Video Series: Moments in Nature

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Duration:

1 minute, 2 seconds

A chorus of California Tree Frogs (Pseudacris cadaverina) sing as the sun sets over the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

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  Calm Days

  A Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) sits sentinel as multiple species of birds sing on a quiet, warm day in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

  Duration:

  1 minute

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  Cold Creek

  A branch of Arizona Ash (Fraxinus velutina) sways as crickets sing in the cool confines of Cold Creek Canyon in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

  Duration:

  1 minute

Channel Islands National Park

Duration:

58.308 seconds

An ancient Island Oak (Quercus Tomentella) captures moisture in the cloud forest atop Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park.

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  Gulls

  Western Gulls (Larus occidentalis) and a singular California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) watch a southern swell crash along the shoreline of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park.

  Duration:

  1 minute

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  Bird Rock

  A Brown Pelican (Pelacanus occidentalis) and several cormorants (Phalacrocorax spp.) sit on a small rock while mesmerizing waves dance offshore of Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park.

  Duration:

  55.972 seconds

Cabrillo National Monument

Duration:

1 minute, 3 seconds

A California Blue Dorid (Felimare californiensis) hunts for prey in the intertidal habitat of Cabrillo National Monument.

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  Surfgrass

  The shifting tide gently moves a bed of Surfgrass (Phyllospadix torreyi) laid out amongst intertidal benches covered in algae and coralline at Cabrillo National Monument.

  Duration:

  1 minute, 3 seconds

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  Fog

  A fog bank rolls over a hillside covered in Lemonade berry (Rhus integrifolia) at Cabrillo National Monument.

  Duration:

  58.408 seconds