Enlarge the above photo and see what you think might be to the surfer's right. A seal? A shark? or kelp. I am going with a seal.

We had an interesting day today. Stopped and spoke with Rachel, an intern with the Ventana Wildlife Society. She is tracking the California Condors. We saw very little road kill today except for a very fresh possum. Condors feed on carrion and when I mentioned to Rachel the recently departed possum, she commented she had to go move it. It seems condors who feed on road kill have a high mortality rate and since their numbers have been painstakingly increased from a low of 27 to about 187 now is the wild, Rachel and her fellow workers try to keep them safe. Removing road kill off the road is one aspect of her duties. Some of the condors are equipped with radio transmitters powered by solar cells and Rachel said she would love to have some of them outfitted with gps tracking units. We never saw any condors but spoke with a fellow biker who has ridden this route lots of times said he had seen one a couple of years ago.