
I made seven trips to the La Jolla Cove between February and May 2011. This Thursday I toured the coastline, looking for any subject that might offer itself to me. When I realized the local Brandt’s Cormorants were either courting or already on eggs, I knew I had a long-term mission to address. The unobstructed views to the nesting birds were an opportunity to work on a series to document the progression of eggs to fledglings. At the time of my last visit on May 1st, many of the young birds had flown away, but still there were fresh eggs and young being fed. I will get to those images in a future posting.
Creatures I met on this expedition were California Sea Lion, Brown Pelican, Brandt’s Cormorant, Western Gull, Heermann’s Gull.

California Sea Lion(Zalophus californianus) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 13:10 |
Location:
La Jolla Cove |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X7077-CaliforniaSeaLion |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Brown Pelican(Pelecanus occidentalis) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 13:27 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X7111-BrownPelican |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Heermann's Gull(Larus heermanni) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 14:00 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1600 |
File Name: D3X7211-HeermannsGull |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Heermann's Gull(Larus heermanni) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 14:06 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X7233-HeermannsGull |
(C) 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |


Brown Pelican(Pelecanus occidentalis) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 13:29 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X7117-BrownPelican |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Brown Pelican(Pelecanus occidentalis) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 13:29 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X7120-BrownPelican |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Brandt's Cormorant(Urile penicillatus) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 13:51 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: D3X7154-BrandtsCormorant |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Western Gull(Larus occidentalis) |
Description: Near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 13:54 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: D3X7175-WesternGull |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Brandt's Cormorant(Urile penicillatus) |
Description: On a nest near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:16 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/320 |
File Name: D3X7294-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Brandt's Cormorant(Urile penicillatus) |
Description: Raising families near the Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:20 |
Location:
Point La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 |
File Name: D3X7304-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Brandt's Cormorant(Urile penicillatus) |
Description: Back from foraging at sea near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:23 |
Location:
La Jolla Cove |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/3200 |
File Name: D3X7307-BrandtsCormorant |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Brandt's Cormorant(Urile penicillatus) |
Description: Nesting season at the Cove. Image captured from a day at the La Jolla Cove. San Diego County California. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:23 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X7309-BrandtsCormorant |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Brandt's Cormorant(Urile penicillatus) |
Description: Changing of the guard at the Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 15:31 |
Location:
La Jolla Cove |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X7331-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Brandt's Cormorant(Urile penicillatus) |
Description: On a nest near The Cove. La Jolla, California. San Diego County. |
Date Taken: 2012:02:16 16:20 |
Location:
La Jolla |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X7346-BrandtsCormorant-Nest |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |

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