After walking down to Barbary Coast Cyclery to pick up my newly repaired bike I rode out to check up on the Golden Gate Park hummingbird nest, where the two nestlings appear to be doing fine and have grown quite a bit in just the past few days. They will probably have left the nest by next weekend.
Next I headed down to the beach to check out the No Kings protest and was surprised to see, far from the protest, a solo biologist doing a necropsy on a beached sea lion. In addition to all the protesters, a few surfers had managed to find space in the full parking lots to get out in the water and catch some waves.
I stopped by Metson Lake on the way home, where I photographed the Queen of the Cattails, an ovipositing dragonfly, and an active gopher. A red-shouldered hawk cried out from some nearby trees, and I wondered if the gopher was about to be a goner. I didn't stick around to find out.
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| Growing Youngsters |
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| I couldn't make out exactly what the "No Kings" formation depicted. |
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| After the protest, folks who didn't head straight for their cars went for a walk on the beach and along the Esplanade, or out into Sunset Dunes Park. |
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| Biologist in Biohazard Gear |
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| The biologist moved the sea lion closer to the water so the tide could take it back out. Here she's just taken a swab sample from the animal's mouth. |
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| I assume the paint lets everyone know that a necropsy has already been done. |
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| I like to capture a frame from a wild maneuver like this, even when the next frame shows the wipeout. |
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| Saturday Swell = Swell Saturday |
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| Queen of the Cattails, Metson Lake |
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| I'm pretty sure this dragonfly is sticking her eggs onto the submerged plant. |
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| Busy Gopher |
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