If the whales don't show or you get tired of them, I highly recommend a
walk down the trail to Abbot's Lagoon. Every time I go down there I see
something magical. Once we saw through binocs some weird furry thing
bouncing toward us. Suddenly it stopped and something stuck up behind
it. It turned out to be a weasel carrying a dead gopher home for
(family?) dinner. It looked like the gopher weighed more than the
weasel. It would run a few feet down the trail with the gopher bouncing
in it's mouth, then stand straight up to catch it's breath and scout for
danger. Last stop was about a foot from my foot before it noticed me and
bolted into the underbrush. We moved away and it came back for it's
prize. It was taking a huge risk running down the open trail with Red
Tail hawks cruising around. Carrying a crossways gopher through the
tunnels through the thick underbrush would have been awfully difficult.
I didn't get a picture because we froze as it came close to avoid
scaring it off.
Last visit it was a Muskrat in the lagoon, the mysterious chair mounted
to the beach and huge tree base and roots rolling in the surf and
amazing color of the cliffs at sunset. Oh, and Quail and Jackrabbits and
local variation White-crowned Sparrows. Too dark by the time the
Jackrabbits came out, and a shame 'cause their fur is an amazing blend
or colors, but I got pics of everything else. The Muskrat was really
special as the Audubon Guide doesn't show their range extending that
far. The views on the south part of the peninsula are spectacular, but
I've seen more interesting flora and fauna to the north. I saw the rare
and endangered California Red-headed Garter snake once on the north
point trail.
Moose
Richard F. Man wrote:
Going to a field trip w/ the kids to Point Reyes. Whale watching
suppose to be good, although we will be on land, not out there in the
sea...
So what size lens do I need? 1000mm? I guess a 4x converter on the
200/4 will do it eh :-)?
// richard http://www.imagecraft.com
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