Today the Snowy Plover were on the inside of the sand berm down near the lagoon. Why? The tide was 6.5 ft. and the surf ca. 9 ft.
I was about to take a walk at the Lucy Stern Center at Palo Alto, I stumbled upon a Cormorant on top of a pole.
Full black cap, black legs, black tail feathers, suggest Caspian, but bill is pale orange...
Adult female.