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Grew Wild

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by Bryan Costales external link

The rosemary bush in our Monster raised garden bed, in the frontyard, grew wild.

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In Conversation

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by Bryan Costales external link

Benny in conversation with another in Eugene, Oregon.

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The First

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by Bryan Costales external link

The first snowdrop flowers bloomed under our backyard Tulip Tree.

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Looked To The Side

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by Bryan Costales external link

Eleanor sat in her home in Bay Point, Clifornia and looked to one side.

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Dirt Has Been Prepared

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by Bryan Costales external link

Dirt has been prepared into three parallel rows for the future planting of corn and tomatoes.

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Signs Marked

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by 8 Bryan Costales external link

Signs marked the location of the new Santa Clara station for BART as part of its San Jose extension. A tube is being dug beneath San Jose to extend the system to Santa Clara from Oakland.

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Black Lives Matter

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by Bryan Costales external link

A "Black Lives Matter" sign was in a closed store window in San Francisco. Bellow the "Black Lives Matter" was "For Black's Econimic Development."

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Edged With Lavender

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by Bryan Costales external link

The blooms on the hellebore, growing in the back corner of our yard, were edged in lavender.

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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

(126 views)
by Terry Costales

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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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus)

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by Terry Costales

Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.

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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

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by Terry Costales

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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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

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by Terry Costales

A very young sea lion was sleepily curious about his observers.

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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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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus)

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by Terry Costales

A large group of pelicans were perched on the fish processing equipment.

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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

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by Terry Costales

This Capybara needs a good brushing.

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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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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

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by Terry Costales

A very large male sea lion with a much smaller female.

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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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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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Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)

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by Terry Costales

Two Harbor Seal were of quite different fur colors but all the whiskers were blonde.

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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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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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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

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by Terry Costales

King of the mountain and he knows it.

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California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)

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by Terry Costales

More of the endless variation of facial expressions you can always find in sea lions.

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