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An early wake-up and a quick breakfast got me all the way out to Chimney Rock, at Pt. Reyes National Seashore, before the sun came up.
I half-expected several other photographers to be out there, maybe even a class, but I saw only one other person the whole time I wandered over the landscape.
The wind was more spritely than I'd have liked. I was able to fire off a few landscape shots, but close-ups were pretty much out of the question.
What a difference a couple of weeks has made. It was beautiful when I came out with my wife a couple of weeks ago, but the flowers have exploded in numbers and include several new species.
Seeing a peregrine falcon poised on the cliff's edge was a huge bonus, although the falcon itself doesn't look too pleased to see me.
Not that he was actually distressed. He didn't seem to mind my company, but soon another falcon called in the distance and drew him away, maybe to a nest site on the cliffs below.
The bluff tops were home to the yellow-colored Wight's Indian paintbrush.
And tidy tips.
Lots of deer around Chimney Rock, as usual.
One more view of Mt. Saint Helena, with flower-packed meadows in the foreground. You can't see them in this little image, but there are lots of deer in the meadow.
Brief coyote sighting.
I thought about taking off after him, but there was an apparent electric fence between us. I could probably have squeezed through, but it seemed like a long-shot anyway since the coyote quickly dropped out of sight behind the hill.
A small herd of elk appeared content to be ankle-high in forage above Drake's Beach.
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