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Chamberlin Nature I love sharing the beauty of the world around me through my photography.

I have live webcams on my roof which show the views in front of my house in Pacifica, CA, which is about 15 minutes south of San Francisco. These include the Pacifica Pier, Sharp Park Beach and Mori point:
https://livecam.pacificaview.net/

I have a weather station on my roof which provides local readings for the Sharp Park Beach area:
https://weather.pacificaview.net/

I have a blog and photo galleries on my website:
https://chamberlinnature.com/

I have a flickr page which has more of my images:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nautiboy18/

I have an instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/chamberlinnature

10/20/2026

Pacifica Pier Work 10/20/26. The crews have been out doing a bit of work for the past week or so, which has mostly been making, filling and smoothing holes in Beach Blvd. I’m sure there’s more to it, but that’s all I could see. :-) This morning they started staging a fair bit of material so I thought I’d do some filming. Rusty Red-tailed was with me keeping an eye on things too.

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

10/18/2026

Bottlenose Dolphins Organized Chaos, Pacifica 10/16/26. There was a large pod of at least a dozen Bottlenose Dolphins going a bit crazy and having a grand old time off Mussel Rock. They were jumping over and on each other, piling up, doing flips and jumps, riding waves … it was quite the spectacle and amazing to watch. Out having fun on a beautiful day with beautiful conditions. They’re living the good life. It was so hard editing down the footage. My first pass got it down to 1 hour long. My second pass got it down to 35 minutes. After much pain and torture, I managed to get it down to the 6.5 minutes you see here. There’s so much good stuff lying on the editing floor with this one. I’ve sat on the couch watching the 35min version multiple times and it brings smiles to my face every time.

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

I've made the 35min "extended version" of my Bottlenose Dolphin footage public. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/P_Dlxx0cf9M

10/16/2026

Mussel Rock Waves, 10/15/26. It was a beautiful day out on the water today here in the Pacifica area. I thought it might be nice to take a little ride on the waves (ok … *over* the waves ….). The waves and sun cooperated nicely to provide multiple rainbows in the spray. Mussel Rock park is a beautiful area, shaped in part by the ocean and also the San Andreas Fault which runs basically right through the park as it heads out to sea.

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

10/15/2026

Relaxing with Rusty Red-tailed, Pacifica 10/14/26. I’ve posted before about this Red-tailed Hawk that likes to hang out on the light pole next to me while I’m on the roof flying my drone. Someone suggested I should name him, and I agreed. After some thought, and especially after watching him in tonight’s beautiful, warm, sunset light, I decided on Rusty Red-tailed. So kick back, and enjoy a little bit of preening and scouting with Rusty from this evening.

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

10/14/2026

Surfing Sharp Park Beach, Pacifica 10/14/26. While I was out filming some of the work being done around the pier, a couple surfers showed up. So after I got what I wanted of the pier, I flew over to hopefully catch them on some waves. I managed to get a few rides, including a bit of a barrel ride, and a couple nice rainbows in the surf spray. Nice day to be out on the water!

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

10/13/2026

Shark at Sharp Park Beach, Pacifica 10/13/26. I was following a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins, and then I lost them. After a couple minutes I initially thought I had found one of them and then quickly realized I was seeing side-to-side movement instead of up-and-down. I zoomed in and confirmed it was a shark. I’m not quite ready to say with 100% certainty that it’s a Great White, but I’m pretty sure that’s what it is. He was generally just hanging out and swimming around, seemingly enjoying the day. This was roughly 100 yards north of Mori Pt, just outside the surf zone.

Also viewable, link in first comment.

10/10/2026

Blue Angels, SF FleetWeek 2026 10/9/26. Most of Friday’s FleetWeek airshow was canceled due to fog and low clouds. Some of the planes did fly, but you’d only know it from the sound. Similar to a lot of San Francisco fireworks shows where you get “colored clouds”, we instead got “noisy clouds”. However it cleared up just enough by the end of the day that the Blue Angels were able to do an abbreviated show. And possibly to help ease the pain of missing most of the show, they did two low-fast passes that caused v***r cones. Typically they only do one of those. While short, and missing most of the formation flying bits, they still put on a great show for those who stuck around to see it.

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

09/28/2026

Mori Point First Responders, 9/28/26. I was looking for whales and also filming the waves when I saw the fine folks in Engine 71 go past. They appeared to be headed toward Mori Pt so I decided to film them in action. I didn’t have a chance to check dispatch to see what the incident was, but it looked like a Medical Aid call for someone part-way up the Mori Point stairs. Best I could tell, things weren’t too serious, so I didn’t linger, and instead panned up-and-over Mori Point to end on a pleasant, relaxing view.

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

Responsible drone use note: I was very careful to stay quite a distance away from the responders, and in fact was out over the ocean the entire time, so no chance of interference. It may look like I was close, but I was using the long telephoto lens and also did a crop-and-zoom in post. I also monitored to see if they launched their own drone, or if a helicopter was called.

09/25/2026

Humpback Whale Tail Slap and Rainbow Spout, Pacifica 9/25/26. I owe this video to the “photographer’s sacrifice” offered up by my friend Tony. It was a somewhat slow whale day - while we had 4 whales that were staying in the area and fairly close, it was primarily Backs and Spouts. Tony eventually declared he needed to leave and commented “and now the action is going to happen, so get ready”. Sure enough, no sooner had he gotten back to his car, this whale started tail slapping. I haven’t decided yet whether the whale was waving goodbye, or whether it was taunting Tony, or a combination thereof. :-) In any case, it was a nice little show, with a beautiful rainbow spout to end it.

Also viewable on YouTube, link in first comment.

That’s Quite a Beak, Red-tailed Hawk, Half Moon Bay 9/22/26. Yesterday I was in Half Moon Bay looking for an entangled ...
09/24/2026

That’s Quite a Beak, Red-tailed Hawk, Half Moon Bay 9/22/26. Yesterday I was in Half Moon Bay looking for an entangled whale that had been reported. I didn’t manage to find the whale, but I did find this Red-tailed Hawk with quite the impressive beak, though it’s probably an indication of Avian Keratin Disorder. I didn’t have my normal camera with me, but I did have my iPhone.

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