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Life Birds at Point Reyes National Seashore

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We rented a car and drove to Point Reyes from San Francisco early on a Saturday morning, stopping for a quick detour at Muir Woods (because who wouldn’t stop there?). Migrating Gray Whales. We headed into Point Reyes with vague plans to meet up with one of my college buddies, which turned out to be a big mistake.

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Federal Public Lands: Pacific Seabirds

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For example, although not far from some of the nation’s priciest real estate in San Francisco, there are no proposals to sell the Farallones to the state of California. However, seabirds tend to breed on remote islands that are not subject to the economic conflicts that exist for other habitats.

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