Happy Solstice!

  

Moonglow Anemone (Anthopleura artemisia) 

Overhead

  

Stopping to pick up sandwiches in northern Sonoma County today and noticed a handful of Vaux's Swifts (Chaetura vauxi) flying overhead.  Photo for the record on 15 June 2025.

Left behind

  

I've realized I don't share scat photos very often, but here's an interesting one — an example of Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) scat.

Nestled among the granite

  

Black Oystercatcher nest, 12 June 2025

(Photo taken with a zoom lens from a distance and then cropped.) 

Dreaming of fish

  

Juvenile Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina), 1 June 2025
 

Overhead

  

Nice to see a Black Saddlebags (Tramea lacerata) over our backyard this afternoon (8 June 2025). 

Coastal view

  

Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) with Sea Palms (Postelsia palmaeformis) in the background, 31 May 2025.