I stayed at Prado Regional Park in Chino for three days to wait out some rain and wind alerts before heading north. Went to visit some peacocks that stay around their office area and one male put on a show. With feathers extended in full showgirl mode, he would try to envelop any of three females that walked by. At the same time, he’d do a shimmy of sorts. The females were just looking for food and seemed puzzled by his behaviour. To add insult to injury, sparrows were landing on his feathers.

When I was leaving the park, noticed a man taking pictures of a hawk that was very close to him. Think he was feeding it. First time I’ve seen anything like it.

I have been in the Riverside area for two weeks getting routine maintenance done on my truck, trailer, and myself. Spent one day at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve in Huntington Beach while my trailer was being serviced and was really impressed. There was a twenty year court battle with a land developer to create this refuge along the coast where almost every square inch is developed. My hats off to the people who fought this battle.

Above: An adult breeding snowy egret wrangles a fish.

On walking along the trail at Bolsa Chica, an adult killdeer got my attention by running to the side of the trail and looking like she was nesting (top picture). When I started to move on, the killdeer ran back to the trail and seemed to try and get my attention. Then I saw two young killdeers exploring the side of the trail. The mother seemed to have been trying to divert my attention from them.

Greater scaups.

Yellowlegs (greater or lesser).

I spent most of my time at Rancho Jurupa Park in Riverside. There are two pairs of herons nesting in tall trees there. Also saw a lot of western bluebirds (below).

Stayed at Prado Regional Park a few days, where I saw the peacock below. There are around 25 of them that stay around the park office area.