So, finally it's time to say 'bye' to Carlsbad. I will be flying to San Jose from San Diego tomorrow evening to reach our GA offices (Santa Clara) and Sunnyvale Head office. I am excited that I will be soon at our global Head office though will be missing Carlsbad. I will be there at Santa Clara and Sunnyvale just for a single day and then will be heading to Burbank and be there until finally fly back home on first week of October. Well, it has been a very short trip and too many places to go. But, I can at least say I have travelled across California multiple times.I had an outing on Sunday and could do some exploration at Encinitas beach a.k.a Swami's beach. The name Swami's beach because, there was a temple founded by Guru Paramahamsa
Yogananda (Not the same Guru to whom Swami Vivekananda was a disciple to) very close to the beach. The temple was later destroyed by salt corrosion. But, Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF), the trust founded by the Swmiji, has built a beautiful small park at the place where the temple was located. Here's the SRF official website and Swamij's biography for those who are interested - www.yogananda-srf.org. Well, I must also say that this beach is a very popular Surfing spot - a sport that I witnessed the first time in my life, though have seen in pictures and movies before.
I found this bird with sharp features along with some similar looking birds at the beach. I wrongly identified it as a sandpiper. Finally, folks at INW corrected it as Bristle-thighed Curlew. Thanks to INW team for the right id.
Again, the below ones look to be Sandpipers to me. I had left my handbook at home as I never expected that I would be able to go for a birding without my 150-500mm monster with me. Hope any of my gurus if happen to visit this blog would correct me if I am wrong. Or else I would bug them once back in India.
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