The afternoon sun glints and turn golden on the cresting, pounding surf as sea gulls and other birds command the low-tide rocks. They sit and preen as they wait for tasty morsels washed in by the surf...
They also keep a wary eye on the waves as the afternoon tide rises promoting groups of gulls to flock in and out of the tide basin.
A Cormorant is fishing in the shallows and a Pelican sometimes floats outside the break.
This relaxing and beautiful scene offers and endless variation of mood and light as we go from afternoon through evening - changing from day to golden black to golden red --- roiling like fire lava before everything settles on an evening orange...
This pastiche of moods is supported by the relaxing rolling sound of surf and the crying of the gulls. Look for plovers, cormorants and even a cameo by a beautiful white crane (hint: around 1 hour).
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Although this episode is shorter than our average (it is only 36 minutes long), here at ZoneOutTV we really love this one.
Shot at sunrise off a small coastal fishing harbor, the light, the sound and the amazing birds make this little episode quite special. We often edit our episodes a bit, and ...
"Pelican, Pelican, your beak can hold more than your bellycan."
Enjoy the aerial, high dive bomber chaos as a huge flock of California Brown Pelicans discover that a school of delicious grunion blundered into a marina inlet... and ZoneOutTV happened to be there to capture the moment! As you know ...
The grassy plains of the Big West were once awash with a sea of these magnificent beasts. They are huge, peaceful, and when the large bull grunts, the deep rumbling sound leaves no doubt that it is HIS herd, and YOU need to back off.
Although scientifically these are "bison" most Native Americans...
