Birds and Surf – Monterey California Coast

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This image portrays a rough surf crashing over a large, triangular rock. Two Brandt’s Cormorants are flying low over the surf. The ocean water is pale gray-green. The rock is black with a brown peak. The surf is a mix of pale gray-green and white. The birds are black and are flying left to right, low above the surf.
Brandt’s Cormorants Traversing Crashing Surf
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023

We returned to northern California for 2 weeks and visited many familiar spots. So, for the next few weeks, I will be featuring photos from that trip. I was intrigued by the birds thriving in the rough rocks and surf of the Pacific Ocean around Monterey and Carmel-By-The-Sea, California, USA.

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This image is a Brandt’s Cormorant flying left to right while carrying some type of sea grass for nesting material. The background is the blue-green water of the Pacific Ocean, capped with some white foam. The bird is black; the nesting material is in its beak and is a green color. The strip of water at the top of the image is pale gray-green. There is a large black object just below the surface of the water just to the right of the bird. It appears to be some type of marine plant.
Brandt’s Cormorant in Flight Carrying Nesting Material;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023
This image is a Western Gull flying towards the viewer, banking to the viewers right, over rocks. The waters of the Pacific Ocean are a green-blue with a strip of darker blue-green at the top of the image. Some of the waves are capped with white foam. The rocks are brown. White surf is flowing over some parts of the rocks. The bird is white and gray with a yellow beak.
Western Gull In Flight;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023




This image portrays a rough surf crashing over a large, triangular rock. The ocean water is pale gray-green. The rock is gray and is mostly covered with surf and water spray. The surf is a mix of pale gray-green and white becoming deeper blue in the upper right corner.
Crashing Surf;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023
Brandt’s Cormorant in Flight;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023
This image is a Western Gull flying towards the viewer, banking to the viewers right, over rocks. The waters of the Pacific Ocean are a green-blue with a strip of darker blue-green at the top of the image. Some of the waves are capped with white foam. The rocks are brown. White surf is flowing over some parts of the rocks. The bird is white and gray with a yellow beak.
Western Gull In Flight;
17 Mile Drive, Carmel By The Sea, California, USA; APR 2023

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