http://feeds.simonwillison.net/2026-08-23T12:52:44+00:00Simon Willison2026-08-23T12:52:44+00:002026-08-23T12:52:44+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/23/sighting-393763247/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/721786008/large.jpg" alt="European Herring Gull"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/721785815/large.jpg" alt="Eurasian Jackdaw"></p><p>European Herring Gull, Eurasian Jackdaw, in Devon, England, GB</p>

2026-08-21T12:58:48+00:002026-08-21T12:58:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/21/sighting-393274664/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720825944/large.jpg" alt="Great Cormorant"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720827986/large.jpg" alt="Grey Heron"></p><p>Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, in Devon, England, GB</p>

2026-08-19T13:16:06+00:002026-08-19T13:16:06+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/19/sighting-393259092/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720795182/large.jpg" alt="Carrion Crow"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720795339/large.jpg" alt="European Fallow Deer"></p><p>Carrion Crow, European Fallow Deer, in Hackney, England, GB</p>

2026-08-15T17:51:28+00:002026-08-15T17:51:28+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/15/sighting-391533950/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/717439134/large.jpg" alt="Anna&#x27;s Hummingbird"></p><p>Anna&#x27;s Hummingbird, in San Mateo County, CA, US</p>

2026-08-15T03:22:00+00:002026-08-15T03:22:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/15/sighting-391300422/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/716984157/large.jpg" alt="Northern Gannet"></p><p>Northern Gannet, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US</p><p>This is Morris.</p> <p>Morris is a local celebrity: the only known Northern Gannet (<em>Morus bassanus</em>) in the entire Pacific Ocean.</p> <p>They showed up in the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco <a href="https://baynature.org/magazine/spring2017/atlantic-bird-makes-home-california-maybe-melting-arctic-ice/">14 years ago</a>. They have since made Pillar Point harbor their home, where they are quite easy to spot: the only white bird with a yellow head, usually hanging out with the smaller black Brandt’s cormorants near the harbor sign visible from the end of the commercial pier.</p>

2026-08-14T03:53:57+00:002026-08-14T03:53:57+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/14/sighting-391033390/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/716462511/large.jpg" alt="Great Horned Owl"></p><p>Great Horned Owl, in San Mateo County, CA, US</p>

2026-08-12T00:52:48+00:002026-08-12T00:52:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/12/sighting-390489675/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/715405032/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/715404909/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/715404744/large.jpg" alt="Great Egret"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Great Egret, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-08-10T02:07:58+00:002026-08-10T02:07:58+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/10/sighting-390041155/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/714731804/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US</p>

2026-08-05T04:03:53+00:002026-08-05T04:03:53+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/5/sighting-388672988/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/711880010/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/711880089/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"></p><p>Common Raven, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US</p>

2026-07-30T03:32:30+00:002026-07-30T03:32:30+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/30/sighting-386560283/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/708703287/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/707786664/large.jpg" alt="Caspian Tern"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Caspian Tern, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-07-28T03:19:48+00:002026-07-28T03:19:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/28/sighting-386051887/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/706809178/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/706809237/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/706809277/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-07-26T03:36:47+00:002026-07-26T03:36:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/26/sighting-385374632/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/705505571/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/705505754/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/705505830/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-07-24T20:15:25+00:002026-07-24T20:15:25+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/24/sighting-386882122/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/708397038/large.jpg" alt="Southern Sea Otter"></p><p>Southern Sea Otter, in Monterey Bay Area, CA, US</p>

2026-07-21T19:51:03+00:002026-07-21T19:51:03+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/21/sighting-383713864/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/702321069/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/702321114/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p>California Sea Lion, in San Francisco County, US, CA</p><p>We took some visiting family to Pier 39 to see the sea lions. They're somehow always even more fun than I remember them being last time.</p>

2026-07-20T01:23:53+00:002026-07-20T01:23:53+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/20/sighting-383452766/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/701825290/large.jpg" alt="Elegant Tern"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/701825343/large.jpg" alt="Elegant Tern"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/701825653/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>Elegant Tern, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>