Forestry and logging students at the WSWHE BOCES are getting a bird's eye view of their classroom, the forest. It’s all happening with the help of a new drone certification course.

His bird’s-eye views — the drone can legally fly to just below 400 feet — are stunning, and in skilled hands like McDonough’s, can zoom in for sharper detail or pan out for a broader view.

A unique birds-eye view of Capitola, circa 1940s. In the foreground is Soquel Creek along the Riverview neighborhood, showing numerous houses, many of which were built in the 1920s.