Anyone else remember the break of, I don't recall how many years, when dairy cows were gone and tule elk had the D Ranch pastures at Pt. Reyes for themselves? That was good times for wildlife viewing. My heart sank a little when I went back out there some years ago and saw that cattle ranching was back.
March is a good month to spot baby blue egret eggs in a pine tree full of feathers.
Alert and frisky in the fields of spring.
Willets foraging in the pickleweed.
One bull still hangs onto his antlers while three others have already shed theirs and begun sporting velvet nubbins.
A black turnstone walks the tide line.
Deer take an early morning break at Chimney Rock.
A raven pontificates in clatters and clicks.
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