Along the Rec Trail, Pacific Grove, CA

January 18, 2011    Lover's Point Area, Pacific Grove, CA

Today I found a flock of Black Turnstones working the low tide kelp covered rocks, I got fairly close , concealed myself behind a large rock and waited for the flock to come to me. This shot was a particularly nice pose with a good eye highlight. No post processing.

January 19, 2011   Pacific Grove Neighbors Yard

Spring comes early to the Monterey Peninsula. The bushes all over Town are bursting into bloom. These shots were taken with Nikon D40, 16-85mm lens with a black background held behind the blossoms.

It is a most welcome sight to see the flowers come to life.

 This one looks quite like a cherry blossom.

And this one is just an attractive mixture of colors.





















January 20, 2011    Along the Rec Trail in Pacific Grove, CA

Spring flowers along the path overlooking Monterey Bay. Shot with the Nikon D40, 16-85mm lens

The ever-present Back Oyster Catchers patrol the rocks as well as the sandy shoreline. This one found a tasty morsel in the sand. We see Oyster Catchers almost every day, usually in pairs.

Then some target practice at Point Pinos.

And the Point Pinos Lighthouse, The Oldest Continuously-Operating Lighthouse on the West Coast.
Since February 1, 1855, its beacon has flashed nightly as a guide and warning to shipping off the rocky California coast. Alcatraz Island Lighthouse preceded Point Pinos by 8 months, but was replaced in 1909 by the expanding military prison.