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| Stew Gitlin | profile | all galleries >> Miscellaneous Interesting Pictures >> Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve >> Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve 12/30/18 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 A Western Grebe |
 I think this is a non-breeding Willet, but I'm not sure |
 The ever-present Snowy Egret |
 A Ring-billed Gull with a soft shell clam. The gull flies up about 10' and drops the clam on a hard pavement to open it. |
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 Two gulls squabbling over a clam. I think the rear one just gave the front one a good peck on the neck. |
 A Reddish Egret |
 Prickly Pear Cactus |
 The resident Osprey |
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 Going somewhere with his stick |
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 Turkey Vulture |
 At first I thought the Osprey was going after the vulture, but it looks like they were just playing |
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 A community gathering of pelicans, cormorants, gulls, sandpipers, and maybe others |
 "You're sitting in my space!!" |
 An oil drilling platform a few miles offshore. Picture taken directly towards the sun at 1/5000 sec. |
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