Thursday, January 12, 2012

Nature Watching

Second day camping near the ocean in Ventura, California.  Pretty cool to wake up this morning and open the blinds and watch dolphins swimming a 100 yards out in the water.  They were having a great old time.  I tried my best to get pictures of them but mainly only got their fins.

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They were swimming by all morning then tapered off until late afternoon when a few of them appeared again.  Very fun to watch.

The  other interesting animal to watch was the brown pelican.  They circle over the water searching for food then dive bomb into the water with a huge splash.  They also fly inches over the water very fast.  Again, it was very difficult to capture all this in a picture as it happens so fast, but here is one that had just dived into the water and was now leaving.

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It was a gorgeous day here in Ventura.  Not a cloud in the sky and around 70 degrees.  Definitely beats being in the snow they are getting in Naperville today.

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