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Several of our purple spike plants began to bloom next to the back fence.
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Our corn plants were beginning to fade as the summer ended.
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Graffiti decorated a fence pillar at the Embarcadero in San Francisco.
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The name Falun Gong was on some decorations in Chinatown, San Francisco.
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A bunch of grape plants were growing in the neighbor's yard, and had overflowed into our yard and approached our junk pile.
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A weed grew next to the path in the back yard.
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Words on the side of a trash can said, "The Port Of San Francisco, Fishing."
And someone left a fishing pole on the fence.
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A broken and and cracked piece of sidwalk was located in San Francisco.
A cigarette filter lay in one of the expansion joints.
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Our Liatris Spicata (Purple Spike) flowers grew next to the driveway.
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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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Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.
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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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Here is another otter grooming or maybe he is thinking "oh, not another boatload of paparazzi!"
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The Spectacled Bear is the only bear that comes from South America. I hope this unique and beautiful endangered bear survives.
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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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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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The pelican glides effortlessly over the surface of the sea.
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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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It surprises me that a big bird like a Pelican can fly so effortlessly.
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This is a close-up of the same Pelican I posted yesterday,
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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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A large group of pelicans were perched on the fish processing equipment.
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Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.
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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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Prehistoric looking pelicans sun and preen in the winter sun.
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