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Two Y Letters

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by Bryan Costales external link

A thick branch had fallen off a tree next to the sidewalk leading to the Legion Of Honor. The fallen tree limb formed two of the letter Y.

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Building Decoration

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by Bryan Costales

Part of the decoration on the face of a building resembled a Y with a curly tail.

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Art Bicycle

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by Bryan Costales

A fellow riding an art bicycle, when viewed close-up, revealed the bicycle fork in the shape of a Y.

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Rope Y

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by Bryan Costales

A barge was tied up next to Pier 14 in San Francisco, That rope, when cut off by the camera frame, formed the letter Y.

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Water Filled Crack

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by Bryan Costales

Water filled a crack in rocks as part of a walkway near one entrance to the Presidio Grounds.

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Forked tree

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by Terry Costales

Sunlight highlighted the fork of a tree in the woods. It was unusual for a tree to form such a perfect Y.

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Slingshot

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by Bryan Costales

A slingshot was discarded in a gutter just below the edge of a sidewalk. Extra rubber bands were evident.

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Roadway support

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by Bryan Costales

An elevated roadway support was cast in concrete resulting in the letter Y. The letter vanished when the roadway was continued.

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Hot Dog Roaster

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by Bryan Costales

An extendable hot dog roaster and marshmallow toaster formed the letter Y while resting on an oil spattered plate alongside a fork.

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Found Branch

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by Bryan Costales

A branch fell off a tree and landed next to a boulder. That branch formed the letter Y when viewed from the correct angle.

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A leaning tree

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by Terry Costales

Fortunately for the alphabet, many trees fork into a Y shape while growing. Winter was the best time to view this, because the tree was devoid of leaves.

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Urban tree

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by Bryan Costales

One of the trees planted by the urban forest was a handy place to lean a traffic control sign. The upper part the tree was cut off by the camera, thereby forming a Y.

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Vertical

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by Bryan Costales external link

The flower stalks ran vertically over the Heuchera plant next to our first pond.

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Macaws

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by Terry Costales

Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.

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Blue Damselfly

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by Terry Costales

These conjoined damselflies are a mated pair and stay connected like this until the eggs are laid. Both damselflies seen here are bright blue so this may be a "gay" pairing as documented in National Geographic.

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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

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by Terry Costales

This Capybara needs a good brushing.

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Snowy Egret and Great Egret

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by Terry Costales

The larger Great Egret was stalked by the smaller Snowy Egret.

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Great Egret (Ardea alba)

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by Terry Costales

A great egret at the edge of the bay looking for food. It is a very graceful bird whether walking or flying.

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

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by Terry Costales

I know they are wild animals with big teeth and claws but jeez, don't they look cuddly?!

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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

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by Terry Costales

A capybara peeking coyly from behind its giant palm frond.

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

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by Terry Costales

I was able to get nice close-ups of the harbor seals because I used a telephoto lens. If the boat had come this close they would have been disturbed and swum away.

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

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by Terry Costales

Harbor seals are close to the top of the cute list, right up there next to sea otters. We saw close to eighty harbor seals that day, most of them lying on shore watching us watching them.

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Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

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by Terry Costales

This killdeer tried to lure me away from her nest and eggs fluttering her wings as if injured. Ironically, the only reason I knew her nest was nearby was because of the mother killdeer's behavior. She faked being hurt and then looked back to see if I was buying it.

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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis )

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by Terry Costales

This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,

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Killdeer eggs

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by Terry Costales

This was the second killdeer nest I'd found. The first one was on gravel and this one on flowerbed mulch. Both times the nests were easily overlooked and the eggs hard to spot.

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