Birds of Bolsa Chica - show your photos

[West Coast Birder]

Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve is an estuary in Huntington Beach, California that is great for birding.

If you have been there, please share your photos. If you have not, make it a point to visit the next time you are in SoCal!

Here are a few of mine:

Reddish Egret:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/640 1600ISO

Dowitcher:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/1000 1600ISO

 

[West Coast Birder]

Belding's Savanna Sparrow:
(a local subspecies of savanna sparrow)

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/1250 1600ISO

Say's Phoebe:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/1000 1600ISO

 

[joayne]

People put sticks into the cyclone fencing at the "back" of the reserve...

American Kestrels

 

[West Coast Birder]

People put sticks into the cyclone fencing at the "back" of the reserve...

American Kestrels

Wow, beautiful!

 

[joayne]

Thank You !!

 

[West Coast Birder]

Marbled godwit:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/1600 800ISO

Reddish Egret:

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/2500 800ISO

 

[joayne]

That egret is the bomb!!

Here's another..

 

[KD_Reno]

Great shots and it looks like a good place to go.

 

[West Coast Birder]

Great shots and it looks like a good place to go.

Can't miss if you are the LA area. Along with Malibu Lagoon, Golden Shore Marine Area in Long Beach, Ballona Creek Jetty and Playa del Rey among others.

 

[joayne]

Can't miss if you are the LA area. Along with Malibu Lagoon, Golden Shore Marine Area in Long Beach, Ballona Creek Jetty and Playa del Rey among others.

That's a lot of LA territory...

 

[West Coast Birder]

That's a lot of LA territory...

A couple or three days of driving around!

 

[West Coast Birder]

Ridgway's Rail (another bird that is going to be getting a new name soon!)

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0 mm 1/320 2000ISO

 

[West Coast Birder]

Pacific golden plover:

 

[joayne]

Obviously just swallowed a fish...

 

[West Coast Birder]

Black tern.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0mm 1/640s 800ISO

 

[joayne]

700 mm

 

[Baan]

People put sticks into the cyclone fencing at the "back" of the reserve...

American Kestrels

nice find!!

 

[Baan]

I happened to be there at the right place and right time. It was feeding time!! was very overwhelming and had an awesome experience.

 

[Baan]

Obviously just swallowed a fish...

oh boy, it's a tumor

 

[Baan]

Black tern.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM +1.4x III ƒ/5.6 700.0mm 1/640s 800ISO

it's got a pretty color. going there with a 70-200 is not enough. gotta get a longer range in the future