Obviously dead, not sure how to tell if it's armored, partially armored or unarmored.
One of many captured during a night eye shine survey.
Growing on the hood of a rusted truck
Surfer Mark Hull identifies great white shark preying on sea lion off Moss landing State beach. Positive ID, 10-12 feet. 100 yards offshore/
Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris), Moss Landing Harbor, Monterey County, California - 27 December 2012. I counted forty sleeping and grooming themselves in the morning sun here today. From what I can glean from a quick look at my reference books and the internet, these rafts are likely single-sex groupings and the white-headed individuals are probably the older otters.
We saw this near the bridge on the South Marsh trail.
We observed the pickleweed at Elkhorn Slough NERR
I observed four separate groups of pelicans flying in lines, one behind another.
Group one had six birds; group two had eight; group three had thirteen; group four had four pelicans.
The birds were flying north to south, over the surf line, adjacent to the beach.
Description: yellowish-tan with whitish stripe behind beak; stripe runs down neck from top to bottom; body grayish-brown.
I sat at the picnic table with a sandwich in hand. Four pigeons flew in and landed on the table, about 2' from me.
Each pigeon appeared to be an adult. Appearance: head, neck solid, dark gray; body, lighter gray; wings three stripes (dark/light/dark) from front edge to back edge of wing; tail same shade of dark gray as head/neck, with some white.
One pigeon repeatedly tried to take the sandwich out of my hand or get into my lunchbox, and flew away when I waved my hand and said "Get away!"
This is the first time I have experienced such close-up, aggressive behavior from a pigeon!
is the big guy (the one with the California sea lion on his back) a Steller or CSL bull?
We saw Humpbacks and a Blue that day... this is after definite Humpbacks and before a definite Blue, but I'm ashamed to say I can't tell which type this is. =(
Monterey County, California, US
Monterey County, California, US