[SBB] (out of area) bird ID help?

[Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>]

Just looking for a quick sanity check here. this is out of area, but  
I'm going over my photos from my trip, and this is strange..

http://chuqui.typepad.com/teal_sunglasses/IMG_3816Version2.jpg

down on the seaward breakwater of Dana Point Harbor, I ran into a  
fairly large flock of brown pelicans. I took some general shots of  
the group. Looking at them, I ran into the bird on the right. my  
first reaction is "escapee stork", but is that a great blue with the  
feathering and it's neck pulled in? It certainly wasn't what I was  
expecting to see....

In other "what doesn't belong here" birds, when I birded the bait  
barge at Dana Point, I ran into all of the normal suspects -- various  
gulls, black crowned and great blue herons, a couple of egrets -- and  
one male peacock in full display.

go figure.

(FWIW, I went and birded the newport beach back bay, dana point  
harbor, oceanside marina, and a day and a half all over Morro Bay,  
including spending some time watching one of the Peregrines that have  
nested up on the rock... I'll write it up and post a link soon; if  
you've never birded Morro Bay area, it really rocks)


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Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
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