Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Nature Notes - Bolsa Chica

I can't seem to get enough of Bolsa Chica Wetlands. It's the only place I've been so far where the birds are in abundance. You can't get much closer to nature than this so I'm sharing a couple of shots from my last trip and a video I put together of photos and short video clips.

CASPIAN TERN:



HUMMINGBIRD:



SNOWY EGRET:




15 comments:

Jew Wishes said...

What beautiful images, each one lovely on its own, each one so serene.

The expressions on those feathery faces are delightful.

Lori said...

Beautiful shots!! Happy WW and thanks for stopping by:)Love the music hoice, BTW.

Anonymous said...

What a fantastic place to visit. I wasn't familiar with many of the shore birds so I went and looked the place up..'Nearly half of the birds found in the U.S. have been seen in Huntington Beach. A fabulous 321 out of Orange County's 420 bird species were sighted here in the past decade' And I see you showed the fence where there is protected nesting areas. I love the video clips with the photos as it is such a clever idea. Thank you so much for posting to Nature Notes. I enjoyed learning about this magical place.. Michelle

Dee & Dylan said...

Love your birds, geart pictures. Sorry it has taken a couple of days to catch up with blogs... (:-)

SAPhotographs (Joan) said...

This is definitely the place to go birding. :)

Unknown said...

Snicker, I can't help it, but they DO look a tad grumpy :D
Lovely shots.
I have never seen a hummingbird, sigh :)

FO - 2 said...

Beautiful place and pictures.
Lovely video. :)))

magiceye said...

lovely captures all!

Woody said...

Great Photos! Very nice...

DeniseinVA said...

Wonderful post, more fantastic photos and video was great. Happy Easter!

Carletta said...

Wow, you werent' kidding when you mentioned earlier that you walked a long way. It certainly was worth the trip back there wasn't it.
I have to ask - did you carry your camera and a video camera?
Your video was a great way to take us with you.

My Nature Notes is up.

Kelly said...

What a wonderful series of photos! Great composition and wonderful shots!

Celeste said...

What an awesome birding spot. I love your egret pictures, they look so elegant.

Mary said...

I can see why you like going there! What a wonderful place. Wetlands are such a treasure and there is always abundant life in them. Your photos are fantastic!

RJ Flamingo said...

How wonderful! The do look a tad grumpy, though - maybe they need little bird-sized sunglasses. :-)

I've posted, too. Hope you'll drop by.