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Looking down at common dolphin adult and juvenile on the crossing
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Song sparrow, banded.
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Mining bee (Andrenidae) "colony", with several bees with very full pollen baskets (or pollen aggregations as they entered).
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Western meadowlark
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American kestrel
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Side-blotched lizard
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Greene's liveforever (Dudleya greenei)
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Hutton's vireo
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Island scrub-jays. Poor lighting
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Island scrub-jay. I didn't increase the saturation :). Stunning bird.
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Silver lupine (Lupinus albifrons)
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Hiking Montanon ridge
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Silver lupine and bumblebee (and assorted insects)
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Island monkeyflower (Mimulus flemingii). Endemic to the northern Channel Islands
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Santa Cruz island.
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Prickly pear on the colorful ridge
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One of the extremely clever ravens of Santa Cruz island. This one soared along the ridge with me
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Rufous-crowned sparrow
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Chipping sparrow
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Chipping sparrow
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Pacific-slope flycatcher
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Pacific-slope flycatcher
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The foxes down near the campground must be more habituated to people.
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Island fox
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Humpback whale