Six species in this one picture!I happened to be there at the right place and right time. It was feeding time!! was very overwhelming and had an awesome experience.
very cool! I only have a 70-200. Will look at getting a 200-600 sometimes later in the futureBaan.. wait until the GBH start nest building in the back of the preserve.. Where the palm trees are located. It's fenced so you'll need a tripod and at least 400mm.
It's amazing to see the Great Blue Herons in the tops of the trees with nest so big you could sit in them!
There are similar nests in palm trees a bit further south, at Dana Point harbor, near the Nordhavn Yachts building.Baan.. wait until the GBH start nest building in the back of the preserve.. Where the palm trees are located. It's fenced so you'll need a tripod and at least 400mm.
It's amazing to see the Great Blue Herons in the tops of the trees with nest so big you could sit in them!
thanks. I tried to go yesterday but several roads and blocks were closed due to some sort of marathon/running going on. decided to just go home and wait till maybe next week. did not want to be stuck in traffic.The Bridge in the middle of the Reserve.. The Skimmers love to fish in that area, plus you get a bunch of waders hunting. If you park off Warner across from the Fire Station, and walk across that "New" Bridge.. You'll see the cyclone fencing where some photog put sticks for perches for the little hunters. Keep walking along the path and eventually you come to the old foundations that were used during WWII to spot enemy ships. The GBH's nest in those palms and other trees behind the fencing. Keep walking and you can go to the left around the fencing and I've found woodpeckers and smaller birds. Walk straight and you get back to the Bridge in the middle of the Reserve.
I don't know how it is now, but no cycling was allowed or dogs, but people broke the rules all the time, which can ruin the birding experience
