Birding Bolsa Chica Wetlands

Loop Trail Walk--April 6    9 :00-10:30 AM

Brown Pelicans

Ridgway Rail Nest

 Whimbrel

Lesser Scaup (two males and female)

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Willet

Black-necked Stilt

 

with Duck 

White Pelicans

Three of our largest Southern CaliforniaMountains

Composite 

Birding Bolsa Chica

Over 200 species visit the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. "Big" birds offer easy "looks" for beginners and children.

White Pelicans

Great Blue Herons

Snowy Egret

Somewhat smaller birds can be spotted by the trail and overhead.

 Black-crowned Night-heron

Osprey

Osprey

Even some of the smaller birds present themselves for easy viewing.

Foster's Tern

Kestrel

Marbled Godwits

And the smallest--can you find them?

Snowy Plover

Belding's Savannah Sparrow

Ducks too!

Bufflehead

Pintails

Greater Scaup

See you there.

Notes.

The wetlands are located across PCH from Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach, California. Wikipedia

Judy led birding tours for The Bolsa Chica Land Trust for many years. Photos taken with various Canon Cameras mated with an EF 100-400 mm L IS.