Da bridge, and a few birds.

Yes, I know it's the most photographed object in the City, maybe even in the West Coast, but it does have a tendency to look really cool. Maybe it looks cooler because of its iconic status stemming from the mystique that California, and San Francisco in particular, hold. 

Here the bridge (which turns 75 in 2012) seems to be supported by fog. I took this in late October during the bird walk that I lead monthly. It had been a foggy morning, uneventful for birds, but as 9:00am approached, this was the view. Elegant terns were streaming over the bridge, above the fog, providing by far the most interesting sight we saw all morning. The usual song sparrows, white-crowned sparrows, house finches, and Anna's hummingbirds were present. Amazingly, we didn't even see any yellow-rumped warblers, which have been around in large numbers this fall/winter as usual.

About 20 minutes after this shot was taken, the fog was reduced to a small blob right on the water. And we all went off our separate ways, having shared in the experiences of birdwatching mid-cloud, the drone of fog horns, and the awakening effect of fog burnoff.

GGB, 8:30am in Late October, 2011.

The crew.