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| Prowling Night Heron |
I'd thought about going to Mt. Tam this morning before continuing on to Duxbury Reef, but I'm glad I changed my mind before trying to cross the Golden Gate Bridge, which was closed for hours by protesters. Instead I took my usual walk to the beach, followed by a bike ride through the park, where I was surprised to see a black-crowned night heron hunting from the broken-down tree branches on Metson Lake.
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| Cattails at Metson Lake |
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| Plantain Border at Metson Lake |
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| Cattails and Calla Lilies |
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| The heron eventually moved to a new location without making any stabs at the fish swimming by. |
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| A Townsend's warbler was hoping to get a crack at bathing in a nearby puddle of water but its hopes were dashed by a robin who got there first. |
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| I only spotted the townie (and a red-breasted nuthatch that was too fast for me) after I stopped to watch a great blue heron hunting for gophers in a meadow bordered with white English daisies and blue forget-me-nots. |
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| Ocean Beach this morning. |
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| Cat Graphic |
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| It's so hard to sleep in the daytime with all that light coming in the window.... |
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| Fuzzy Girl |
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| No wonder my phone is full of cat pictures.... |
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