Uploads from Andrew Reding, with geodata

getting all comfy using kelp as an anchor, settling in for a nap

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:28:35 -0800

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Sea otter, Morro Rock.

female harrier in flight

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:53:52 -0800

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San Simeon State Park south of Elephant Seal Viewing Area.

yellow-billed magpie

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:55:24 -0800

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Atascadero.

red-tailed hawks

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:13:21 -0800

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Above Main Street, Morro Bay

mating Barrow's goldeneyes

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:31:12 -0700

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Bellingham Bay. One frame out of a complete courtship and mating sequence.

pelagic cormorant in breeding plumage

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:16:35 -0700

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Morro Bay

hear no evil, speak no evil

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:30:04 -0800

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Sea otters, Morro Rock.

clam on the halfshell

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:36:06 -0800

Andrew Reding posted a photo:

Sea otter, Morro Rock.

sea otter

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 19:33:57 -0800

Andrew Reding posted a photo:

Morro Rock

desert cottontail atop seaside bluff

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:39:12 -0800

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Piedras Blancas, San Simeon State Park. Fluffy white tail (see photo below), extensive white on feet, white belly, mostly black whiskers (unlike white whiskers of mountain cottontail), fine black stenciling at tip of ear, mark this as a desert cottontail.

mating sea otters

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:39:04 -0800

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They were linked up for five minutes in Morro Bay off Morro Rock. Now I know what those bloody noses are all about. Caught in the act!

northern elephant seal bellowing from the shallows

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:25:11 -0800

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Piedras Blancas, San Simeon

female merlin (taiga form)

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:32:20 -0800

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Pacific Coast Highway north of San Simeon

Cooper's hawk

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:54:11 -0800

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Los Osos Valley

double-crested cormorants

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:35:58 -0800

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San Luis Obispo Creek.

overwintering monarch butterflies

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:17:50 -0800

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In eucalyptus, Pismo State Beach.

looking like an angel

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:51:28 -0800

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Female kestrel, Jack Creek Road, near Paso Robles.

i got shrimp!

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:22:16 -0800

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Sanderling, Morro Strand State Beach.

look, I'm semipalmated!

nobody@flickr.com (Andrew Reding) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:57:42 -0800

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Semipalmated plover, Morro Strand State Beach. This is why semipalmated is not a field mark. One can see just a bit of semi-palmation between the first two toes of the raised foot.