Moon Glow Dairy
357 Dolan Road, Moss Landing, creagrus.home.montereybay.com/moonglow.html
So it smells like a dairy and it’s teeming with flies – kinda like the setting of The River. Bear with us: This is, first and foremost, a working dairy. But it’s also a haven for birds, abutting the biodiverse Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Arrive at this Elkhorn Slough Foundation-owned stand of eucalyptus trees via Moon Glow’s dirt roads. In spring and summer, the megafauna of the bird world – herons, egrets, cormorants – make their nests in these trees, and with decent binoculars, you can watch these giants swoop around, gather nesting materials and food, and come back to feed and tend to their babies. If you are in need of a dose of awe, you’re guaranteed to find it.