Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Non-Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Dr. John on June 03, 2025, 01:27:51 PM
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We were recently in the Central Coast of California and also took a day trip to Santa Cruz Island. We saw many birds, though few cooperated for good photographs. A few firsts for me included a pair of phainopeplas and many island scrub jays. The wildlife was generally more cooperative. Here are a few snapshots of a 1) California towhee, 2) two young male northern elephant seals sparring, 3) a young California ground squirrel, 4) sea otters napping, and 5) an island fox (with a radio collar):
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The sleeping otters make me think of the lobby of a senior's home where every occupant is grabbing some zee's. I mean, really, if you walk through one ... this is zee lobby. The island fox looks like a cross between a fox and a coyote ... a foxote? Looks like you had a good time in Canada's 11th province. Let's face it, that's where most of our entertainers end up ... eventually.
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The island foxes are quite small - when I first saw it, I had assumed it was someone's puppy that they had illegally brought to the island. It was about the size of a cat. So a mini-foxote then.