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Bolsa Chica Ecological Preserve : June 29, 2016

A constant stream of terns were flying between their breeding and fishing grounds!


Black-necked Stilt

Willet

Elegant Tern

Lots of terns!

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Forster's Tern

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American White Pelican

Belding's Savannah Sparrow

A bunch of Elegant Terns

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Black Skimmer

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Royal Tern?

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Least Tern

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Caspian Tern with a large fish

Green Heron

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The heron caught a fish...

... and a shrimp-like critter

... another fish

Gulp!

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Least Tern

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Marbled Godwit

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Gull with a ray

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Western Pygmy Blue

Horned Grebe

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Surf Scoter

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A productive catch

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It looks like rough egret sex, but I don't think he was successful.

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That looks painful!

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