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The La Jolla Recreation Center may be closed due to coronavirus-related restrictions, but a new family of residents is keeping a watchful eye on the place at night.
Spectators who approach the animals can disrupt their normal behavior and possibly separate mothers and pups, and the animals may charge or bite people if they feel threatened, experts say.
NATURAL LA JOLLA: Last week, I spotted a little furry creature poking out of its burrow in the middle of a manicured lawn — it was a pocket gopher!
NATURAL LA JOLLA: Birding could not be better than at La Jolla Cove right now.
NATURAL LA JOLLA: It was an exceptionally warm fall here in La Jolla, with record high temperatures being observed day after day.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: Our beautiful fall sunsets full of red and orange tones are in full bloom; the sun is still warm during the day, but there’s a cool breeze and chilly nights.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: It’s the beginning of fall here in San Diego, but our temperatures are still lovely and warm.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: Summer is slowly drawing to an end as many kids are already heading back to school.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: The black oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) is a conspicuous shorebird that may be found along the west coast from Alaska down to Baja California.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: Associated with tropical climates and swaying palm trees, the frangipani (Plumeria rubra) is a beautiful flowering tree that can be found here in La Jolla in a more shrubby version of itself.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: The Risso’s dolphin (Grampus griseus) is a species that is fairly commonly seen off La Jolla, and they are widely distributed throughout the world’s oceans.
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After 13 frustrating years, San Diego seems poised to adopt short-term vacation rental regulations.
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Peter John Meno is being held in county jail. The crash early Sunday left two passengers in his car dead.
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Letters to the editor: La Jolla is ever-changing — and that’s a good thing In reading last week’s La Jolla Light, I was intrigued that the published letters all seemed to be part of a larger theme: opinions about what kind of future we should have in La Jolla.
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Given the national despair over election ugliness and the ever-worsening pandemic, I’ve tried to steer clear of both topics recently.
NATURAL LA JOLLA: The best way to see La Jolla is to travel on foot.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: The snowy egret, Egretta thula, is a small and delicate shorebird with beautiful plumage.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: Spending an afternoon in La Jolla at the seaside just watching for wildlife can give you some calm after a hectic holiday season.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: On almost any walk along the beach, particularly at the Shores, you’ll see foraging shorebirds with long legs, wandering along the tideline and into the water halfway up their legs, probing in the sand with their long beaks to find buried prey like insects and invertebrates.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: They had long been on my list of marine mammals to see.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: The prickly pear, in the Opuntia genus, is a group of cactus with many uses.
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NATURAL LA JOLLA: In the early morning and early evening at the beach you can often see a line of hundreds of black birds (that look a bit like ducks) flying parallel to the coast, sometimes heading south in the morning and back north in the evening.
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You may not even notice them as they sit quietly in the sun, but they are always watching you.
