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betsy cooley
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San Francisco Bay Area
Amateur photographer, mostly nature, birds and landscapes. Enjoy nature, reading, #uglydogs, the local food scene, etc. Also, curious about and fascinated by weather⛈️ and volcanoes🌋. #EastCoastKin.
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Black-necked Stilts and Northern Shovelers at Albany Mudflats, Albany, California.

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November 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Snowy Egret next to San Francisco Bay Trail. Emeryville, California.

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Large white shorebird yellow eyes with yellow around eyes and on top of bill. Narrow, sharp black bill. Rip rap at low tide with green seaweed. Pale blue and cream water.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Chloe

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Front part of a calico cat lying down on a blanket and staring straight.
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Least Sandpipers along shoreline of San Francisco Bay right next to Trader Vic's Restaurant in Emeryville, California.

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Three tiny shorebirds feeding at edge of low tide. Water is fairly clear blue and tan. Birds have brown and tan shell-like pattern on head and back with white bellies, black eyes and short, black bills.
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Sunset over San Francisco tonight, from Emeryville, California.

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Yellow, orange sunset over dark gray fog. San Francisco skyline, Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island. Water is pale gray, branches of pine tree to left, riprap and part of path lower right corner.
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Great Egret at very low tide in a little cove next to San Francisco Bay Trail. Emeryville, California.

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Large white shorebird with lime green around eyes, yellow eyes, bright yellow-orange bill, black legs. Muddy seabed with little brown puddles at low tide.
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Choe

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Calico cat sleeping on cat tower.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Marin side of the Golden Gate Bridge, Watertower on Alcatraz Island, barges in front of Treasure Island on a hazy evening. Marin headlands in background. Taken from Emeryville, California.

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Marin Headlands upper right, Northern end of Golden Gate Bridge, WaterTower and dormitories Alcatraz Island, barges in front of Treasure Island. Water is pale blue as is sky and Marin Headlands (~9 miles away).
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Large Great Blue Heron at Crescent, San Francisco Bay, Emeryville, California. This heron was standing close to the shoreline last night. It was about an hour after sunset so the resolution is less than perfect.

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Large shorebird standing on rocks in bay at low tide. The rocks are covered with green moss and seaweed.
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Last night's sunset behind San Francisco skyline. Taken from Emeryville, California.

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Orange, gold and yellow sunset over San Francisco Financial District. Same colors reflected on bay. Foreground is riprap and ground cover along shoreline and branches of a pine tree to the left.
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Riley and Chloe - #HappyCaturday!

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Two Calico cats with similar markings, lying down back-to-back on top of multi-color blanket. Cat on the left is staring off into space.
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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American Avocets yesterday standing on one leg, sleeping. Albany Mudflats, Albany, California.

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Three large shorebirds standing on one leg with their heads tucked into their feathers. Their bodies are white, wings are brown and white stripes. They are in shallow water as tide was going out.
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Clouds over San Francisco Bay yesterday. Emeryville, California.

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White clouds over bay (water not seen). Top of a pine tree lower center, corner of a building right corner.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Riley

#cats #torties
Calico cat lying down in brown bed, looking over her right shoulder. All four paws resting on edge.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Least Sandpipers scurrying about at edge of shoreline last night looking for food. You can see how tiny they are next the Mallard that is grooming its feathers. San Francisco Bay, Emeryville, California.

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November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Marbled Godwit last night at the Crescent, San Francisco Bay, Emeryville, California.

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Large shorebird with long, thin bill that is black at the end and red closer to the head. Brown and tan patterned wings and body. Water pale blue.
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Riley this morning lying in the sun, contemplating something.

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Riley lying down in warm self-heating bed, curled up in a little ball looking off into space.
November 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Sunset rom January 2024. Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline from Emeryville, California.

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Pink, red sunset with some yellow. Bay Bridge with lights from cars, San Francisco skyline, branches from a pine tree to the left. Water is calm and reflects the colors from the sky.
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Murmuration of Sandpipers this afternoon next to San Francisco Bay Trail. Brief appearance by a Cormorant who comes up for air, sees all the sandpipers and sinks back into the Bay.

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November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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This afternoon at Berkeley Aquatic Park a Snowy Egret flies across the lagoon. Berkeley, California.

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Large white shorebird flies across lagoon (the tips of the wings appear black but that is a shadow from the sun overhead). Water is pale blue and calm. Small green bushes in foreground with yellow blossoms.
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Sky over San Francisco this morning. Taken from Emeryville, California.

#sky #clouds #nature #eastcoastkin
Various shades of gray, white, blush clouds with blue sky peeking through. Bay Bridge, San Francisco skyline, part of a pine tree to the left.
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Chloe in late afternoon sun. The sunlight has turned her green eyes yellow. The lines are from vertical blinds that are mostly open.

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Calico cat sitting in late afternoon sun. It has turned the color or her eyes yellow and she has vertical yellow stripes on her chest. She is sitting on saddle-type chair.
November 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Great Egret next to shrubs and grass along the shoreline of the Crescent, San Francisco Bay, Emeryville, California.

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Large white shorebird hunting along shore of bay (water is not seen in photo). White feathers, long sharp yellow beak, yellow eyes, and lime green in area around eyes. Green and dead grass with small yellow flowers and green shrubs in background.
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Sunset tonight over San Francisco skyline.

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Orange, gold, gray sunset over San Francisco. Bay is gray. Slight haze of fog over the city.
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Riley

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Very close up of a Calico Cat. Her eyes are closed. She has camel, black and white fur.
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM