Snoozer

 

Snoozing Barn Owl, Golden Gate Park

Thanks to a friendly park horticulturist this morning I was finally able to see the barn owl I recently heard about. I'd walked past the right tree a few times, looking into it both today and Friday, without seeing the owl. To my mind, the tree had been one of the least likely to host an owl. Now I need to go back there sometime when it's awake, hoping it doesn't immediately fly away upon awakening.

Beach Stone & Iridescent Sea Foam

Beach Multiverse

Short-billed or Ring-billed Gull, Ocean Beach
(I'll update the correct ID when I get it.)

Small Mussel Shell

Mole Crab Skeleton

This immature Western gull had a mole crab, but I didn't see whether it swallowed the crab or dropped and lost it. Whatever became of the crab occurred during the brief viewfinder blackout in my camera.

Second-winter Western Gull

This morning at Ocean Beach off Noriega Street.

He's going for it.

My camera's "burst mode" ran out of gas, but the surfer got completely tubed and even managed to emerge unscathed.

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