June Birding at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve

The parking lot and hiking trails reopened after Memorial Day...

Belding's Savannah Sparrow 

Least Tern

Great Blue Herons

Black-Necked Stilt 

Whimbrel

American White Pelican

Snowy Egret

Brown Pelican 

Common Tern 

Ridgeways Rail(threatened or endangered, not often found at Bolsa Chica)

Turkey Vulture 

Black Skimmer

Forster's Tern

Annie at Walgrove Elementary School

Amazing Cast

Here's our Maddie

...Ryan

... and Sammy

Kelly Todd has been Walgrove's Musical Theater Director and ends her tenure with Annie. 

Way Cool Day

Portland 4:30 departure for Willamette Mission State Park Salem, Oregon

Arrived--waiting for park opening: 5:45:57

Plenty of provisions: 7:36:19 

9:22:24

10:07:14

10:14:54

Diamond ring: 10:18:29

Totality: 10:19:04

Totality: 10:23:00

Diamond ring: 10:21:16

10:27:01

Notes.

Original destination was Madras, but traffic and weather forecasts pointed us to Salem. Josh Cozby provided invaluable information about Salem viewing options (an invite to his house too)--thank you!

Members of our party included cousin Carole (Washington DC), her niece Linda (Olympia, Washington) and her great nephew Matt (Portland).

Eclipse images (out-of-camera jpgs uncropped) with Olympus Pen F (hand-held) M.Zuiko 40-150 mm f2.8 pro (at totality: 150mm/35mm equivalent of 300mm, ISO 200, f2.8, 1/250).

Rhonda Jones at the Huntington Beach Art League

Rhonda donated her sculpture for our evening's raffle won by our model David Cochran.

Thanks Rhonda!

www.HuntingtonBeachArtLeague.org