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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>2026-11-08T19:05:16+00:00</updated><author><name>Simon Willison</name></author><entry><title>Great Blue Heron, Western Grebe, Botta's Pocket Gopher, California Brown Pelican, California Sea Lion, Pacific Harbor Seal</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/8/sighting-413706009/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-11-08T19:05:16+00:00</published><updated>2026-11-08T19:05:16+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/8/sighting-413706009/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/761475467/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/761475495/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/761476559/large.jpg" alt="Western Grebe"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/761476014/large.jpg" alt="Botta&amp;#x27;s Pocket Gopher"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/761476204/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/761475600/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/761477075/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Great Blue Heron, Western Grebe, Botta&amp;#x27;s Pocket Gopher, California Brown Pelican, California Sea Lion, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Brandt's Cormorant</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/5/sighting-412934494/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-11-05T01:49:57+00:00</published><updated>2026-11-05T01:49:57+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/5/sighting-412934494/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/759915696/large.jpg" alt="Brandt&amp;#x27;s Cormorant"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/759915713/large.jpg" alt="Brandt&amp;#x27;s Cormorant"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brandt&amp;#x27;s Cormorant, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Sea Lion, California Brown Pelican</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/1/sighting-412352656/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-11-01T23:18:26+00:00</published><updated>2026-11-01T23:18:26+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/1/sighting-412352656/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/758738479/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/758738571/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/758738408/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Sea Lion, California Brown Pelican, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Black Phoebe</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/1/sighting-412352157/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-11-01T20:33:27+00:00</published><updated>2026-11-01T20:33:27+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Nov/1/sighting-412352157/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/758737324/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><entry><title>Brewer's Blackbird, California Brown Pelican, California Sea Lion</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/29/sighting-411602765/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-29T17:39:03+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-29T17:39:03+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/29/sighting-411602765/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/757225724/large.jpg" alt="Brewer&amp;#x27;s Blackbird"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/757225122/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/757225171/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/757224673/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brewer&amp;#x27;s Blackbird, California Brown Pelican, California Sea Lion, 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/Oct/29/sighting-411614347/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-29T04:08:06+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-29T04:08:06+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/29/sighting-411614347/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/757248432/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, in San Francisco County, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Osprey, California Sea Lion</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/26/sighting-411087083/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-26T21:26:41+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-26T21:26:41+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/26/sighting-411087083/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/756183407/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/756183169/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Osprey, California Sea Lion, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Pacific Harbor Seal, Great Blue Heron, California Brown Pelican, California Sea Lion</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/21/sighting-409820499/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-21T01:51:43+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-21T01:51:43+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/21/sighting-409820499/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/753604941/large.jpg" alt="Pacific Harbor Seal"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/753604826/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/753604852/large.jpg" alt="Great Blue Heron"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/753604659/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/753604568/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/753604606/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pacific Harbor Seal, Great Blue Heron, California Brown Pelican, California Sea Lion, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>House Sparrow, Eastern Gray Squirrel</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/17/sighting-409093726/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-17T18:07:27+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-17T18:07:27+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/17/sighting-409093726/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/752117776/large.jpg" alt="House Sparrow"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/752117545/large.jpg" alt="Eastern Gray Squirrel"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;House Sparrow, Eastern Gray Squirrel, in Philadelphia Center City, PA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Brewer's Blackbird, California Brown Pelican, Heermann's Gull</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/12/sighting-407944575/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-12T21:41:25+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-12T21:41:25+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/12/sighting-407944575/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/749775729/large.jpg" alt="Brewer&amp;#x27;s Blackbird"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/749775534/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/749775312/large.jpg" alt="Heermann&amp;#x27;s Gull"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brewer&amp;#x27;s Blackbird, California Brown Pelican, Heermann&amp;#x27;s Gull, in Pescadero State Beach, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Brown Pelican</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/11/sighting-407613216/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-11T19:52:55+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-11T19:52:55+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/11/sighting-407613216/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/749092142/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/749092207/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/749092265/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Brown Pelican, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>White-crowned Sparrow, Great Egret, Lesser Goldfinch</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/10/sighting-407406172/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-10T23:15:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-10T23:15:00+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/10/sighting-407406172/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/748672796/large.jpg" alt="White-crowned Sparrow"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/748673401/large.jpg" alt="Great Egret"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/748673443/large.jpg" alt="Great Egret"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/748674473/large.jpg" alt="Lesser Goldfinch"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;White-crowned Sparrow, Great Egret, Lesser Goldfinch, in City of Sunnyvale, California, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>California Towhee, Red-tailed Hawk, California Brown Pelican, Osprey</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/8/sighting-406833106/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-08T18:34:22+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-08T18:34:22+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/8/sighting-406833106/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/747527107/large.jpg" alt="California Towhee"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/747527136/large.jpg" alt="Red-tailed Hawk"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/747527194/large.jpg" alt="Red-tailed Hawk"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/747552060/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/747551715/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/747551747/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;California Towhee, Red-tailed Hawk, California Brown Pelican, Osprey, in San Mateo County, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Brewer's Blackbird, California Brown Pelican, Common Raven</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/5/sighting-406203789/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-05T01:15:39+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-05T01:15:39+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/5/sighting-406203789/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/746259127/large.jpg" alt="Brewer&amp;#x27;s Blackbird"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/746261390/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/746258621/large.jpg" alt="Common Raven"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Brewer&amp;#x27;s Blackbird, California Brown Pelican, Common Raven, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry><entry><title>Alpaca, Red-shouldered Hawk</title><link href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/sighting-405517744/" rel="alternate"/><published>2026-10-03T16:35:08+00:00</published><updated>2026-10-03T16:35:08+00:00</updated><id>https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/3/sighting-405517744/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/744900509/large.jpg" alt="Alpaca"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/744900788/large.jpg" alt="Alpaca"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/744868914/large.jpg" alt="Red-shouldered Hawk"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alpaca, Red-shouldered Hawk, in San Mateo County, CA, US&lt;/p&gt;</summary></entry></feed>