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So why do I keep taking pictures………………?
I never really much cared for wildlife art, especially when I can see the real thing at the beach, the various wildlife preserves, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo, and Safari Park.
So why do I keep taking pictures of bird art?
Flamingo art from a home inspection
Flamingo art from a Gay Pride parade
Pelican art from a plant nursery
Pelican art from a home inspection
Bird art bench in downtown San Diego at the harbor
Bird art in the street median in Mission Hills
Bird art at the San Diego Zoo
Parrot art at a San Diego Zoo store
Bird art at the San Diego Zoo
Bird art at a home inspection
Fake ostrich eggs at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park
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Rommel and the USS Midway
I am quite serious when I tell you that if you come to San Diego, call me and I’ll be happy to play docent for a while.
Over the years I’ve played docent on a scenic driving tour of the the San Diego metropolitan area, at the San Diego Zoo, at Safari Park, at SeaWorld, of Coronado Island, and, yesterday, the USS Midway.
Rommel came down from Oxnard. He let me know about a month in advance that he was coming, and I was only too happy to set aside time to meet a fellow WordPress blogger and spend a little time with him.
Rommel has a military ID of some sort, so he got onto the USS Midway free. He also offered to pay my $18 entrance fee and before I could say anything, the ticket booth lady was taking his money. Thanks, Rommel!
We had a great time touring the aircraft carrier, taking pictures of all the planes on deck and in the hangar. I also got pictures of the USS Carl Vinson parked across the bay at North Island Naval Station, the downtown San Diego skyline, and even the Californian, the official tall ship of the State of California which was out for a cruise of the bay.
Depending on what you want to do and where you want to go, I might also have some discount coupons for you. I’m a member of the San Diego Zoological Society (Zoo and Safari Park) and SeaWorld, so I’ll often have free passes for them. If you don’t call, it’s your loss. 
Thanks, Rommel. I had a great time and hope you did, too!
Rommel taking pictures of the San Diego skyline from the flight deck of the USS MIdway
Rommel taking pictures inside the command tower of the USS MIdway
USS Midway flight deck from the command tower
USS Midway hangar deck
The Californian, official tall ship of the State of California
USS Midway in San Diego, California
USS Midway in San Diego, California
USS Midway flight deck
South San Diego skyline and Coronado Bridge from the USS Midway command tower
F/A 18 Hornet in its “Top Gun” colors
Partial San Diego skyline from the USS Midway
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Sit Stay Heal
I see benches everywhere but no one sitting on them. Even at the bus stops, people won’t sit on the benches, for some reason preferring to stand.
1 – Wagon bench
2 – Old Town San Diego bench
3 – Back yard bench
4 – Park bench at SeaWorld San Diego
5 – Tijuana River Estuary bench
6 – Park bench on Catalina Island
7 – Park bench at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park
8 – Bench at San Diego Botanic Garden
9 – Bench at San Diego Botanic Garden
10 – Park bench on Catalina Island
11 – Bench at Cuyamaca Water Conservation Garden
12 – Bus stop bench at 70th Street Station
13 – Hotel bench near the San Diego Convention Center
Maybe my next set of bench pictures will require a tripod and camera remote control, to be titled “Self portraits on benches.” Or something like that.
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What a life….
The only place I’ve ever seen a porcupine is at a zoo. Unfortunately, they have always been sleeping or hiding from my camera.
I stopped by SeaWorld today after my early morning home inspection. There running around on the grassy lawn was a porcupine. I guess you know I took some pictures.
That’s Tolero (or something like that), a two-year-old crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata) who is employed as a SeaWorld ambassador, which means he gets lots of attention, lots of food, and gets to travel free of charge to schools, conventions, and the like. What a life….
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One of our newer residents of the San Diego Zoo: The fennec fox
I go to the San Diego Zoo, Safari Park, or SeaWorld at least once a week. Sometimes I make all three, except when work gets in the way.
There is a “Children’s Zoo” at the San Diego Zoo, and I had always skipped it since I didn’t have any children and I really didn’t think that children were on exhibit. A couple of years ago I wandered into the Children’s Zoo just to look around. What a pleasant surprise! I’m not really sure why they call it the Children’s Zoo since it has some animals that are not seen in other parts of the Zoo.
One of our newer residents of the San Diego Zoo is the fennec fox (Vulpes zerda), and it happens to be located in the Children’s Zoo.
My, what big ears he has!
Things of interest about the fennec fox:
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Indigenous to the Sahara Desert in North Africa.
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Its hearing is so sensitive (explains the big ears!) that it can hear its prey moving underground, a useful trait I suppose if you live in the Sahara Desert.
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Its fur is valued by the native peoples of North Africa.
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It is an exotic pet in some parts of the world.
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It’s conservation status is listed as a species of “least concern.”
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Not much is known of their social behaviour and basic ecology in the wild. I mean, would you want to spend all your time in the Sahara Desert studying them?
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They are able to live without a source of water, getting all they need from the food they eat. That explains the Sahara Desert.
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It is the national animal of Algeria.
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Interestingly, although it is not considered domesticated, it can be kept in settings similar to those of your cat or dog.
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As with all exotic pets, owning one varies by city, county, and/or state.
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It is said to be the smallest species of Canid in the world, but I want to question that since the canids include domestic dogs, as well as foxes, wolves, jackals, and coyotes. The fennec fox weighs from 1½ to 3½ pounds, is 9-16 inches long, and stands about 8 inches tall. Aren’t there some dogs that small?
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Early morning marine layer rolling in over SeaWorld San Diego
I almost always make it to Ocean Beach each weekend, usually on Saturday morning since my girlfriend works then. She was off yesterday, though, and worked today, so this morning was my man-hours at the beach.
If you come to San Diego, you’ll often hear the locals and the weatherpersons talk about the marine layer. It’s a thick layer of clouds that rolls in off the Pacific Ocean as the sun goes down. As I was heading to Ocean Beach at 8:00 this morning, there was a good view of the marine layer hovering over SeaWorld San Diego, unusual for the morning:
It was a fast moving marine layer, too. After about fifteen minutes I was shrouded in fog.
Eric Cooper
