I recently received an email from a researcher, who studies climate impacts on birds in Sweden, asking for trip recommendations for an upcoming 10-day visit to California. As a biologist and kayaker, he said he was looking for “places where I could go… Read More
See my new post on the fence blocking the view of the cormorants at Breakwater blues. It’s time! The Brandt’s cormorants nesting on the Monterey Harbor breakwater are expecting. This was my morning sighting and first photo of the pale eggs under… Read More
A Caspian tern (Sterna caspia) has been gracing Del Monte Beach for the past week or two. I typically see them around Monterey Bay this time of year. This is a stately bird, about the size of a gull,… Read More
See my new post on the fence blocking the view of the cormorants at Breakwater blues. Now is the time when California sea lions and Brandt’s cormorants battle for control of the Monterey Breakwater. The breakwater is a… Read More
Just beyond the breakers, dark blotches appear on Monterey Bay during winter (December to March). Sometimes they’re widely scattered, sometimes in patches. Sighted from shore, they’re a monochromatic, homogenous, nondescript sprinkling of floating birds. At least that’s what… Read More
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