How Did We Get Here?

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by Unknown

How Did We Get Here? , Bus Stop , , Art , , Artist: Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davi , Triple Dream Comics , , As A Collaboration Form Of Art , , San Francisco , , California , , Nikon D300S Camera , , AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens , , (Date Photographed: 10:22:46 Thursday 14 September 2023) , (Date Published: Wednesday 23 November 2023) , © 2023 Bryan Costales , , Comic book style art decorated one face of a bus stop along Market Street near the F . . .

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)

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by Terry Costales

This is a photo of what appears to be a male Monarch butterfly. Male because it has two extra dots on its back wings that produce pheromones. Another obscure fact I learned from Wikipedia.

What Is A home?

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by Terry Costales

What Is A home? , Bus Stop , , Art , , Artist: Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davi , Triple Dream Comics , , As A Collaboration Form Of Art , , San Francisco , , California , , Nikon D300S Camera , , AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens , , (Date Photographed: 10:23:15 Thursday 14 September 2023) , (Date Published: Wednesday 23 November 2023) , © 2023 Bryan Costales , , The next bus stop with comic art on it was under the theme of, "What Is A Home?" ,

San Francisco Art Commission

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by Terry Costales

San Francisco Art Commission , Bus Stop , , Art , , Artist: Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davi , Triple Dream Comics , , As A Collaboration Form Of Art , , San Francisco , , California , , Nikon D300S Camera , , AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens , , (Date Photographed: 10:22:58 Thursday 14 September 2023) , (Date Published: Wednesday 23 November 2023) , © 2023 Bryan Costales , , The San Francisco Art Commission , , sponsored the art on this bus stop. , . . .

What Is A neighborhood?

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by Terry Costales

What Is A neighborhood? , Bus Stop , , Art , , Artist: Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davi , Triple Dream Comics , , As A Collaboration Form Of Art , , San Francisco , , California , , Nikon D300S Camera , , AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens , , (Date Photographed: 10:28:08 Thursday 14 September 2023) , (Date Published: Wednesday 23 November 2023) , © 2023 Bryan Costales , , The next comic art on a San Francisco bus stop expressed the theme, "What Is A ne . . .

What Is A Park?

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by Terry Costales

What Is A Park? , Bus Stop , , Art , , Artist: Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davi , Triple Dream Comics , , As A Collaboration Form Of Art , , San Francisco , , California , , Nikon D300S Camera , , AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens , , (Date Photographed: 10:32:36 Thursday 14 September 2023) , (Date Published: Wednesday 23 November 2023) , © 2023 Bryan Costales , , The next San Francisco bus stop with comic art asked the question, "What Is A Park?" ,

What Could SF Be?

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by Terry Costales

What Could SF Be? , Bus Stop , , Art , , Artist: Mel Hilario, Katie Longua, and Lauren Davi , Triple Dream Comics , , As A Collaboration Form Of Art , , San Francisco , , California , , Nikon D300S Camera , , AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 Nikon Lens , , (Date Photographed: 10:28:25 Thursday 14 September 2023) , (Date Published: Wednesday 23 November 2023) , © 2023 Bryan Costales , , The next San Francisco bus stop with comic art asked the question, "What Could SF Be?" . . .

A Plaque

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by Bryan Costales

A plaque on the base of the sculpture read, The Storyteller Ken Kesey 1935-2001 Dedicated on November 14, 2003 Sculpture by Peter Helzer

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

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by Terry Costales

An adult night heron in full breeding plumage showing off its pink legs which are yellow the rest of the year.

Macaws

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by Terry Costales

Two Macaws preening one another. A very intimate, gentle moment in a birds' life.

Lion (Panthera leo)

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by Terry Costales

The lion demonstrated camouflage.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus)

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by Terry Costales

These two pelicans were one pair of dozens loitering around the marina, all waiting for a fishy opportunity. The one on the left was an immature bird which had not grown into its adult plumage.

Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis)

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by Terry Costales

A very large, old Leopard Tortoise sunned itself that afternoon.

Sparrow

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by Terry Costales

A sparrow on a bare November day.

Great Egret (Ardea alba)

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by Terry Costales

A great egret at the edge of the bay looking for food. It is a very graceful bird whether walking or flying.

Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus)

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by Terry Costales

The white plumes that appear during the breeding season are easily seen in this photo of the Brandt's cormorant.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus)

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by Terry Costales

Pelican posed aboard an old fishing boat.

Snowy Egret and Great Egret

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by Terry Costales

The larger Great Egret was stalked by the smaller Snowy Egret.

Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor)

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by Terry Costales

Here is the lesser flamingo which hung out near the cormorants in the Elkhorn Slough. I hope the flamingo is still there and thriving.

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

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by Terry Costales

No, that's not its trunk. It's the tail of an Asian Elephant.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

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by Terry Costales

It was beautiful day in Santa Cruz and I had been photographing the sea lions when this pelican landed a few feet away on the pier railing. If there was ever a compelling visual argument for birds being the modern descendants of dinosaurs, it's the pelican. I could easily imagine them flying just out of reach above the snapping jaws of some aquatic sea monster.

Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)

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by Terry Costales

This is a juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara. Like most juvenile birds it has lots of streaking to give it more camouflage than the adult.

Brandt's and Double-crested Cormorants

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by Terry Costales

A cliff of cormorants.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus)

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by Terry Costales

A large group of pelicans were perched on the fish processing equipment.

Blue-and-Gold Macaw (Ara ararauna)

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by Terry Costales

A loud, large, parrot looking quite handsome.