Humboldt Wildlife

 

We continued to have lovely weather and got to do some nice wildlife viewing the past two days.

On Monday, we drove up to Klamath (which is actually just across the border in Del Norte County but still included on the '101 things to do in Humboldt' list!) to go on a jet boat tour, the sign for which we have passed numerous times on highway 101.

Gettin' ready (you can see our [blue] boat in the background). We actually talked them into letting

Pep come with us and sit on our lap/ in her sling :)

We saw a bunch of harbor seals sunning themselves on the estuary bank.

Great Blue Herons were everywhere!

 

 

Beaver Dam (sans beaver)

Bald Eagles also abounded.

What was as amazing as the numbers of eagles we spotted (I'd never seen so many!) was the great blue sky and the warm temp!

We weren't sure if this was a Golden or young Bald Eagle (any ornithologists out there? JB?)

Since my parents hadn't yet been through a Drive-Thru Redwood, we had to take them to one!

The bathroom was in a 8 ft. (vertical) log.

 Across the street were emus...

...which got close enough to peck us through the fence (although they didn't)!

On the way home, near Elk Meadow, we saw the famous Roosevelt Elk herd right off the roadside!

Today, we visited the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge south of Eureka.

Tsunami Hazard Zone!

We saw lots of egrets, a red hawk flying, and perhaps some geese? (as I mentioned above, bird-identification is not my forte!)

It was a great couple of days for wildlife!