Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Winter wildlife

The seasonal rains have finally come to San Francisco. During a break in the drenching torents, I took a run around Lake Merced. The native fauna had come out.

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After jumping over the slow moving slugs, I came upon this fellow.

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The bird was remarkably calm about being approached by a human with a camera phone.

4 comments:

  1. Did the banana slug mutter anything about UC Santa Crzuz? (Being their school mascot and all…)

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  2. You're so lucky to live where there are pelicans!

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