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Our frontyard white hellebore was loaded with many blooms this year.
The green leaves caused the white blooms to appear yellow.
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Our Rhubarb plant was just beginning to grow in late winter in our raised bed garden.
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Gypsy rested on our bed during the morning.
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A light rain partly filled the gutter in front of our house.
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Many mushrooms grew up the trunk of one of our trees. They grew near the back gate in our back yard.
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Our leaf compost bin was almost full and waiting for summer.
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The bird bath in our side-yard raised-bed vegetable garden remained full and reflective in the rain.
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Attached is a pic of Jeanne in 1972, should you wish to include it in your collection.
Photographer unknown. The haircut (reason for the photo) was done in Edinburgh, Scotland by a well-known stylist named Charlie Miller.
-- George Jansen
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These two pelicans were one pair of dozens loitering around the marina, all waiting for a fishy opportunity. The one on the left was an immature bird which had not grown into its adult plumage.
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A flock of yellow-hooded blackbirds took off as our skiff came too near. The birds in the photo that are deep black were the males and the brown ones were the females.
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A female sea lion tried to appear very demure.
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Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.
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For an unforgettable wildlife experience, I highly recommend the Elkhorn Slough Safari in Moss Landing. We saw over one hundred sea otters, almost eighty harbor seals and dozens of sea lions very up close and personal.
This photo shows a raft of about eighty sea otters. Raft is the official label for a bunch of otters hanging out together, looking like a raft.
In addition to sea mammals, I also photographed sixteen species of birds. The trip was two hours of wildlife bliss. There were a few . . . |
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A capybara peeking coyly from behind its giant palm frond.
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The same type of lizard I saw on Sherman Island was found in Tilden Park.
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Here is a view of a pelican you don't usually see. A head on view of its enormous bill.
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A lone individual popped up out of the water after a dive for food. We suspected he has a clam grasped in his paws. Otters love shellfish.
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Prehistoric looking pelicans sun and preen in the winter sun.
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The otter balanced his "plate" on his stomach while enjoying that last little morsel.
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It was beautiful day in Santa Cruz and I had been photographing the sea lions when this pelican landed a few feet away on the pier railing.
If there was ever a compelling visual argument for birds being the modern descendants of dinosaurs, it's the pelican. I could easily imagine them flying just out of reach above the snapping jaws of some aquatic sea monster.
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This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,
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The pelican glides effortlessly over the surface of the sea.
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Close up of a male sea lion. According to Wiki, "Zalophus californianus" means "Californian big-head" because a male grows a crest of bone on top of his head that causes a bulging forehead.
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The fisherman hadn't noticed that a pelican had just landed next to him on the pier.
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This Capybara needs a good brushing.
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