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Great Blue Heron is the official greeter on the footbridge
Great Blue Heron is the official greeter on the footbridge		 Great Blue Heron at the tidegates
Great Blue Heron at the tidegates		 Snowy Egret at the tidegates, backlit
Snowy Egret at the tidegates, backlit		 Bad hair day created by the wind!
Bad hair day created by the wind!
Shorebirds migrating still in their breeding plumage like this Willet
Shorebirds migrating still in their breeding plumage like this Willet		 Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs		 From the smallest sandpiper (Least Sandpiper)...
From the smallest sandpiper (Least Sandpiper)...		 ...to the largest sandpiper (Long-billed Curlew)
...to the largest sandpiper (Long-billed Curlew)
Ruddy Turnstone is more common along the rocky shore
Ruddy Turnstone is more common along the rocky shore		 Semipalmated Plovers on sand dunes behind the fence
Semipalmated Plovers on sand dunes behind the fence		 Mallards grow new feathers after summer molt
Mallards grow new feathers after summer molt		 What a handsome speculum!
What a handsome speculum!
Gull
Gull		 This Pied-billed Grebe juvenile wasn't looking too good
This Pied-billed Grebe juvenile wasn't looking too good		 Brown Pelican definately not well but it's feeding the worms!
Brown Pelican definately not well but it's feeding the worms!		 We pause for a scratch
We pause for a scratch
Pickleweed turns red in late summer
Pickleweed turns red in late summer 		Saltwort runs along the mudflat
Saltwort runs along the mudflat		 Cordgrass flowers
Cordgrass flowers 		Marsh Rosemary flowers
Marsh Rosemary flowers
Cattails (female parts, most male parts blown away)
Cattails (female parts, most male parts blown away)		 Love the colors of Beach Primrose and Sand Verbena
Love the colors of Beach Primrose and Sand Verbena		 Sand Verbena flower
Sand Verbena flower		 Cholla and non-native iceplant
Cholla and non-native iceplant
Red Saddlebags dragonfly
Red Saddlebags dragonfly		 Round Stingray
Round Stingray		 Round Stingray
Round Stingray		 Be sure to visit in all the seasons!
Be sure to visit in all the seasons!

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Betty S 29-Aug-2013 16:47
Thanks Trude! I'll have these and all your other photos I've saved to look at after I move to Ohio and I get homesick!
Guest 24-Aug-2013 06:25
Thanks Trude, I can smell the salt air all the way to Prescott!
Hugs,
Adrainne
Guest 23-Aug-2013 23:00
Love the bad hair day egret! Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful photos! Awesome nature!
Linda Halopoff 23-Aug-2013 19:53
Just love seeing with YOUR eyes,Trude!! Thank you for continually sharing - what a gift you have, girl!
Pamela Phillips 23-Aug-2013 15:42
Trude,

Thanks again for the awesome pix!

Wished I looked as good as the snowy egret on my "bad hair days!"
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