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path between agricultural fields and the beach
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Lupinus arboreus, YELLOW BUSH LUPINE.
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Estigmene acrea, SALT MARSH MOTH caterpillar.
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Estigmene acrea, SALT MARSH MOTH caterpillar.
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Agricultural field near mouth of Pajaro River
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Strawberry fields, ridged and covered with plastic, ready for planting.
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Ripe strawberries, growing on ridged soil covered with plastic.
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*Convolvulus arvensis BINDWEED/ORCHARD MORNING- GLORY.
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Mouth of the Pajaro River, with many gulls resting on the sandbar.
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*Raphanus sativus RADISH
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Mouth of Pajaro River is open to the sea.
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Eric and abandoned house on shore of Pajaro River.
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Raccoon tracks in sand. Bank of Pajaro River.
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*Amaryllis belladonna, NAKED LADIES.
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BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, perched on spine of succulent.
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Grindelia camporum, COMMON GUMPLANT/GREAT VALLEY GUMWWEED?
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Salicornea pacifica, SALT MARSH PICKLEWEED.
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Jaumea carnosa, MARSH JAUMEA (yellow flowers) and Frankenia salina, ALKALI HEATH, (pink).
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Flock of LEAST SANDPIPER mixed with a few SNOWY PLOVER?
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Flock of SNOWY PLOVER? in flight.
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Flock of SNOWY PLOVER? in flight.
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Eric found a badly decomposed sea otter on the shore
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Closeup of mouth and teeth of the decomposed sea otter.
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Calidris minutilla, LEAST SANDPIPER?
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Egretta thula, SNOWY EGRET.
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Sterna caspia, CASPIAN TERN.
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The mouth of the Pajaro River is open to the sea.
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CALIFORNIA GULLS? on sandbar at mouth of Pajaro River.
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Pelicanus occidentals, BROWN PELICAN.
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Pelicanus occidentals, BROWN PELICAN.
