Had the opportunity to visit Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach again.
Above, a clam has “clamped” down on one of the coot’s toes. The coot is looking around for some assistance from a fellow coot. There were areas where there were a lot of these clams in this protected preserve. The next day I looked for, but did not see a coot with a clam on one foot.
Saw three or four varieties of grebes.
Saw another heron’s nest here. The heron above is taking it’s one twig to it’s mate in the nest.
Think this is a snipe. A snipe is the only short, squat, sea bird that I know of. Corrected by reader: this is a green heron. First picture of a green heron I’ve gotten.
A common yellow-throat
A round stingray
These are very cool pictures. Poor coot, had a clam on his foot. Thios are some nice shots of grebes, and one slight correction–since I know quite a bit about birds, I can tell you that the bird you think is a small plump snipe is actually a Green Heron all puffed up and hunched over, appearing like a small, plump snipe. Snipes have no chesnut neck and have a rounder beak, not daggerlike at the end. Good photo, though… the yellowthroats are very amazing! That’s a luck, rare shot of a round stingray! I have never been to the Bolsa Chica State Reserve and might go soon, since i’m a birdwatcher. Here in San Diego where I live there a lot of wetlands by the coast too, and lots of animals there.