We traveled on a long boardwalk across a Oso Flaco Lake to reach the dunes. I saw a couple cinnamon teal ducks and a couple swimming raccoons in that area. We saw snowy plover in the beach area.
From Wikipedia:
"The wildlife refuge was established to protect the breeding habitat for the endangered California least tern and the threatened Western snowy plover. The refuge also provides Coastal sage scrub habitat for other endangered species, including the California tiger salamander (recently listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act), California red-legged frog, Morro blue butterfly, IUCN Critically Endangered Morro shoulderband dune snail (Helminthoglypta walkeriana), and also 16 rare or endangered plant species.[2]
Other recovering endangered species that use the refuge include large flocks of brown pelicans and a pair of peregrine falcons. The refuge contains healthy populations of mule deer, bobcat, and mountain lion, as well as large flocks of wintering shore birds and waterfowl.[2]"
Raccoon swimming across water to reach the other one.
They had apparently gotten separated. They were calling out to each other before the one on the right braved the deep water to swim over to the other, who had walked out onto a log to be closer. (sorry bad pics)
Raccoon behind the rushes, crying out to the other separated animal
The Dunes
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