For the past few weeks, Monterey Bay has played host to one of nature’s great spectacles: the summer migration of sooty shearwaters. These seabirds are typically only seen over open ocean, but at certain times of year can be seen from land in staggering numbers.
This month I had the great pleasure of getting off the grid with my dad for a few days on a fly-fishing trip in Shasta and Lassen counties. While I didn't have my camera on the water much, I still found a bit of time to fire off some shots before and after fishing sessions.
A "Big Day" is a common exercise in the birding community, in which a birder attempts to see as many distinct species as possible in one 24 hour period. On May 2nd, 2018, I executed a Big Day in several locations around Monterey Bay and came up with 85 species from sunup to sundown, including this Barn Owl chick!