It’s something I ask myself every morning…
Is that really what I look like?
Category: bolsa chica wetlands
August at Bolsa Chica wetlands…
No birds. Although there was a jumping fish that I never managed to get a photo of.
No birds. Although there were some butterflies that I never managed to get a photo of, because they wouldn’t hold still.
There was this guy, though. A side-blotched lizard, which I’ve never seen before. They are quite territorial, and he kindly escorted me out of the area.
Some day I’ll take the walk to the mesa. But you can bet it won’t be in August.
Bolsa Chica wetlands…
Not a good picture but the only birds I saw that day.
Cute little flowers growing in the gravel.
No fish, rays, or jellyfish either.
See? No birds.
Lots of nice flowers though.
Sometimes the wildflowers are enough.
On Brightwater Trail…
Bolsa Chica Wetlands, Pacific Coast Highway, and the Pacific Ocean.
Prickly pear blossom…
Sparrow on the lookout…
January at Bolsa Chica…
…great blue heron…
…great egret on the prowl…
…it wasn’t messing around either.
Beautiful vista, with a divebombing bird just for good measure.
Coyote den, *right* off of a heavily used walking trail.
The view from the wetlands…
…Saddleback, looking good.
Looking for lunch…
…the struggle is real.
Bolsa Chica beauty…
Great blue heron, from a distance…
Little fence lizard by a big fence…
Looking toward the Brightwater Trail under a blue fall sky…
This month at the Bolsa Chica wetlands…
Greater scaup, in from Alaska…
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!
Trio of brown pelicans taking in the view.
Clear water.
Go ahead and pass if you want, it’s too cold to fight about it.
Moon jelly! There were a lot of them floating around.
Snowbirds…
Not actual birds, the Canadian flight demonstration squadron, in town for the Great Pacific Air Show!
Here they are in action!
Poor Alfie did not care for the noise. At. All.