Monday of this week I met my sis and brother in law for a few days of camping at Huntington Beach SP on the coast! We all wanted to enjoy some fall birding.
The sea grass is such a pretty color this time of year when the sun's out.
A still Belted Kingfisher
SO many Wood Storks, and we saw a lot of Spoonbills also
all looking the other way...
And Great Egrets...
...eating a huge amount of Mullet the jumping fish!
Each time we were out there we kept seeing the fish jump out of the water and some would skip themselves like stones, I tried to catch one up in the air but I kept getting this...
You can see the challenge...
And the Great Blue Heron was also gorging on fresh fish...
Enjoyed seeing the White Ibis, and the Little Blue Heron.
plenty of Double Crested Cormorants
An overlooked beauty of a fisherman....
Another one down the hatch!
an unusual number of Clapper Rails were poking around the Oyster beds...
This Tri-Colored Heron was the most obliging of all...
And then there was shore birds!
Short Billed Dowitcher
also Dunlin with the shorter bill
we had Western Sandpipers and Semipalmated Plovers,
Western Sandpiper,
And the legs are so muddy but we went with Least on these although I thought they could be Semipalmated Sandpiper...
Black Bellied Plover,
This is my Site in the campground I took my screen room since I had the dogs with me, we had a Raccoon rummage thru our belongings and I had left their Glucosamine tabs in there and he stole them! And turned over the basket of pots, I took these next photos with my cell phone they are pretty Lame! That Marsh area is only a short walk on a trail through these woods from my site.
It was late in the afternoon tho...right about Supper Time!
Veggie Kabobs, really delicious my compliments to the chefs!
I will finish up in my next post as this one is already late publishing!
so more to come of the birds we saw!
See ya Next Friday!
PEACE
Every day is a new Adventure.
