Plants and Animals at Point Reyes by Dave Wyman

Architecture at Point Reyes

People at Point Reyes

Landscapes and Seascapes at Point Reyes

Architecture at Point Reyes

Plants and Animals at Point Reyes

People at Point Reyes

Despite the lateness of summer, wildflowers were still blooming, and some of the ferns were still green. We found a variety of animals, wild and domestic, to photograph, too.

My favorite photograph in this gallery has to be the great blue heron with its dinner.

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Garlic, Point Reyes Station Farmers Market

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Thistle #1 - Limatour Beach

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Thistle #2 - Earthquake Trail

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Thistle #3 - Earthquake Trail

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Flower Near Abbot Lagoon

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Leaf Detail - Clem Miller Education Center

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Fern and Leaves - Clem Miller Education Center

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Dried Fern

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Cypress Above Pt. Reyes Lighthouse

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Friends

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Cattle on the Point Reyes Peninsula

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Bewhiskered Friend

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Egg Layer

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At Home in the Chicken House

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Free Range Chickens

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Enjoying the Moment

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Fawn Perched on the Cliff

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Bull Elk #2

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Bull Elk #1

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Dream Elk

We had followed elk on foot - from a respectful distance - and by car. The clouds blew in as we headed back to our base camp in the early evening when we spotted a small herd bisecting our path. This male came close to our parked car and he seemed to pose for us for a few moments.

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Elk Herd

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Shore Birds #2

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Shore Birds #1

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Turkey Vulture #2

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Turkey Vulture #1

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Great Blue Heron with Snake, Abbot Lagoon

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Heron With Dinner

This great blue heron sat motionless against the tall, green stalks, facing at a right angle from us, seeming to look into the expanse of Abbot Lagoon. Then it turned and walked just into the stalks, motionless again for at least a couple of minutes. Then, in an eye blink, it struck at something in the dark beyond it, and jerking back, revealed to us the prey in its beak.

Struggling mightily, the snake fought against its inevitable fate, coiling and uncoiling, wrapping itself around the beak of the heron. At some point, the large bird managed to tilt up its head while dropping the head of the snake into its gullet, and the rest of the slithery reptile soon followed.

Garlic, Point Reyes Station Farmers Market 115 views

Thistle #1 - Limatour Beach 111 views

Thistle #2 - Earthquake Trail 111 views

Thistle #3 - Earthquake Trail 111 views

Flower Near Abbot Lagoon 111 views

Leaf Detail - Clem Miller Education Center 111 views

Fern and Leaves - Clem Miller Education Center 112 views

Dried Fern 113 views

Cypress Above Pt. Reyes Lighthouse 111 views

Friends 114 views

Cattle on the Point Reyes Peninsula 111 views

Bewhiskered Friend 111 views

Egg Layer 111 views

At Home in the Chicken House 112 views

Free Range Chickens 111 views

Enjoying the Moment 31 views

Fawn Perched on the Cliff 31 views

Bull Elk #2 31 views

Bull Elk #1 31 views

Dream Elk 31 views

Elk Herd 33 views

Shore Birds #2 31 views

Shore Birds #1 31 views

Turkey Vulture #2 31 views

Turkey Vulture #1 31 views

Great Blue Heron with Snake, Abbot Lagoon 32 views

Heron With Dinner 32 views

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