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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