A pair of pigeon guillemots are spotted beneath a pier during a guided tour of Moss Landing and Elkhorn Slough. Photographed with a Sony Rx10 Mark 4
Wildflowers flank the tall grasses next to the trails in Fort Ord National Monument. Photographed with an iPhone 12.
A clowder of kittens from Monterey County’s Hitchcock Road Animal Shelter. Currently in the foster program, they are still too young to leave their mother, but they’ll be coming up for adoption to loving homes soon.
A team of sea star researchers took a trip on an Antarctic expedition between February and March. The team snapped photos of the landscape like this one, likened to a planet in Star Wars.
This attendee learns how to pop a wheelie at the Life Time Sea Otter Classic expo, which wrapped up Sunday, April 21.
A hummingbird goes all in on an Aloe blossom at Point Pinos in Pacific Grove.
Partington Cove between the rains on Sunday, April 14. Photographed with an iPhone SE.
Donning protective glasses, these solar eclipse viewers turn their eyes to the sky to witness a phenomenon on Monday, April 8 that won’t be seen in this country for another two decades. Photographed with a Samsung S22
Goats graze at Toro County Park’s Ollason Peak, overlooking the Salinas Valley from 1,800 feet. Photographed with an iPhone 14.