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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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A capybara peeking coyly from behind its giant palm frond.
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This Capybara needs a good brushing.
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To our left as we exited the harbor and entered the slough, we saw an old pier covered with sea lions. We slowly motored past them. It was quite satisfying to be at their level and so close to them. I feel like I ended up with a family portrait instead of a wildlife photo.
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A very pregnant Harbor Seal looking quite pleased with herself.
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I love the pattern of this seal's fur, but I would never entertain the idea of taking it away from her to use for myself.
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Having escaped from a collection somewhere this Flamingo showed up in Elkhorn Slough in January. It was tagged but no-one has claimed it yet.
I had previously seen this type of Flamingo in zoos but this was the first time "in the wild".
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A very young sea lion was sleepily curious about his observers.
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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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Bette Davis eyes? Bedroom eyes? Puppy dog eyes? They've got nothing on harbor seal eyes!
The little slit behind the eye is the ear which is an easy way to distinguish it from a sea lion with its little external ear.
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This cormorant scooped up a beakful of water plants to build its nest and then flew off.
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A Red-shouldered Hawk showed off his very red shoulders while atop a high voltage power pole.
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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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Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.
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The Harbor Seal was very curious about us as we motored past, but not curious enough to actually move.
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Across the slough and in the tops of a grove of distant trees was a colony of nesting Great Blue Herons. Four adult herons and many more nests were visible.
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I know they are wild animals with big teeth and claws but jeez, don't they look cuddly?!
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The Green-winged Macaw goes by many names: Greenwing Macaw, Red and Green Macaw and Green Wing Macaw. They are one of the largest and gentlest of all the Macaws.
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This wall of pelicans was only a small sampling of the hundreds on the island.
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Two Harbor Seal were of quite different fur colors but all the whiskers were blonde.
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The lion demonstrated camouflage.
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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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Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.
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A large group of pelicans were perched on the fish processing equipment.
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The larger Great Egret was stalked by the smaller Snowy Egret.
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