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Piedras Blancas
Northern Elephant seal
Mirounga angustirostris
"One...singular sensation..."
December 5, 2009
Beached!
December 5, 2009
Marine torpedo
December 5, 2009
Seal-o-wet
This bull takes a water break
Profile of pachydermal pinniped
December 26, 2008
When elephant seals are happy
December 26, 2008
When elephant seals sing
When seals impersonate Durante - "Hachacha"
When elephant seals go undercover
Rat nose
Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism of male elephant seals is seen in
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size
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elongated proboscus
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chest shield - used in dominance confrontations
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a variety of behaviors including migrational patterns, haul out duration and timing, establishment of dominance, etc.
Classic sand flippage
Sin-seal-ly yours, Ellie
Weaner, December 22, 2009
Harbor seal fur
Weaner, December 22, 2009
Spiral web
December 11, 2010
Mario's mushroom
Amanita
muscaria
taken December 21-22, 2009 in Año Nuevo
Orange mushroom
Amanita muscaria
December 11, 2010
Red mushroom - russula?
December 11, 2010
Snail on fungus
December 11, 2010
Bob cat close encounter
Ok, so it's stuffed. What did you think?
December 11, 2010
Bunny
December 5, 2009
Woodpecker eatery
December 11, 2010
Day's end
December 11, 2010
Older pix
Surfer's beach
The wave
Pacific tree frog
Low altitude fly-over
Ocean spray
Waves and wings
Flora
Lupining for summer
Lupinus arboreus (yellow bush lupine)
As rare as a lupine's fang
Flower ball
Buckwheat (Eriogonum)
Verbena, verdad?
Yellow verbena
Abronia latifolia
family: Nyctaginaceae
It seems somewhat surprising that yellow or sand verbena is not in
the verbena family???
Pining away
Flora and fauna
Thistle while you work
Ant-y-podal positioning
A willow with a lot of gall
Fauna
Harried in the marsh
Female Northern Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Circle of life
Lazy as a lizard?
Initial Lyme of defense
In a curious bit of disease ecology, the western fence lizard appears to protect
against Lyme disease.
Invertebrates
Fuzzy wuzzy
Apparently not from the white album
Mussel
"It's alive!"
December 11, 2010
Whale chow
Amphipod
ET foam home
License to krill
Foam
Foam and function
Curious foamation
Sand
Dune stabilization
Patterns in the sand
Coyote v deer
Invertebrate sand writing
The shifting sands
Back on the beach
Geology
Fools seek gold in vein
Stone and concretions
Ironing out some hard issues
The steppes of Año Nuevo
Bob
Bob and ele skull
Bob and elephantine companion
December 5, 2009
Bob and Ellie - close encounter
(also stuffed)
December 11, 2010
Scapes - land and sea
Coastal rockery ("Rookery?")
Ocean view
North Point
The wave
Año Nuevo - docent training
(Autumn 2009)
Mentor mentee potluck
Chuck!
Fay explicates
Landmarks
(Autumn, 2009)
Learning the ropes
The Roost
A sign of wild elephant seals
Roger takes aim - look out elephant seals
Graduation!
(December 5, 2009)
Claudia violates the 25 foot rule
Male marine minstel - "Going back to Año Nuevo"
As the sun sets rapidly
into Año Nuevo Island
Yes, but is it art?
December 5, 2009
Creatures
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Elkhorn Slough
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Pigeon Point
Geography
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Mountains
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Islands
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Sun and Moon
Other relevant links
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San Mateo Coast Natural History Association (SMCNHA)
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Año Nuevo State Park
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Friends of the elephant seal
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Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP)
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Hopkins Marine Station
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Pigeon Point Lighthouse
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Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel
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created: September 23, 2009 (from baylands.html)
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