Elephant Seals Rough-housing!
Elephant Seals Rough-housing! Pescadero, CA 7/22/19 Eliza (my niece) and I went to Ano Nuevo State Park, Pescadero, CA, to check on any elephant seals that might be there. [...]
Unexpected Elephant Seals
UNEXPECTED ELEPHANT SEALS Photography from Ano Nuevo State Park, CA, Sunday Jan. 27, 2019 On Sunday the weather was splendid and Chris and I decided to go to the [...]
Monarchs Bring Both Beauty and Sadness
Monarchs Bring Both Beauty and Sadness The over-wintering monarch butterflies this year are split between Natural Bridges and Lighthouse Field State Parks. My favorite spot is Lighthouse Field because [...]
Our Local Underwater Treasure: Monterey Bay Aquarium
Well, it's that time of year again! No, not the holidays but the annual free week for locals at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. This past week [...]
Egrets Everywhere
Well, actually, they aren’t everywhere but I sure have seen a lot of them, both great egrets and snowy egrets, while living near the coast in California. Egrets - [...]
Another Trip Up the Coast to Gualala, CA
Another Trip Up the Coast to Gualala, CA July 19-23, 2018 This was my first trip since my surgeries in May and June. I was eager to have time [...]
Babies Are Growing Fast!
West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, May 13 - June 1, 2018 The baby cormorants are exploding in size, seemingly overnight. There are a few small newly hatched chicks [...]
The Babies are Hatching!
May 12, 2018, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA The eggs at the Brandt's Cormorant colony are beginning to hatch! Gray, reptile looking chicks are showing their heads and [...]
THE FAUNA – The Gualala (Mendocino County) Trip
THE FAUNA The Gualala (Mendocino County) Trip Part 2 April 29 – May 4, 2018 We did not see an abundance of wildlife this trip. There were brief sightings [...]
Colonies of Nesting Cormorants
Colonies of Nesting Cormorants April 2018 I've been periodically visiting two nesting colonies of two different species of cormorants: Brandt’s and Pelagic. There is a third species found in [...]