This past week we’ve had some pretty spectacular sunrises and sunsets.  On Wednesday, I noticed that the seagulls were swarming over McCovey Cove and I could hear sea lions close-by.

I walked the dog over to the pier and it looked like it was herring season again.  The fishing boats were all out catching the fish bright and early in the morning.

Later that afternoon, I went for a run and saw that the tide was really really low.  The full moon hung low behind the horizon and there were seagulls everywhere.  Wow, what a strange time of year.

On Saturday, I convinced Jes to go outside for a little sunshine since it had warmed up and we both needed to get some Vitamin D.  So we walked down to Pier 40 to take a look at the boats and hang out for a bit.  We walked all the way down to the end and found a HUGE flock of seagulls taking off from the pier.  I could see a scattering of plops in the water and ducked for cover.  Unfortunately, Jes was not so lucky.  He got hit in the cheek and some of the droppings also ran down his sweatshirt.  Great.  Our walk was instantly over and we had to head home.  *sigh* So much for getting outside.

Here’s another photo I took this morning during my run.  Luckily they were taking off toward the water and not over me.  Phew.