It was a beautiful day. The folks I was with were delightful, the weather was perfect, and the area was beautiful. Only downside to the day was that Jed couldn't come due to the nesting birds and I got a bit of a sunburn on my neck. But I'll live & Jed got a good walk before I left.
Anyway, here are some pictures of my morning at Bolsa Chica:
This is a swallow (one bird I DO know). They were flitting all over the place:
This is what's left of a WWII gun turret. You can see the ocean in the distance. There are 2 of them here, left over from when the U.S. thought they needed to protect the West Coast from the Japanese. This was as close as we could get to it:
A view back up the trail. Nothing strenuous, just a delightful stroll:
Nest from either a bald eagle or blue heron. There was quite a bit of discussion over this:
A blue heron coming in for a landing:
There were a couple in this palm tree. Very hard to capture them, as they liked to stay hidden:
A pretty snag:
One of 2 types of plovers. Apparently there are only 2000 nesting pairs left in the country and we got to see several of them:
Can't remember what this guy is, but he (she?) was sitting at the mouth of the river waiting for lunch to swim by:
Here's someone else looking for lunch:
Guess this one wasn't interested in seafood:
Well, that was my day in the sun. Hope you enjoyed it!
Laura -- and Jed
