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Here are some photos and brief comments from my vacation. (Image-heavy page.) More written detail to come.

Date: 5 Aug 2006 07:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mactavish.livejournal.com
Your birds are Brown Pelicans, almost wiped out by DDT, making such a healthy comeback that they're almost overpopulated in some areas (still rare in others).

They love the fish that get caught in shallows in Tomales Bay when the tide's low. (Normally they're diving birds, but will just swim or stand around at low tide.)

Inverness is one of my favorite places in the world.

Date: 5 Aug 2006 07:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mactavish.livejournal.com
Oh, and yes, raccoon for sure. They're the only ones with the front paws that look like a human hand.

Date: 5 Aug 2006 08:50 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] pir-anha.livejournal.com
actually, oppossums have that hand too. but their hind paws leave a track with a really obvious opposable thumb that sticks out way to the side. so i concur that it's a racoon track.

and yeah, brown pelicans. such a great comeback story.

beautiful place, stef!

Date: 5 Aug 2006 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mactavish.livejournal.com
http://www.bear-tracker.com/coon.html
http://www.bear-tracker.com/opossum.html

I guess it does look hand-like, but I hadn't seen it as one before. For some reason, raccoon tracks remind me much more of a hand, even with the less obvious thumb.

(Opossums are non-native here, but common.)

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