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Common Yellowthroat female greets visitors at footbridge
Common Yellowthroat female greets visitors at footbridge		 Begging calls of Belding's Savannah Sparrow fledgling
Begging calls of Belding's Savannah Sparrow fledgling		 Adult Belding's Savannah Sparrow quickly gathered prey
Adult Belding's Savannah Sparrow quickly gathered prey		 And stuffed bugs into youngster's beak!
And stuffed bugs into youngster's beak!
Best find of day: Navanax, a colorful predatory sea slug
Best find of day: Navanax, a colorful predatory sea slug		 Egg strings of sea hare
Egg strings of sea hare		 Ribbed Mussel gills to feed and breathe underwater
Ribbed Mussel gills to feed and breathe underwater		 Elegant Tern flock unnecessarily spooked by osprey and pelican
Elegant Tern flock unnecessarily spooked by osprey and pelican
Elegant Tern
Elegant Tern		 Elegant Terns with pipefish
Elegant Terns with pipefish		 Royal Terns with heavier beaks
Royal Terns with heavier beaks		 California Least Tern in flight (endangered)
California Least Tern in flight (endangered)
Who is the papparazzi for?
Who is the papparazzi for?		 Peekaboo
Peekaboo		 Reddish Egret
Reddish Egret		 Reddish Egret does the splits
Reddish Egret does the splits
Black-bellied Plover returns from far north tundra
Black-bellied Plover returns from far north tundra		 Black-bellied Plover in flight shows black armpits
Black-bellied Plover in flight shows black "armpits"		 Willet in flight shows black and white wing pattern
Willet in flight shows black and white wing pattern		 Willet molts from alternate (breeding) to basic (winter gray)
Willet molts from alternate (breeding) to basic (winter gray)
Mulefat flowers
Mulefat flowers		 Pickleweed already turns fall red colors
Pickleweed already turns fall red colors		 Look closely for pickleweed flowers
Look closely for pickleweed flowers		 Cordgrass flower spike
Cordgrass flower spike
Long-billed Curlew
Long-billed Curlew		 Snowy Egrets dispute feeding territory
Snowy Egrets dispute feeding territory		 Snowy Egret
Snowy Egret		 Snowy Egret shadow
Snowy Egret shadow

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Trude26-Jul-2011 03:57
Bolsa Chica wetlands is always a great place to visit. This morning was a treat with (1) all the begging calls of Beldings Savannah Sparrow and watching this endangered species feed the next generation; (2) colorful Navanax and egg strings beneath the footbridge; and(3) several shorebirds still in breeding colors as they return from their northern breeding areas. There is so much to see and hear and feel!
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