Sand Crane

We recently made a trip to Florida to visit my parents. We saw a wide variety of birds, including one of my favorites and seldom seen pileated woodpecker, but this Sandhill Crane, seen below, gets the prize. Completely unafraid of us human types, we found him and his family, walking around the neighborhood. He was kind enough to stop for a photo shoot. Brian took full advantage.

Pismo Beach

We spent the day at Pismo Beach yesterday. We stopped on a drive from L.A. to Los Gatos.