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The flower stalks ran vertically over the Heuchera plant next to our first pond.
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Our hydrangea plant was loaded with new blooms.
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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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I know they are wild animals with big teeth and claws but jeez, don't they look cuddly?!
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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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The larger Great Egret was stalked by the smaller Snowy Egret.
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Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.
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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 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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This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,
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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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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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This Capybara needs a good brushing.
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A capybara peeking coyly from behind its giant palm frond.
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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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This is one otter trying to persuade another otter to share its meal. It wasn't very successful.
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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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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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This photo shows just part of a very large raft of otters we saw in the Elkhorn Slough. The older individuals had light faces, and such cute faces they were.
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It surprises me that a big bird like a Pelican can fly so effortlessly.
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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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The Harbor Seal was very curious about us as we motored past, but not curious enough to actually move.
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Here is another otter grooming or maybe he is thinking "oh, not another boatload of paparazzi!"
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An adult night heron in full breeding plumage showing off its pink legs which are yellow the rest of the year.
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This photo shows a sea lion swimming in the late afternoon sunlight beneath the wharf in Santa Cruz. Lovely light on a lovely animal.
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