Saturday, February 15, 2025

A very nice week

 

Sometimes it loads the pictures backwards...  So in reverse!

We went to Cerralvo island, which is a cool spot that I've been a few times, but also I hear about really cool things there.  I've not before noticed the big barrel cactus there, so that is a neat thing.  They are similar to the barrel cactus on isla Santa Catalina, but not the same.


There are goats there, and some have left their feet behind...
Another shot of the barrel cactus.  The biggest I saw was about 2 ft wide and 8 ft tall
At Los islotes, the sea lions were nice
And we did an exploration of the lagoon at Amortajada.  It is very tidal dependent and only on nice high tides can you get in and out, but with the full moon we were able to do it.
I found this Brant's cormorant in breeding plumage and its fabulous
And a murrelet, which I think is a Craveli's murrelet
We also had some skiff tours with hundreds of common dolphin
This frigate was really bent weirdly.  The wings are upside down.
Dawn at the east end of isla Carmen
A pelican with bent wings
A nice oystercatcher
A bud from a cardon
A cool elephant tree trunk
Gnarled ironwood
Bottlenose dolphins
And some blue whale photos


And a minke whale!  First one I've seen in Baja


Sunrise over isla san diego



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