Lake Hodges Open Space - An Urban Island Park Photo Gallery by Mark Krause at pbase.com

Lake Hodges Open Space - An Urban Island Park

The Lake Hodges/San Pasqual Valley Open Space is serves as a major core resource area of the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) preserve system. This area is a mecca for birders and the like to come and enjoy a day in the wilderness in the heart of North San Diego County.

This area was severely scared by the recent October wild fires, some of these images show the magical power of natures healing powers as wild flowers cover what was once badly burnt hillsides.

Thus far I've seen and photographed;

Northern Harrier Hawks
Red Tailed Hawks
Great Blue Herons
Snowy Egrets
Ibises
Turkey Vultures

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'Sky Dance'	"Race Ya"	Is it 'Tango' or 'Foxtrot'?	'Coming in Low'	'Coming in Low'	'Swooping Down'
Ibises Enroute	Ibis Formation	Duck, duck, Hawk!	Fly away home...	Snowy Egret	'Evening Rush'
Hawks at Lake Hodges	Hawks at Lake Hodges	Hawks at Lake Hodges	Un-cropped Hawk @ Lake Hodges	Hills of color now where flames raced through	Nature's food chain back in place
Red Tailed - Fly By [1]	Red Tailed - Fly By [2]	Red Tailed - Fly By [3]	Red Tailed - Fly By [4]	Red Tailed - Fly By [5]	Red Tailed - Fly By [6]

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Zoltán Balogh		06-Sep-2011 05:17
A great gallery Mark, I love your nature photos! V

Rich Strobel		19-Aug-2011 04:21
Great collection of birds Mark. I was out at Hodges shooting the dancing Grebes in January and was surprised when a juvenile Bald Eagle flew directly overhead, I managed to get a shot of him!!

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