Four brown pelicans in breeding colours standing on a rocky ledge
San Diego, CA / November 2025 / 15 frames

San Diego 2025

Two days on the San Diego coast in November 2025: brown pelicans, sea lions and cormorants crowding the cliffs, plus a lone sailboat and a surfer.

Brown pelicans perched on a sunlit cliff among a crowd of seabirds
Two brown pelicans on the clifftop, one resting among green ice plant
Pelican gliding past a cliff covered in seabirds, beachfront buildings behind
Sea lion surfacing among breaking waves near the rocks
Crow silhouetted on a weathered stump against a pale sky
Brown pelicans in breeding colours crowded together on the rocks
Sea lions piled on a rock as waves break behind them
Cormorants and sea lions crowding layered sandstone cliffs above the water
Two sea lions perched on a rock offshore
Tiny sailboat on a calm sea under a pastel sky
Young brown pelican standing on a cliff edge above the sea
Four brown pelicans in breeding colours standing on a rocky ledge
Brandt's cormorants with blue throat patches touching beaks on a rock
Sea lions and cormorants on a rocky outcrop, the coastline behind
Surfer riding a wave, blurred by a slow shutter