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<feed xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>Simon Willison's Weblog: Sightings</title><link href="http://feeds.simonwillison.net/" rel="alternate"/><link href="http://feeds.simonwillison.net/atom/beats/sighting/" rel="self"/><id>http://feeds.simonwillison.net/</id><updated>2026-06-23T16:39:00+00:00</updated><author><name>Simon Willison</name></author><entry><title>Common Raven</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/23/sighting-374647896/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-23T16:39:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-23T16:39:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/23/sighting-374647896/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684806278/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684806339/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684806397/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684806452/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Common Raven, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Brown Pelican, Common Loon, Pacific Harbor Seal</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/22/sighting-374388584/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-22T00:30:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-22T00:30:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/22/sighting-374388584/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684304330/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684340648/large.jpg" alt="Common Loon"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684321483/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, Common Loon, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/21/sighting-374398241/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-21T02:48:41+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-21T02:48:41+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/21/sighting-374398241/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684321564/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684385273/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/684351436/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Brown Pelican, Pacific Harbor Seal</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/19/sighting-373150556/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-19T01:55:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-19T01:55:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/19/sighting-373150556/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/681926968/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/681926905/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Brown Pelican, Botta's Pocket Gopher, Great Blue Heron, California Sea Lion, Pacific Harbor Seal</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/17/sighting-372492466/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-17T01:38:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-17T01:38:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/17/sighting-372492466/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680671385/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680669743/large.jpg" alt="Botta&amp;#x27;s Pocket Gopher"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680669944/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680670246/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680670686/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680671087/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, Botta&amp;#x27;s Pocket Gopher, Great Blue Heron, California Sea Lion, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Pacific Harbor Seal</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/16/sighting-372171967/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-16T01:56:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-16T01:56:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/16/sighting-372171967/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057714/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057775/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057840/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/680057916/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Brown Pelican</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/15/sighting-371818093/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-15T00:38:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-15T00:38:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/15/sighting-371818093/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679368849/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679368893/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679368963/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, California Sea Lion</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/14/sighting-371687032/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-14T02:11:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-14T02:11:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/14/sighting-371687032/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679116360/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679115808/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679116012/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/679115365/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, California Sea Lion, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Harbor Seal</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/13/sighting-371094916/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-13T02:49:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-13T02:49:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/13/sighting-371094916/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/678002199/large.jpg" alt="Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/678002244/large.jpg" alt="Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Brown Pelican, European Starling, Great Blue Heron</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/10/sighting-370449104/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-10T17:00:17+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-10T17:00:17+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/10/sighting-370449104/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/676742907/large.jpg" alt="Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/676742321/large.jpg" alt="European Starling"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/676742055/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/676742053/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brown Pelican, European Starling, Great Blue Heron, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Western Bluebird, California Brown Pelican, Osprey</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/7/sighting-369371861/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-07T15:37:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-07T15:37:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/7/sighting-369371861/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674704193/large.jpg" alt="Western Bluebird"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674705037/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674746896/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674746946/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Western Bluebird, California Brown Pelican, Osprey, in San Mateo County, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Hummingbirds</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/7/sighting-369155226/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-07T00:08:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-07T00:08:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/7/sighting-369155226/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674295738/large.jpg" alt="Hummingbirds"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674295785/large.jpg" alt="Hummingbirds"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674295811/large.jpg" alt="Hummingbirds"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hummingbirds, in San Mateo County, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Common Raven</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/6/sighting-369086275/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-06T20:07:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-06T20:07:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/6/sighting-369086275/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674160515/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/674160582/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Common Raven, in San Mateo County, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Pacific Harbor Seal, California Brown Pelican</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/5/sighting-368535578/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-05T02:41:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-05T02:41:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/5/sighting-368535578/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/673125668/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/673126211/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/673126760/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pacific Harbor Seal, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Black Phoebe</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/4/sighting-368534798/#atom-beats" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-06-04T18:31:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-04T18:31:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/4/sighting-368534798/#atom-beats</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/673124388/large.jpg" alt="Black Phoebe"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Black Phoebe, in San Mateo County, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry></feed>