Young California sea lions have been in the news lately. Emaciated, dehydrated, hungry, and in some cases dying or dead, hundreds have appeared on the beaches and shorelines of southern California this year. (So far about 1,300 have… Read More
All winter I’ve been working on learning to identify our local gulls. So far I’ve learned that it’s really challenging! The difficulty comes from not only recognizing different species (15+ commonly visit our area), but also different year classes… Read More
Carmel Bay is a lovely, exposed bay just south of Monterey Bay, and a good walking site almost any day. It’s nestled between a southern rocky peninsula that is Point Lobos State Natural Reserve and a northern rocky peninsula that… Read More
Did you know that along the central California coast there are four different kinds of state Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and 29 distinct places with protection? I didn’t until I attended a three-day meeting in Monterey last week…. Read More
Rain is on its way (winter has barely visited this year) and so I took a long walk to enjoy a pre-stormy bay and this week’s daytime low tides. It was cool, and the sky and ocean were… Read More
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