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Today we have photos by reader Joe Dickinson. Joe’s comments are indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them.
Here are some photos from a recent trip down the central California coast.
We stayed in Cambria, which always means elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) and California ground squirrels (Otospermophilus beecheyi):
We also ventured as far south as Morro Bay, a good place for sea otters. We did see a few dozen otters, but this time they stayed too far out for me to get a decent photo. This snowy egret (Egretta thula) was more cooperative, hanging out near the cliff-top boardwalk across from out motel.
For context, this is the rising sun catching a wave (so to speak) viewed from the boardwalk.
Finally, for the physics buffs, the combination of a window screen and a privacy curtain gave some fine interference patterns.
For information, this is a Great Egret (yellow beak) rather than a Snowy Egret (black beak). Great photos.
Wow, Cambrian mammals and birds!
Very good! That last one demonstrates that you never know when a picture might present itself.
Great images. Egretta thula is a common visitor overhere
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Great photos! I always try to stop at the Elephant Seal lookout when I driving to and from Big Sur. In Cambria there’s also an establishment named Linn’s that makes a tasty Olallieberry pie.
Morro Bay by the way is the location of the infamous Sea Otter-Nibbles-Horn Shark incident:
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/11/sea-otter-catches-shark-in-extremely-rare-species-interaction
These were very enjoyable. Thanks!