Some pictures from the Archives – The Redwood forest in
California that we visited last year.
The Big Basin has different trails and you can select
the trail you want depending upon the time you have at your disposal.
The trees are real tall and the size of the trees can be
judged by these pictures when compared with people in front of the tree (or
rather inside the tree)
I like the confident stance of this little guy:
Surprisingly for a tree of this height the roots are
only 6 to 10 feet deep, but they grow laterally holding on to the roots of the
adjacent trees.
There are some endangered species of birds here. One of
the sea birds, the Marbled Murrelet, nests in the canopy of the old growth of
Redwood trees.
These birds lay only one
egg in a year. Unfortunately the Steller Jay bird is a threat to these eggs
as they chase away the Marbled Murrelet and eat up the egg. This is a huge loss
to the species. One of the reasons why the Steller Jay bird visits this place
is the easy availability of food left by visitors. This is well explained in this video
To protect these birds, visitors are strictly warned not
to litter nor leave any crumbs of food after eating.
Once you climb up a little you get to see a magnificent view of the hills and how these trees cover the place.
Noticed many professional photographers with their
complete kit making the best of it.
There are two trees that are named as the Mother of the
Forest and the Father of the Forest. The sizes of these trees are given here:
Some more pictures can be seen in this 3 min video:
