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Sanderling Sunset Silhouette
In the winter, the lowest tides of the cycle happen right around sunset in the Bay Area. Whenever there’s a minus tide with a good sunset, I try to head to the beach to photograph shorebirds. Typically that’s meant Stinson Beach, but yesterday I tried San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. I arrived about 40 minutes before…
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Hillside Coyote in Point Reyes
A Coyote surveys a hillside in Point Reyes. I really like the layering in this photo.
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Belching Cormorant
Have you ever seen a cormorant’s belch before? This double-crested cormorant was sunning itself on a rock in Golden Gate Park. It was still a couple of hours before sunset and the light was fairly harsh, so I was playing with a backlit look and with the bokeh the sunlight made reflecting off ripples in…
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Hooded Merganser at Stow Lake
There’s a Wood Duck wintering at Golden Gate Park this year. I went to try to photograph it, but it wasn’t at Stow Lake that evening. There was a larger complement of hooded mergansers than last year, however, so it was a good outing.
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Quail in Flight at Point Reyes
I was driving along one of the roads in Point Reyes when I spotted a California Quail on a fence post next to the road. I have quite a few photos of California Quail at Abbott’s Lagoon, but I hadn’t yet gotten a chance at a good photo elsewhere in the park. While the quail…
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Bobcats in Point Reyes
Taking a tour of Point Reyes and photographing my first ever Bobcats, plus an American Kestrel and a Coyote.
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Elephant Seals and Coyote in Point Reyes
I took a weekend trip to Point Reyes in order to have an outing with Daniel Dietrich of Point Reyes Safaris. I spent the first day on my own, before spending a day with Daniel. Bear Valley Visitor Center My first stop on the way up from the city was the Bear Valley visitor center.…
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Red-Tailed Hawk Over San Francisco
I visited Corona Heights Park to look for a Bewick’s Wren an ebirder has seen pretty consistently (I’ve been on a bit of a Bewick’s Wren kick lately). I didn’t track down the wren, but a Red-Tailed Hawk flew in while I was searching. I’ve seen hawks at this park on each of my three…
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Stinson Beach King Tide
For the late January king tide, I knew I wanted to head to Stinson Beach. The weather forecast called for scattered offshore clouds, perfect for some sunset photography. The king tides, in addition to bringing the highest high tides, also bring the lowest low tides. In the winter the lowest tides of the cycle appear…
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Northern Harrier at Point Reyes
This is a slightly more punched up for Instagram edit of a photo from my big day at Point Reyes.