Moss Landing Harbor
Cormorants line the pilings on the entrance to the harbor |
Moss Landing Harbor
The harbor still has commercial fishing activities |
Moss Landing Harbor
Aliotti Brothers fishing boat |
Otters
Near the mouth of the slough, there was a raft of otters |
Otter
One of the members of the raft |
Egret
A snowy egret perches on some rocks |
Heron
A great blue heron patiently waits in the marshland |
Interloper
A sea otter hides out in amongst the harbor seals |
Incoming
A pelican comes in to land |
Soaking up the Sun
A group of pelicans soak up the sun on the edge of the slough |
Ground Effects
Pelicans (and other birds) often fly close to the water to benefit from a form of ground effects |
Kid Taxi
A mother sea otter takes her kid for a ride |
Kid Taxi
After a spell in the water, the kid otter is back on its mother's belly |
Curlew
A long billed curlew in the mud at the edge of the slough |
Pelican
A pelican flies overhead |