Brown pelican.
Pelican in flight…
There have been quite a few pelicans at the wetlands recently.
I think they look like dinosaurs.
December at the wetlands…
Category: urban wildlife
A Southern California December day…
Become ungovernable.
The only snowflake in sight.
These two know each other. The pelican is begging. The fisherman obliged.
Here he is, with a tad more dignity. This is a brown pelican with his breeding plumage.
Saddleback, looking good.
#1 winter sport with the locals.
What are these dudes doing in my yard in December?
Begone, Hellbeast!
You’re months too late, little guy. All of your buddies metamorphosed ages ago!
Bolsa Chica, October 2023
Great egret…
Some yellow stuff (I’m not as interested in knowing what plants are as I am about animals)…
Some red stuff…
Black vulture…
It got pretty close…
I mean like really close…
On a different day when the sun was out…
Great blue heron…
Look at that face. And they say that dinosaurs are extinct….
An orb weaver’s work is never done…
By day… (#17)
…or night… (#18)
Is that really what I look like?
It’s something I ask myself every morning…
Skeptical…
…that September is here already.
Santa Ana River
Always wanted to know what it looked like on the other side of this.
So now I know. Impressed that it has water in it in the summertime.
Very dystopian looking if you ask me.
Although this bird found it acceptable.
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.
Neighborhood watch…
Scurrying, creeping critters beware, the Coopers are in town!