The final two nights of our summer travels were spent in Moss Landing, California, so that we could enjoy another wildlife cruise on the Elkhorn Slough. As with our previous visit in 2011, there was a wealth of wildlife to be seen.
The tour boat skipper said that this boat had been sitting there for about one month.
Lots of sea otters hanging around the slough
Just a few sea lions.
Great Blue Heron
Arctic Terns in flight
Snowy Egret
Marbled Godwit
Long-billed Curlew
Harbor seal hauled out on the bank
A "squadron" of pelicans
A favorite tern hangout
More sea otters
Some otter "foreplay"
A "bad feather day"
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron in flight
Snowy Egret fishing
American Avocet
A large sea otter pup nursing
Size comparison; Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron
A lot of harbor seals resting on a mud bar
Pelican fly-by
Cormorant with lunch
Another harbor seal
A couple of rather rare birds
Pelagic Cormorant
Sea otter enjoying a large clam
