Crystal Cove 2011 Spring

To celebrate Dan's birthday, we go to our favorite place...Crystal Cove!	Abundance of Brown Pelicans	Almost at eye level	Brown Pelican overhead
Bullock's Oriole next to Giftshop	Bullock's Oriole feeding one of its two fledglings!	Black Phoebe also feeding two fledglings (top)	Song Sparrow taking caterpillar to its hidden nest
Down to beach to walk in the water	School children visit beach via live web camera	Vertebrae of cetacean (dolphin or seal)	Striped Shore Crab picking its meal
Western Gull looking for its next meal	Turkish Rugging in flower on bluff	Side-blotched Lizard on bluff (notice fat stored at base of tail)	White-throated Swifts chittered while flying over bluff
Salt bush	Everlasting in flower	Prickly Pear Cactus in flower	Plein Air artist at work
Bushtit feeding on insects in Anise	Black-headed Grosbeak, spring migrant passing thru	Mourning Cloak resting on Mulefat	I always feel better when I have been at the ocean!