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Great Horned Owl
Me not finding owls: Owls are cool, I guess, but I just don’t get why people spend so much time looking for them. Me finding owls: It’ll probably be okay if I’m late for dinner tonight…
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Tule Elk Staredown
Rutting Tule Elk. You better believe I backed up. After snapping the photo.
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Bobcat in the Thistles
A bobcat looking non too pleased after muffing a bobcat pounce in a freshly mown thistle field. Having tried sitting down in that same field, I empathize.
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Labor Day Weekend at Point Reyes
My brother came to visit for Labor Day weekend, so I took him on his first outing to Point Reyes. We got off to a slow start for the first little bit, with a Northern Harrier hunting above a thistle field providing the only action. The highlight of our trip was an encounter with a…
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Quail’s First Dance
A juvenile California Quail looking like an awkward teenager going to its first dance.
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Tell NPS to Stop Fencing in Wildlife
This photo of a rutting tule elk bull was taken at Point Reyes National Seashore. It’s a great park just an hour’s drive from San Francisco. It’s a happy place for me and nature lovers all over the Bay Area (I’ve visited 30 times just in the past year!) Point Reyes is also home to…
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Molting Coyote Encounter
From the beginning of the summer, a glimpse of a molting coyote. It still has its thick winter coat on its hindquarters and head, while its front legs and torso are showing the summer coat.
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Interrupting Elk
Normally Tule Elk bulls bugle at other bulls. This particular bull took a break from that to harass the Coyote I posted last week. After the the bull woke up the Coyote, the Coyote tried to scare the bull off with barking and howling. The bull was undeterred and bugled back. The Coyote eventually realized…
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Towhee’s Rage
Few jobs in the animal kingdom are harder than being a Spotted Towhee.