Documenting the places where people and wildlife meet.

Follow Me on iNaturalist! • February 12th, 2026

This week's observation cards are lighter than usual. I've been heads-down on focused projects: rebuilding the website, overhauling my LinkedIn profile, applying for grants, and traveling to Moss Landing for my Sea Otter Savvy CAWS certification meeting (more on that process soon). When I have been out at the harbor, it's been specifically for Whiskers in the Wild documentation rather than general observation time.

The moms and pups are arriving in decent numbers now, and I've been filming nursing behavior and early interactions. That footage is going into the next Whiskers update, which is coming soon. I'm also working on getting a livestream running so you can tune in to the harbor's bird activity in real time.

I've uploaded a new gallery of cards from this week's fieldwork. You can click through each species card in the gallery below to see the full iNaturalist observation page.

Species List: Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus), White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys), California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus), Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis).

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Every observation shared here follows the Salt + Noelle Admire from Afar methodology. Respect for wildlife and responsible storytelling are at the heart of everything I do. If you’d like to learn more about these guiding principles, you can explore our full ethics statement.

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