHoJCqE)
(http://www.opengreenmap.org/greenmap/quincy-green-map/eastern-coyotes-2692)

On the right is one of the old bunkers from the Naval station...

This is where the trail ends today and where there will hopefully be a bridge in the future. There were many salt marsh birds keeping well hidden in the grasses.

Marsh with Marina Bay building in background...

Another bunker at the school bus depot.