In my first view of the ocean upon arriving at the coast,
I could see whitecaps.
But the wind wasn’t too bad down on the beach, and I encountered new creatures: Long-billed Curlews and a By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella). After I took a few blurry pictures of the wind-blown Sailor, a wave rushed up and snatched it back into the deep. Lucky for me I had seen a (much better) picture of that same species of “gelatinous animal” just last week. The one I saw in person was probably less than 2 cm. in diameter.
The curlews reminded me of the Godwits I’d seen last summer. But the bills of Godwits curve upward, and those of the Curlews curve downward. There are many other differences, I’m sure, such as, the Godwits seem smaller and leggier — but the bill was the thing that helped narrow my search. Here is a better photo from the internet.
Dozens of geese flew overhead in a ragged and strung out V. They were no doubt fighting the wind up there as I was doing below.
My drive to and from the coast was through lush farmland and pastures, with black-and-white cows grazing on green green grass. And mustard twice as tall as at my last viewing.
Oh, what a day! Glory to God!
Gladsome Lights 
What lovely scenery to drive through.
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Yes I’m also praising Jesus for yesterday’s glorious day! I was in the mountains while you were on the shore! I posted photos and a couple videos on FB!😊
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A special day, indeed…
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What a lovely drive you had ending up by the ocean. It sounds like an absolutely glorious day!!
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The birds are gorgeous (but when you said a windblown sailor I thought you meant a windblown sailor and wondered where his boat was!)
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Quite a tumultuous sea! Nice to see things are green in California. And beautiful!
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Oh how beautiful! I am so glad you have such beauty!!!
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I can’t help but shiver a bit when I look at those beach photos. But so lovely! You’ve caught that wow feeling when one is hip deep in yellow mustard 🙂
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I could go driving through our countryside which wouldn’t look so different from yours, but I wouldn’t end up at the ocean. I must confess that those wild seas frighten me a bit.. You do have some interesting birds that I would like to get to know.
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