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Todd Klein snuck a photo of Kathryn and me at the Top Shelf booth at CCI, darn him, and I thought he was just waiting patiently while a fan tried to extricate himself from an untenable conversation.

Apart from being the best letterer in the business and a prolific blogger, Todd’s an experienced naturalist and a birder worth his saltmarsh. I wish I’d known he had been at the show before Sunday; I would have gladly welcomed him on our short tour up the coast. As it was, I picked up about a dozen west coast birds, including good views of Least Terns fishing in the San Diego River. The Least Tern is an endangered species, with protected breeding areas in the metropolitan area of the city– it was a thrill to see them working the shallow riverbed and coasting easily on the ocean breeze.

Posted by Stuart on Friday, July 30th, 2010 and is filed under photography, travel, work. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.