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I only noticed this after I had taken the photo: Morris the Northern Gannet is peeking out from behind the base of the sign.
The Pacifica Pier shut down at the start of June after a crack in the concrete walkway made access to the pier unsafe.
It has since been entirely taken over by pelicans!
This is Morris.
Morris is a local celebrity: the only known Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) in the entire Pacific Ocean.
They showed up in the Farallon Islands off the coast of San Francisco 14 years ago. 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.
We took some visiting family to Pier 39 to see the sea lions. They're somehow always even more fun than I remember them being last time.
