http://simonwillison.net/2026-09-19T17:10:08+00:00Simon Willison2026-09-19T17:10:08+00:002026-09-19T17:10:08+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/19/sighting-401567341/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/737061413/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/737061040/large.jpg" alt="Brandt&#x27;s Cormorant"></p><p>California Sea Lion, Brandt&#x27;s Cormorant, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US</p><p>I only noticed this after I had taken the photo: Morris <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/15/sighting-391300422/">the Northern Gannet</a> is peeking out from behind the base of the sign.</p>

2026-09-19T00:06:31+00:002026-09-19T00:06:31+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/19/sighting-401435273/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/736803362/large.jpg" alt="California Ground Squirrel"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/736803199/large.jpg" alt="White-crowned Sparrow"></p><p>California Ground Squirrel, White-crowned Sparrow, in San Mateo County, CA, US</p>

2026-09-13T21:21:45+00:002026-09-13T21:21:45+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/13/sighting-400060694/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/734061938/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/734061711/large.jpg" alt="Elegant Tern"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, Elegant Tern, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-09-12T21:16:09+00:002026-09-12T21:16:09+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/12/sighting-399708714/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/733368932/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/733368989/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, in San Mateo County, CA, US</p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifica_Pier">Pacifica Pier</a> shut down at the start of June after a crack in the concrete walkway made access to the pier unsafe.</p> <p>It has since been entirely taken over by pelicans!</p>

2026-09-05T03:24:30+00:002026-09-05T03:24:30+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/5/sighting-397339887/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/728757324/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/728757355/large.jpg" alt="California Sea Lion"></p><p>California Sea Lion, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-09-03T19:04:04+00:002026-09-03T19:04:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/3/sighting-396978774/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/728047211/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/728047259/large.jpg" alt="Osprey"></p><p>Osprey, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US</p>

2026-08-30T23:59:38+00:002026-08-30T23:59:38+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/30/sighting-395988569/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/726145345/large.jpg" alt="California Brown Pelican"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/726145199/large.jpg" alt="House Sparrow"></p><p>California Brown Pelican, House Sparrow, in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, US, CA</p>

2026-08-25T11:27:00+00:002026-08-25T11:27:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/25/sighting-394363840/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/722970873/large.jpg" alt="Common Wood-Pigeon"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/722970905/large.jpg" alt="Common Wood-Pigeon"></p><p>Common Wood-Pigeon, in Devon, England, GB</p>

2026-08-24T09:47:34+00:002026-08-24T09:47:34+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/24/sighting-394071393/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/722391830/large.jpg" alt="Great Cormorant"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/722391867/large.jpg" alt="Great Cormorant"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/722397714/large.jpg" alt="Grey Heron"></p><p>Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, in Devon, England, GB</p>

2026-08-23T12:52:44+00:002026-08-23T12:52:44+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/23/sighting-393763247/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/721786008/large.jpg" alt="European Herring Gull"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/721785815/large.jpg" alt="Eurasian Jackdaw"></p><p>European Herring Gull, Eurasian Jackdaw, in Devon, England, GB</p>

2026-08-21T12:58:48+00:002026-08-21T12:58:48+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/21/sighting-393274664/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720825944/large.jpg" alt="Great Cormorant"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720827986/large.jpg" alt="Grey Heron"></p><p>Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, in Devon, England, GB</p>

2026-08-19T13:16:06+00:002026-08-19T13:16:06+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/19/sighting-393259092/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720795182/large.jpg" alt="Carrion Crow"></p><p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/720795339/large.jpg" alt="European Fallow Deer"></p><p>Carrion Crow, European Fallow Deer, in Hackney, England, GB</p>

2026-08-15T17:51:28+00:002026-08-15T17:51:28+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/15/sighting-391533950/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/717439134/large.jpg" alt="Anna&#x27;s Hummingbird"></p><p>Anna&#x27;s Hummingbird, in San Mateo County, CA, US</p>

2026-08-15T03:22:00+00:002026-08-15T03:22:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/15/sighting-391300422/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/716984157/large.jpg" alt="Northern Gannet"></p><p>Northern Gannet, in Pillar Point Harbor, CA, US</p><p>This is Morris.</p> <p>Morris is a local celebrity: the only known Northern Gannet (<em>Morus bassanus</em>) in the entire Pacific Ocean.</p> <p>They showed up in the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco <a href="https://baynature.org/magazine/spring2017/atlantic-bird-makes-home-california-maybe-melting-arctic-ice/">14 years ago</a>. They have since made Pillar Point harbor their home, where they are quite easy to spot: the only white bird with a yellow head, usually hanging out with the smaller black Brandt’s cormorants near the harbor sign visible from the end of the commercial pier.</p>

2026-08-14T03:53:57+00:002026-08-14T03:53:57+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/14/sighting-391033390/

<p><img src="https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/716462511/large.jpg" alt="Great Horned Owl"></p><p>Great Horned Owl, in San Mateo County, CA, US</p>