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Coyote Bulletin Board
Another coyote’s announcement to the neighborhood got scrambled by a passing car, requiring careful parsing by this youngster passing through the neighborhood.
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Rutting Tule Elk on the Dunes
This Tule Elk bull popped up onto a dune to challenge another bull. The red plant, while striking, is unfortunately invasive ice plant. There’s another invasive species in Point Reyes, and this one is even worse: politically connected interests who’ve managed to keep wild Tule Elk enclosed in a water and nutrient poor section of…
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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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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.
