Pacific Coast (294 images)

• On a Clear Day IMG_32...JPG A lone visitor to Pomponio State Beach surveys...

• Brown Pelican Over Wa...JPG A Brown pelican casts a shadow on the waves as...

• Field Office IMG_3267.JPG Scattered crop remants litter a field on...

• Gull with Rodent IMG_...JPG A gull flies by with a rodent in its bill at a...

• California Seapink Re...JPG Armeria maritima, also known as California...

• Purple and Green IMG_...JPG Slow shutter a zoom provide a different look...

• California Seapink Cl...JPG Close-up the multiple flowers atop Armeria...

• California Sea Pink I...JPG Armeria maritima, also known as California...

• I Heart MOM IMG_2847-...JPG "I (heart) Mom", scratched into the sandstone...

• Come Lean on Me IMG_1...JPG "Come lean on me," said the fence to the...

• Brown Pelican Posing ...JPG Close-up of a Brown pelican posing with boats...

• Brown Pelican Posing ...JPG Close-up of a Brown pelican posing with boats...

• Brown Pelican Posing ...JPG Close-up of a Brown pelican's head and bill at...

• Brown Pelican Back IM...JPG A Brown pelican from the back at Pillar Point...

• US and California Fla...JPG The United States flag and California State...

• US and California Fla...JPG The United States flag and California State...

• US and California Fla...JPG The United States flag and California State...

• Monarch on Flower IMG...JPG A monarch butterfly on a wildflower at...

• Monarchs Line-up IMG_...JPG By midmorning monarch butterfiles have left...

• Sunlight Through Butt...JPG Three monarch butterflies perched on the...

• Sunlight Through Butt...JPG Three monarch butterflies perched on the...

• Sunrise Glow IMG_1465...JPG The sun rises in the east, but it paints the...

• Waves Wash and Scrub ...JPG Incoming waves wash the sands and scrub the...

• Wave Washed 1 IMG_157...JPG A wave washes over and scrubs an outcrop of...

• Wave Washed 2 IMG_157...JPG As the latest wave recedes, it draws broad and...

• Visitors to the Wide ...JPG A group of visitors walking the sandy beach are...

• Wetsuits Drying IMG_1...JPG Surfer's wetsuits are draped and drying on a...

• IMG_4035-Edit.JPG A gibbous moon hovers over the craggy, rocky...

• Clouds and Cliffs IMG...JPG Gentle waves wash the sands below cliffs with...

• Coastal Morning IMG_3...JPG Morning light casts shadows and warms the hills...

• Black-tailed Deer B&W...JPG A black-tailed deer pauses while feeding at Ano...

• Egret Reflection IMG_...JPG A Snowy egret, foraging for food, appears to be...

• Snowy Egret IMG_9412-...JPG A Snowy egret, foraging for its breakfast at...

• Fly to the Light IMG_...JPG Birds, little more than dots aginst the clouds,...

• First Golden Rays IMG...JPG The sun's morning rays turn San Francisco Bay...

• Bay Sunrise IMG_9369-...JPG The morning sun's rays find their way through...

• Daybreak and Plane - ...JPG The sun breaks through clouds across the bay as...

• Daybreak and Plane - ...JPG The sun breaks through clouds across the bay as...

• Fog and Mist at the B...JPG Morning fog not yet burned off hovers over the...

• Waves Abstract One IM...JPG Camera techniques have been used to help convey...

• Waves Abstract Two IM...JPG Camera techniques have been used to help convey...

• View from the Beach I...JPG A piece of wood washed up on Pescadero State...

• IMG_4251-Edit.JPG Wearing a belt of deflating phytoplankton...

• Sand Trails - 1 IMG_8...JPG Rocks embedded in wet, brown sand help paint...

• Sand Trails - 2 IMG_8...JPG Rocks embedded in wet, brown sand help paint...

• Flower with Webs and ...JPG Spider webs and water droplets from dew and...

• Amaryllis Standing Ta...JPG Amaryllis blossoms stand out on a stalk bare of...

• Amaryllis Close-up IM...JPG Amaryllis blossoms, close-up, at Pescadero...

• Gull Flies by at Pige...JPG With the Pigeon Point Lighthouse in the...

• New Bench at Pigeon P...JPG One of the new benches installed along the...

• Wandering the Mist IM...JPG On the bluff above Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is...

• Sophia IMG_7532-Edit.JPG On a random beach, on a random piece of...

• Whimbrels Stepping Th...JPG Whimbrels at Pomonio State Beach wander through...

• Snowy Plovers and Dri...JPG Three western snowy plovers on the beach at...

• Snowy Plover on Beach...JPG Two Western snowy plovers on the beach at...

• Snowy Plover - Center...JPG A Western snowy plover on the beach at Pigeon...

• Snowy Plover - Left S...JPG A Western snowy plover on the beach at Pigeon...

• Coastal Bluff and Fog...JPG A slice of jagged coastal bluff juts out above...

• Sand Sea and Shore IM...JPG Sand and sea meet at the shoreline at Bean...

• Blackbird on Picnic T...JPG A Brewer's blackbid stands on a picnic table...

• Montara Beach Morning...jpg A tangle of tree trunks stands on the bluff...

• Surfing by the Rocks ...jpg Nearby rocks glow with morning light while a...

• California Coast Wint...jpg Despite winter rains, some plants along the...

• Bean Hollow Path IMG_...jpg A path winds along the bluffs at Bean Hollow...

• OJ on the Rocks IMG_4...jpg An out-of-place plastic jug of orange juice...

• Oval of White IMG_474...jpg Unidentified plants with white leaves create a...

• Leucistic Black Oyste...jpg A leucistic (pale, though not albino) Black...

• Harbor Seal Resting I...jpg A harbor seal lies on the rocks off of Bean...

• Harbor Seal Resting b...jpg A harbor seal checks its surroundings after a...

• Seals on the Rocks IM...jpg Harbor seals have hauled out and are resting,...

• Harbor Seal Behavior-...jpg Chastened, the juvenile harbor seal settles...

• Lemon on Beach IMG_44...jpg A lemon on the sand at Pomponio State Beach....

• Adult Harbor Seal and...jpg An adult harbor seal confronts a juvenile,...

• Harbor Seal Behavior ...jpg An adult harbor seal growls, bares its teeth...

• Traveling in Style IM...jpg Traveling in style or traveling with pizzazz,...

• Prisoner's Rock at Su...jpg From the California State Parks Department,...

• Sunset Ocean and Ligh...jpg The light station, lighthouse, at Pigeon Point...

• Sunset at Pigeon Poin...jpg The light station, lighthouse, at Pigeon Point...

• Ghost Ship IMG_1963.jpg The California State Parks website sheds light...

• Good Evening IMG_1987.jpg What Alfred Hitchcock might look like...

• Seacliff Fishing Pier...jpg Still glistening from recent rains, the fishing...

• Brown Pelican in Flig...jpg A brown pelican soars by along the Pacific...

• Brown Pelican in Flig...jpg A brown pelican soars by along the Pacific...

• Crossed Paths IMG_097...jpg Three sets of tracks, thought to be those of a...

• Look but Don't Touch ...jpg Bull Thistle displays a lovely lavender flower,...

• Moss Covered Path to ...jpg Water flows back to the sea along a mossy path...

• Hello Good Looking IM...jpg A shorebird thought to be a Black Turnstone...

• Tafoni and Wave IMG_0...jpg An overcast sky, a crashing wave and the tafoni...

• Boat Caulking IMG_357...jpg Using a caulking mallet and caulking iron, Joan...

• Tafoni - Like Little ...jpg A near-magical landscape is created by a mildly...

• Squadron of Pelicans ...jpg As a group, brown pelicans can be called a...

• Lichen on Tafoni IMG_...jpg Orange patches of lichen add color to the...

• Toy Shovel Abandoned ...jpg An abandoned toy shovel left behind in the...

• Beach Stairs IMG_8962.jpg Logs connected by cables and stretched over the...

• Diamond Shape Shadows...jpg Morning sun is filtered by and bounces off of a...

• Bird and Masts IMG_51...jpg The geometry of moored fishing boat masts with...

• On Watch IMG_5197.jpg A large bird, likely a Great Blue Heron,...

• Seaweed and Mussels I...jpg Seaweed and mussels cover rocks next to the...

• Testing the Wind Mayb...jpg An upside down sea star waits for the tide to...

• Gull Profile IMG_8232.jpg A California gull at Pescadero State Beach,...