Flowers, redwoods, sunsets, wildlife and waves…. that is what you’ll find on the California Coast. I cover the coast from Goleta to the Oregon border.
The Mighty Ocean
Snowy Egret Fishing
Seaside Beach
Overwintering Monarch Butterflies
I think the sun looks like Jupiter here. Should this be the cover of a SF novel?
Redwood tree on the Avenue of the Giants
Wild Waves at Point Pinos, CA
Mendo Sunset
A waterfall near Mendocino
Garripata State Park
Listen to the birds sing.
California Coastal National Monument
A few miles south of the Lost Coast
Sea Fig
Bermuda Sorrel
Periwinkle
Wave Watching
Snowy Egret at San Simeon
Pelicans on the wing
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse
What a weird looking animal!
Practice at asserting dominance starts at a very young age
They start out cute, though!
Moonstone Beach
Seaweed on the beach
Even the rocks look like seals here!
I love watching big waves.
It’s thrilling to witness the power and fury of a Pacific storm.
Sunset at Piedras Blancas
Whimbrel
Golden Fields
Daffodils
Scotch Broom
Who would have guessed the Scarlet Pimpernel was really orange?
Wild Radish
Calla Lily
Wild Garlic
Ice Plant
Wild Garlic
Interesting flowers, here, too!
Sea Fig
Wild Hollyhock
Baby elephant seal nursing
Smith River, California
Hakai Magazine has superb articles about coastal science and culture.
California Beaches
Rain in the Redwoods
Mendocino Coast
Willits feeding on the tidal flats.
Periwinkle 2
They’re so grouchy!
Patience…
Go for it!
The elephant seals were the main draw, but the phenomenal birding was an unexpected bonus.
Sea level is rising.
Montgomery Woods State park
Sunset at Piedras Blancas NWR.
One of the arches you can see from the Mendocino Headlands
Morro Bay View
Love those Redwoods!
Bull Elephant Seal
California Poppies
Seal porn
Who IS that rambling ranger?
The beach at Carmel
Bull elephant seal vocalizing
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
Historic Lifeboat launching station, Point Reyes National Seashore
Navarro River Beach
Highway 1
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery, California
This poor baby is about to get squashed!
This dude is U-G-L-Y!
Are you my daddy?
Look a little deeper into the everyday!
There are lots of little babies being born!
Unwanted advances
Mother & Child
She loves all babies!
Where’s the nipple?
Navarro Redwoods
Lovely old oak at Elkhorn Slough
Elephant seal bulls fight for dominance
Last of the Monarchs
Family Portrait
Pismo Beach Butterfly Sanctuary
Mendocino Sunrise
Butterflies in Goleta
Eucalyptus flowers and fruit
Only one butterfly, where recently there were thousands
Lovers
Elephant Seal Cows
Wood or stone?
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, CA
Vulture 1
Vulture 2
The wild northern California coast
Crashing surf at Point Lobos, Central California coast
Willet and Sanderlings
Godwit
Sea Otter Waving
bachelor group of sea otters
Sea Otter napping
You can see seals, here, too!
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery, California
Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
One lane of the highway eaten away by the surf just north of here on the Sonoma Coast
Sunrise in the Redwood Forest
Or hanging out on the Pacific Coast
Morning in the redwoods
An arch north of Westport
Don’t forget to look down, too!
King tides and rising sea level
Looking down on this arch, you get an entirely different view.
Redwoods
Mendocino County beaches
The beaches are decorated with fabulous “sea art”.