I grew up near these wetlands and the change in the past 40 years has been so dramatic. we used to see only a handful of the wildlife inhabitants in the area now all the way from redwood city/Hayward down to Milpitas/Sunnyvale the whole place is teeming. Really gives a clearer historical understanding of how much has changed due to industrialization let alone the influx of people to California since, the gold rush.
They just rewrote the script for the new Steven segal movie being shot in Moscow.