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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

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Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve 12/30/18

A Western Grebe
A Western Grebe		 I think this is a non-breeding Willet, but I'm not sure
I think this is a non-breeding Willet, but I'm not sure		 The ever-present Snowy Egret
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.
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.
g10/28/417028/3/168619187.fpj2ZAdG.jpg Two gulls squabbling over a clam. I think the rear one just gave the front one a good peck on the neck.
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
A Reddish Egret		 Prickly Pear Cactus
Prickly Pear Cactus
The resident Osprey
The resident Osprey		 g10/28/417028/3/168619195.6KkAcpUO.jpg g10/28/417028/3/168619197.nvjb8izJ.jpg Going somewhere with his stick
Going somewhere with his stick
g10/28/417028/3/168619192.TAJ0BZYz.jpg g10/28/417028/3/168619193.Hk9MExmT.jpg g10/28/417028/3/168619200.wepOWhxU.jpg Turkey Vulture
Turkey Vulture
At first I thought the Osprey was going after the vulture, but it looks like they were just playing
At first I thought the Osprey was going after the vulture, but it looks like they were just playing		 g10/28/417028/3/168619201.mmcI1VWY.jpg A community gathering of pelicans, cormorants, gulls, sandpipers, and maybe others
A community gathering of pelicans, cormorants, gulls, sandpipers, and maybe others		 You're sitting in my space!!
"You're sitting in my space!!"
An oil drilling platform a few miles offshore. Picture taken directly towards the sun at 1/5000 sec.
An oil drilling platform a few miles offshore. Picture taken directly towards the sun at 1/5000 sec.

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