The (almost) full moon and the light from the Point PiƱos lighthouse help illuminate the early evening in Pacific Grove, CA. (12/27/2012)
Pinnacles California condor #460 trying to carefully lose altitude during a sunny but windy day in Big Sur, CA. (12/27/2012)
Christmas Day daybreak over Pacific Grove, CA. (12/25/2012)
A snowy egret hops to higher ground as a wave comes in at Asilomar State Beach, CA. (12/22/2012)
The next batch of "weather" heads towards the coast at Asilomar State Beach, CA. (12/22/2012)
A curlew makes a hard right to try and recapture a sand crab that's making a bid for freedom at Asilomar State Beach, CA. (12/22/2012)
It's not Chichen Itza, but the sun did rise above the ruins of the Peninsula Packing Company cannery and the rest of Monterey Bay, CA at the end of the Mayan calendar. (12/21/2012)
This guy was on top of the telegraph pole across the road from my house munching away on what looks like a pineapple guava (my neighbor has a tree) so I grabbed the camera and took this shot from my front step. (12/20/2012)
Lift Off! California condor #470 "Fuego" takes flight from a Big Sur, CA cliff ledge. (12/16/2012)
California condor #559 "Quiet One" warms his wings as the sun breaks through the morning mist in Big Sur, CA. (12/16/2012)