Went off with a
couple of other like minded photographers to photograph shore
birds at Bolsa Chica Nature Preserve. It is located in the Huntington Beach
area of Southern California. It is known for a wide variety of bird species as
it is along a major migration route for shore birds. It is located about a two
hour drive North of San Diego City and South of Los Angeles.
We did not need to
be there early in the day so that we could travel after the morning commute. I
met Bill, Lew, and Rich in Del Mar and off we went. We arrived about high noon,
but due to the season the light was not harsh. We enjoyed a leisurely stroll
along the East side of the Preserve stopping now and then to photograph great
egrets, marbled godwit, long-billed curlews, willets, shovelers, great blue
heron, least terns, reddish egrets, a merganser, a white faced ibis, as an end
of the day special: a brown pelican in sunset light. We had an early dinner at
a very good Italian Restaurant not far from the beach on Warner Avenue before
heading home. Due to the early sunset we were on the Southern end of the
evening commute on I-405 as we headed home.
I think that we
were all home by 2000. The editing process started the next day. I started with
530 pictures and now have it down to 59! Here are 15 for you to enjoy.
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| Great Egret Fishing |
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| Turkey Vulture |
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| White Faced Ibis |
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| Snowy Egret |
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| Snowy Egret w. Fish |
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| Willet Stretching |
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| Long Billed Curlew |
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| Splashing Shoveler Chick |
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| Western Merganser |
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| stalking Great Blue Heron |
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| Marbled Godwit |
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| Great Blue Hereon |
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| Great Egret in Flight |
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| Reddish Egret |
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| Brown Pelican |
Looks like a great day birding. Especially like the flying shots.
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