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As promised, the landscape, bird and wildlife shots from my trip north! For years, I've joked that it's kind of ironic that I like to vacation in the redwoods, given that I LIVE in a redwood forest. But things get colder, wetter, older and wilder as you head north of the logged over recovery zone where I dwell. There are fewer people, and the world is more intact. There are, for instance, still elk.

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Stone and Raven.
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This black oystercatcher was going about its business on some rocks right below a dock we were walking on. It was a really neat opportunity to get so close to a wild bird.
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OK, more dogs in motion
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Gull perched on stone
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Cormerants in their element. It always amazes me when I see these birds at home in such deep, volatile waters.
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This cormerant was kind enough to give us perfect profile.
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Me photographing Java photographing the cormerant. >;D
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Hey, I have a macro lens!
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OK, so some of you may hate these, but I thought that the moment was glorious. These tiny spiderlings must have just hatched; they were in the moment of emergence and dispersal when we found them. What a tiny, lovely miracle; how much the epitome of spring, that life should be just dripping unnoticed out of the cracks and hidden places of everywhere. I'm also just misty-eyed about baby spiders because of 'Charlotte's Web," of course.
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These guys were a challenge for my macro, too. They were tiny spiders.
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On the other end of the spectrum, we found this beautiful herd of bull elk grazing in a meadow at the side of the road. I've never seen elk in velvet before!

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Knobby antlers!
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This guy had the biggest rack of the lot, so far. It amazes me that they grow such huge antlers every year.
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And shedding out his winter coat, too!
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I stopped for a little stroll through ancient giants in Humboldt Redwoods SP.
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