Bolsa Chica #2

GBH at Bolsa Chica

Bad pic of a reddish egret, taken through my binocs

Where: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach
When: 16 March 2011, 0830-1030

I was on the mainland last month and decided to bird at Bolsa Chica.  I walked a similar route to my previous post, so won't go over that again.

The most exciting find was a reddish egret...


Species list -- not organized phylogenetically

Horned grebe
Lesser scaup
Mallard
Red-winged blackbird
American wigeon
Great egret
Snowy egret
European starling
Bufflehead
Western meadowlark
California towhee
Willet
Marbled godwit
Double-crested cormorant
Forster's term
Surf scoter
Western gull
American kestrel
Great blue heron
American coot
Dowitcher -- flew by too quickly to id if long-billed or short-billed
Brant
American coot
Red-breasted merganser
Ruddy duck
Reddish egret!!
Brown pelican
Pied-billed grebe
Western grebe
Blue-winged teal
Green-winged teal
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Ring-billed gull
Caspian tern
Rock dove
American crow
Bushtit

Darkling beetles (genus Eleodes) were everywhere -- and fighting!