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This is Morris.
Morris is a local celebrity: the only known Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) in the entire Pacific Ocean.
They showed up in the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco 14 years ago. 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.
Sighting
5:52 PM – 6:10 PM
— California Brown Pelican, Great Egret, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
8:32 PM – 8:57 PM
— California Brown Pelican, Caspian Tern, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
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.
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6:23 PM – 6:28 PM
— Elegant Tern, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
7:59 PM – 8:08 PM
— Pacific Harbor Seal, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
8:14 PM – 8:28 PM
— Great Blue Heron, California Brown Pelican, Willet, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
8:37 PM – 8:51 PM
— Double-crested Cormorant, California Brown Pelican, Great Blue Heron, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
7:03 PM – 7:04 PM
— Brewer's Blackbird, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
7:42 PM – 7:49 PM
— Black-crowned Night Heron, California Brown Pelican, Pacific Harbor Seal, Great Blue Heron, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
7:49 PM – 8:04 PM
— Pacific Harbor Seal, California Brown Pelican, Willet, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
Sighting
2:24 PM – 2:39 PM
— White-crowned Sparrow, Northern Elephant Seal, Turkey Vulture, in San Mateo County, CA, US
Sighting
7:34 PM – 7:36 PM
— Pacific Harbor Seal, California Brown Pelican, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
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5:30 PM – 6:23 PM
— California Brown Pelican, Common Loon, Pacific Harbor Seal, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA
