If I can do a post on the flora we encountered on our Sonoma trip, then why not do one on the fauna? Fair is fair, right?
Deer!
So many deer. I think we counted 15 of them across a handful of sightings. Fantastic to see them all, including this pair grazing on low branches of trees in the yard of a home at Sea Ranch.
Turkeys!
I told Van that I was amazed the first time I saw wild turkeys (in the UP, years ago). They really are huge birds. Dinosaurs!
Seals!
Or are they sea lions? I don't know which, or what type, but there were a number of them in the river mouth and on the sandy banks.
I couldn't figure out why more people weren't stopping out of curiosity or to admire them.
And, saving the best for last, this beauty: a banana slug!
Cool! The mascot of UC Santa Cruz. Neat to see one making its way across some wet grass at Timber Cove.
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