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Oceanside Wildlife
(No captive or aquarium photos.)

Sea Otter Asleep In Kelp.jpg
Sea Nettle, Monterey Bay, CA
Brandt's cormorant mother and chick Santa Cruz.jpg
Monarch Butterflies, Santa Cruz, CA
Male Elephant Seal, Piedras Blancas Beach, CA
Snowy Egret, Moss Landing, CA
Ochre Sea Star, Davenport beach, CA
Brandt's cormorants in breeding plummage, Monterey, CA
Califonia Sea Lion pups, Monterey, CA
Blue Heron and Snowy Egret in the Salinas River, Moss Landing, CA
Great Horned Owlets, Santa Cruz, CA
Brandt's Cormorants in fog, Moss Landing, CA
Ochre Sea Star, Davenport Beach, CA
Califonia Sea Lions, Moss LAnding
Snowy Egret, Point Lobos, CA
Turkey Vultures, San Simeon, CA
Comon_DolphinMotherBabyCrop copy.jpg
Brandt's Cormorant mating behavior, Monterey, CA
Yawning Seagull Chick, Monterey, CA
Purple Striped Jelly (Chrysaora colorata), Monterey, CA
Harbor Seal Mom and Pup, Pacific Grove, CA
Great Horned Owlet talons, Santa Cruz, CA
Bat Star at low tide, Point Lobos, CA
Pacific Sea Nettle, Monterey, CA
Brandt's cormorants on the remains of the SS Palo Alto, Aptos, CA
Brown Pelicans at sunset, Point Lobos, CA
Califonia Sea Otter mom and pup, Monterey, CA
Bald Eagle flying above oyster beds, Seabeck, WA
Brandt's Cormorants with chick, Santa Cruz, CA
Abolone Shell in tide pool, Point Lobos, CA
Male Elephant Seal in morning surf, Piedras Blancas, CA
Monarch Butterfly cluster on a Eucalyptus branch, Santa Cruz, CA
CAlifonia Gull chicks, Monterey, CA
Pacific Sea Nettle, Monterey, CA
Great Horned owlet, Santa Cruz, CA
Snowy Egret, Moss Landing, CA
CAlifonia Se Lion pup, Santa Cruz, CA
Blue Heron watched Brown Pelicans, Point Lobos, CA
Califonia Sea Lions, Moss Landing, CA
Bat Sea Star, Point Lobos, CA
Bat Sea Star, Point Lobos, CA
Califonia Sea Lion pup, Monterey, CA
Bald Eagle, Seabeck, WA
Brandt's Cormorant, Monterey, CA
Pacific Sea Nettle in kelp, Monterey, CA
Harbor Seal pup, Pacific Grove, CA
Brown Pelicans, Pacific Grove, CA
Califonia Sea Otters, Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, CA
Califonia Turkey Vultures, Piedras Blancas Beach, CA
Bald Eagle, Seabeck, WA
ElepantSeal Close Up.jpg

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