Año Nuevo (20 images)
Año Nuevo State Park is well known for its colony of northern elephant seals, but there is more. For example, the park includes coastal terrace prairie, "the eighth rarest ecosystem in the United States," according to the park's signs.
-
Black-tailed Deer B&W...JPG
A black-tailed deer pauses while feeding at Ano...
-
Black-tailed Deer IMG...JPG
A black-tailed deer pauses while feeding at Ano...
-
Fence and Coastal Ter...JPG
Day breaks at the trailhead of the South...
-
Coastal Trail IMG_896...JPG
The South Whitehouse Creek Trail at...
-
Coastal Terrace Prair...JPG
A panoramic image of the coastal terrace...
-
Thistle in Tall Grass...JPG
A bull thistle is surrounded by tall grasses at...
-
Coastal Pines IMG_456...jpg
Coastal pines stand over the winter-dormant...
-
Rare Environment IMG_...jpg
Coastal Terrace Prarie, like this at Ano Nuevo...
-
Bridge Rail and Leave...jpg
Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
-
Diamond Bridge Rail I...jpg
Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
-
Diamond Shape Shadows...jpg
Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
-
Bridge Shadows IMG_84...jpg
Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...
-
Moon and Coastal Pine...jpg
Pines tower over the grasses of the coastal...
-
Trees and Surf at Ano...jpg
The sparce vegetation and roiling surf serve as...
-
Coastal Terrace Prari...jpg
Winter brings green grasses but bare shrubs to...
-
H2O in Droplet Form I...jpg
A droplet from the early morning's rain dangles...
-
Coastal Winter Landsc...jpg
Trees stand tall on the coastal terrace prairie...
-
Defying Gravity for N...jpg
A raindrop dangles from a field mustard flower,...
-
Dangling Drop IMG_482...jpg
A raindrop from an early morning shower dangles...
-
Winter Bare IMG_4811-...jpg
A tree, sans leaves, along a trail in Ano Nuevo...