08-MAY-2009
Common Tern Bolsa Chica IMG_6436.JPG
This Common Tern was visited periodically by another; suitor or mate?
08-MAY-2009
Common Tern Bolsa Chica IMG_6480.JPG
All around us, various terns were diving in for fish, here's one after a successful dive.
08-MAY-2009
Eared Grebe Bolsa Chica b IMG_6532.JPG
This Eared Grebe was diving for food, popping to the surface only briefly before disappearing again.
08-MAY-2009
Eared Grebe Bolsa Chica IMG_6533.JPG
08-MAY-2009
Elegant Tern Bolsa Chica IMG_6429.JPG
08-MAY-2009
Elegant Bolsa chica IMG_6644.JPG
Flybys on a predictable path; I got to shoot several.
08-MAY-2009
Elegant Terns Bolsa Chica h IMG_6427.JPG
Two w/ one shot! Oh, momma!
08-MAY-2009
Least and Forsters Terns Bolsa Chica IMG_6491.JPG
Other Terns were sitting, like these two. The Forster's Tern was being attended to and fed by another; mate, suitor, or parent?
08-MAY-2009
Least Tern Bolsa Chica IMG_6407.JPG
The Least was going after it's own food, seen here eating a small fish it'd caught.
08-MAY-2009
Red Knot Bolsa Chica IMG_6554.JPG
This Red Knot in breeding plumage was one of the highlights of the trip for me. A fine bird!
08-MAY-2009
Red Knot Bolsa Chica IMG_6542.JPG
Here it's feeding, fattening up for a still long journey to breeding grounds on the Arctic front.
08-MAY-2009
Semipalmated Plover Bolsa Chica IMG_6568.JPG
This Semipalmated Plover is also on it's way North.
