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    An egret chick seems to master walking on water as it takes off for a brief flight to richer feeding waters in a pond to the northwest of Klopp Lake at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • lagoonelk_quezada
    A school bus traveling north toward Orick gives students a little extra study time as elk cross U.S. Highway 101 near Big Lagoon.
  • jam_warmoth_rivas
    War Moth chains up the Jam in Arcata with some heavy metal and rock and roll on Saturday, Sept. 22.
  • western-grebe_moore
    A Western Grebe is reflected off a recent slack tide at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary.
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    Sun Beast takes the Jam in Arcata by storm on Saturday, Sept. 22.
  • cowhillcapetown_quezada
    A cow takes a moment from grazing to take in the sea breeze coming off the Pacific Ocean on Wildcat Road overlooking Capetown Ranch, about midway between Ferndale and Petrolia.

Thadeus Greenson is the news editor of the North Coast Journal.