Close to nature on the Ranch
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| Just down the road from the Ranch is Ano Nuevo where 2000 lb. elephant seals come to mate each year from January to March | The males battle and trumpet to protect their harem of sometimes 30 females |
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| Humming birds love our red bottle brush. Here an emerald throated bird looks for nectar | Here an orange tail hoovers, moving it's wings at 80 flaps a second |
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| Cross fox are among our favorite critters. They are a cross between a silver and red fox. We don't see them often as they are mostly nocturnal. | Cicada's can sing all night long. |
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| When you open a drawer at the Ranch you don't know what you'll find. Here a house wren decides to feed its four babies in our potting bench | Bobcats have short tails and are also hard to see as the move about with great stealth |
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| Coyote Hill is one of of our favorite places to explore our spectacular vistas | It's not often that we see coyotes roaming but we sure hear them almost every night |