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Shearwaters from Shore

10,000 Birds

When I was a new birder, I adopted Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay as a “patch.”. Off the coast of northern California, Sooty Shearwater are common and are seen on virtually all pelagic birding trips. Bonus : A couple of years earlier, a blue whale washed up several miles south of Half Moon Bay, at Bean Hollow State Beach.

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US Judge Asked to Hear Case about Orcas

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PETA claims the captured killer whales are treated like slaves, forced to live in tanks and perform daily at its parks in San Diego, California and Orlando, Florida. when the constitution was adopted.

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