Pacific Coast (435 images)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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...

• 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...

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

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

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

• 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,...

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

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

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

• 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...

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

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

• Purple Sea Star Color...jpg A stone in the sand and a purple sea star at...

• Purple Sea Star and R...jpg Rocks, sand and a purple sea star at Pescadero...

• Sea Star and Sea Weed...jpg A sea star waits for the tide to come in at...

• GBH Wings, Waves and ...jpg Great Blue Heron flies over Pescadero State...

• GBH Wings, Waves and ...jpg Great Blue Heron flies over Pescadero State...

• GBH Wings and Waves I...jpg Great Blue Heron flies over Pacific waves at...

• GBH Wings and Waves -...jpg Great Blue Heron flies over Pacific waves at...

• Rocky Beach - Portrai...jpg Sand, rocks and gentle waves - a morning at...

• Rocky Beach Landscape...jpg Rocks, sand, ocean and sky - Pescadero State...

• Gull Cocks Its Head I...jpg A California gull cocks its head and peers at...

• Gull Posing IMG_8233.jpg A California gull at Pescadero State Beach,...

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

• Flowers and Fishing I...jpg A flurry of green and yellow close by with two...

• Fishing from the Rock...jpg Two fishermen on the rocks at Pescadero State...

• Pigeon Point GBH IMG_...jpg A great blue heron hunts among the rocks and...

• Pigeon Point GBH IMG_...jpg A great blue heron hunts among the rocks and...

• Pigeon Point GBH IMG_...jpg A great blue heron hunts among the rocks and...

• Pelican in Fog IMG_79...jpg A brown pelican in flight with the fog covered...

• Pelican Take-off IMG_...jpg A brown pelican dives, eats then flies on at...

• Pelican with Full Bil...jpg A brown pelican dives, eats then flies on at...

• Pelican Dive IMG_7898.jpg A brown pelican dives, eats then flies on at...

• Fog and Pillar Point ...jpg Morning fog hides the hills on a Sunday morning...

• Fog and Pillar Point ...jpg Morning fog hides the hills on a Sunday morning...

• Fog and Pillar Point ...jpg Morning fog hides the hills on a Sunday morning...

• Cattail IMG_7861.jpg A cattail at Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir...

• Yellow and Gray IMG_7...jpg Yellow wildflowers with fog-draped Upper...

• Fog Over Crystal Spri...jpg Morning fog hovers over Lower Crystal Springs...

• Fog Over Crystal Spri...jpg Morning fog hovers over Lower Crystal Springs...

• Fog over Crystal Spri...jpg Morning fog hovers over Lower Crystal Springs...

• Wildflowers and Pigeo...jpg Pigeon Point Light Station with yellow...

• Coast Buckwheat IMG_7...jpg Coast Buckwheat, but its scientific name is...

• Coast Buckwheat IMG_7...jpg Coast Buckwheat, but its scientific name is...

• Disappearing Footstep...jpg Footsteps in the sand turn invisible, erased by...

• Beach Art IMG_7640.jpg Previous visitors have left a bit of art at...

• Sandy Beach IMG_7612.jpg Like hungry animals, the craggy bluffs look as...

• Deserted Beach IMG_76...jpg Early in the morning, the beach is clean -...

• Pomponio Stepping Sto...jpg Like stepping stones rising from the sands of...

• Yellow Wildflowers IM...jpg Wildflowers cling to the bluff along the beach...

• Misty Coastal Morning...jpg Fog hovers over the ocean and bluffs along...

• Harbor Seals on Shore...jpg When high tide covers the rocks off shore,...

• Decorated with Sand I...jpg Colorful grains of sand have washed into a sea...

• Sea Anemone Tentacles...jpg Tentacles at one edge of a sea anemone almost...

• Basking Bunny IMG_630...jpg A rabbit soaks up the morning sun at Pomponio...

• Red-tailed Hawk - Bac...jpg As soon as it realized it was being oberserved,...

• Red-tailed Hawk Depar...jpg As soon as it realized it was being oberserved,...

• Red-tailed Alert IMG_...jpg Perched on a post, this Red-tailed Hawk was...

• A Perch Near the Tabl...jpg A Great Blue Heron lands on the rocky outcrop...

• Great Blue Heron Land...jpg A Great Blue Heron coming in for a landing...

• A Solitary Death IMG_...jpg This Steller sea lion (lower right), a listed...

• Dead Steller Sea Lion...jpg A sub-adult, male Steller sea lion lies dead on...

• Moon and Coastal Pine...jpg Pines tower over the grasses of the coastal...

• Santa Cruz Mountain S...jpg Mellow sunrise light bathes the Santa Cruz...

• Mountain Sunrise IMG_...jpg Santa Cruz Mountains at sunrise, from the...

• GBH with Prey IMG_566...jpg Primarily a fish eater, the Great Blue Heron...

• Stalking IMG_5663-4.jpg Its identifying S-shaped neck is evident while...

• Preparing to Strike I...jpg A Great Blue Heron has spotted a small mammal...

• GBH S-curved Neck IMG...jpg A classic identifying feature of the Great Blue...

• GBH Hunting IMG_5657-...jpg With its head cocked, this Great Blue Heron is...

• Blossoming Wave IMG_5...jpg An incoming wave crashes into the rocks and...

• Rushing Headlong IMG_...jpg One of the innumerable personalities of the...

• Sun's First Rays IMG_...jpg The rocks glow in the early morning light at...