Photos

Description

Brown Pelican 1 

Brown Pelican 1

Preening Brown Pelicans are reflected in calm water at Bolsa Chica Lagoon. 

Brown Pelican 2  

Brown Pelican 2

Brown Pelican stretching it's bill over it's neck at Bolsa Chica Lagoon. 

Cattle Egret 1 

Cattle Egret 1

Cattle Egret sitting on a hay bale while spending the winter in California.

Common Loon 

Common Loon doing a wing flap after catching a fish at Bolsa Chica Lagoon. 

Coopers Hawk 1 

Coopers Hawk 1

Juvenile Coopers Hawk just a few weeks out of the nest. 

Coopers Hawk 2 

Coopers Hawk 2 

Juvenile Coopers Hawk rests after playing with its siblings. 

Double Crested Comorant 1 

Double Crested Cormorant

Double Crested Cormorant stretching its wings to dry off after fishing.

Chino Hills, California.

Elegant Tern 1 

Elegant Tern 1

Elegant Tern fishing at Bolsa Chica Lagoon.

Elegant Tern 2 

Elegant Tern 2

Elegant Tern fishing at Bolsa Chica Lagoon.

European Wigeon 1 

Eurasian Wigeon 

The Eurasian Wigeon is a rare but regular visitor along the Pacific coast in the winter.