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A bull elephant seal on Loser's Beach at Año Nuevo State Reserve keeps an eye on the human visitors that are walking along the beach behind him.

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Northern shovelers are my favorite duck species to watch and photograph, and Radio Road Ponds in Redwood City is a great place to get close to them. This shot is from a rainy afternoon there last march.

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Morning fog rolls over the evergreen forests of Inverness Ridge at sunrise in Point Reyes National Seashore.

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After an unsuccessful walk around Sandy Point State Reservation in the hopes of finding a snowy owl to photograph during the golden hour before sunset, I headed back to where I had parked my car at Beach #7. Without even realizing it, I nearly walked straight by this merlin that was perched at the edge of the observation platform as I headed for the parking lot. Had I not stopped to take a final look at the ocean to size up any interesting compositions, I probably would have walked right by her.

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A killdeer walks through the dew-covered grass at sunrise near the Limantour Beach trailhead in Point Reyes National Seashore.

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