Pelican Flock, Dusk – Point Lobos. Point Lobos State Park, California. December 30, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

There will be a series of these during the next few weeks. At the end of 2007 on day I drove down to Point Lobos late in the day, arriving just before sunset, and spent an hour and a half photographing the rocks, the surf, the sunset, and the passing birds.

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Shorebirds, Point Reyes. Point Reyes National Seashore, California. September 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell

During my recent visit to Point Reyes I drove out to Limantour Beach and spent a bit of time wandering there with my camera. The distant land is the actual “Point Reyes” on the far side of the bay, backlit by afternoon sun and partly obscured by haze from the ocean spray.