Pescadero State Beach (71 images)
With three improved parking areas, one that has three levels itself, Pescadero seems to have offered us more opportunity to capture people - people engaged with their state park. But it is also a great place to see and photograph birds and more.
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With wings spread wide, a Great blue heron...
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A tiny mushroom among the grass decorated with...
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Fog and mist shroud the bluffs standing above...
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On a moist, misty weekday, multiple anglers...
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Looking north from Pescadero State Beach, the...
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A half dozen small birds, likely Sanderlings,...
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A half dozen small birds, likely Sanderlings,...
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At low tide, eleven sea anemone float in a...
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Rocky outcrops on Pescadero State Beach are...
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A tide pool sea anemone, floats and seems to...
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What's the story? Ocean, beach and on a rock...
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A Western gull perched on a post was unfazed by...
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A gibbous moon hovers over the craggy, rocky...
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Camera techniques have been used to help convey...
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Camera techniques have been used to help convey...
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A piece of wood washed up on Pescadero State...
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Morning fog not yet burned off hovers over the...
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Rocks embedded in wet, brown sand help paint...
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Rocks embedded in wet, brown sand help paint...
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Amaryllis blossoms, close-up, at Pescadero...
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Amaryllis blossoms stand out on a stalk bare of...
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According to the California State Parks...
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Despite winter rains, some plants along the...
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Logs connected by cables and stretched over the...
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An abandoned toy shovel left behind in the...
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Seaweed and mussels cover rocks next to the...
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An upside down sea star waits for the tide to...
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A stone in the sand and a purple sea star at...
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Rocks, sand and a purple sea star at Pescadero...
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A sea star waits for the tide to come in at...
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Great Blue Heron flies over Pescadero State...
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Great Blue Heron flies over Pescadero State...
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Great Blue Heron flies over Pacific waves at...
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Great Blue Heron flies over Pacific waves at...
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Sand, rocks and gentle waves - a morning at...
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Rocks, sand, ocean and sky - Pescadero State...
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A California gull cocks its head and peers at...
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A California gull at Pescadero State Beach,...
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A California gull at Pescadero State Beach,...
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A flurry of green and yellow close by with two...
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Two fishermen on the rocks at Pescadero State...
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A Great Blue Heron faces the rising sun on a...
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A Great Blue Heron lands on the rocky outcrop...
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A Great Blue Heron coming in for a landing...
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This large rocky outcrop at Pescadero State...
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Mussels hold fast to the rocks and wait for the...
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An extreme low tide reveals the seaweed and...
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In a tight formation that appears almost...
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In a tight formation sanderlings soar and swoop...
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Small groups and individuals have joined...
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A group of sanderlings shows the first signs of...
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A group of sanderlings takes flight in a...
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A group of sanderlings takes flight in a...
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Part of a larger group, these sanderlings were...
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Rocks revealed at low tide, decorating...
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The rugged beach at Pescadero State Beach with...
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Long shadows, a rocky beach, Pacific waves and...
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The rocks glow in the early morning light at...
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Highway 1, the Cabrillo Highway, paralleling...
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A Western gull surveys its domain while the...
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A Western gull casts a backward glance, as if...
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A little after sunrise, and two and a half...
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Modern day minstrel, 18-year-old Hudson McCarty...
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Hudson McCarty performed on his guitar and...
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On Labor Day 2006 visitors to Pesadero State...
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Hudson McCarty plays for change, gas money, at...
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The morning after a storm Pescadero State Beach...
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Edwin Bertolet painting in the plein air style...
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Most come to the coast to look at the ocean....
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Bay area artist Edwin Bertolet applies brush to...
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California Poppies in full bloom against a...
