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| Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) |
Every day offers a varying view of the shorebirds of San Carlos, right outside our patio. We take advantage of the 'show' as much as possible before heading off to the works yard, market or other tasks of the day. There appears to be the same individual Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Tricoloured Heron and Reddish Egret wading and fishing in this section of the bay; some territoriality is evident when one or the other wanders in or purposely lands too close to another bird's chosen waters. The following photos offer a sampling of our ever changing views.
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| Great Egret (Ardea alba) |
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| Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) |
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Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
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| Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) |
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| Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) |
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| Reddish Egret striding |
Willets, Royal Terns, Black Oystercatchers, Killdeer, a variety of Gulls, and of course the Brown and White Pelicans, Short-eared Grebes, Cormorants are nearly daily visitors, depending on the time of day, the tides and their own schedules!
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| Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) |
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| Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) |
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| Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) |
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| Family of Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) |
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| Eared Grebe just before diving |
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| Royal Tern (Sterna maxima) with Willet in foreground |
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| Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) |
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| Gathering of Pelicans and Cormorants as tide ebbs |
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| Cormorant drying wings after diving |
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Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens) and Gulls in conversation
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| Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) |
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| Brown Pelican in flight |
