the pajaro dunes

every president's day weekend, pete's extended family gets together for some family fun time. for the last few years, they have gathered at the pajaro dunes, just 20 miles south of our house. i often miss these gatherings due to ill-timed scientific conferences and pete is often in the field, but we both managed to spend some time at the dunes this year. the weather was lovely and the shore birds did not disappoint!

 black-necked stilts

 snowy plover

 curlew

egret

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