[SBB] Action at the Baylands this morning...

[Mark Bohrer <[[email protected]]>]

I spent the early morning at Palo Alto Baylands. No cattle egret, but 
I saw the usual suspects for this time of year.

In the Harriet Mundy Marsh, three Avocet chicks about one week old 
paced around. Here's one of them:
http://tinyurl.com/hr3qh

They ditched parental protection and struck out on their own, almost 
right under Mom's nose:
http://tinyurl.com/kmv5c

But they usually traveled in pairs for safety. Sometimes the whole 
family trooped off together. But eventually, young birds went back to 
Dad: http://tinyurl.com/mxo66

Next stop was the boat-launching ramp. You expect chummy barn swallows:
http://tinyurl.com/pgkhc

But a dancing snowy egret was a bonus:
http://tinyurl.com/qah5w

Meanwhile, at the rookery, another snowy egret showed off scarlet 
breeding lores and peach feet:
http://tinyurl.com/mtfxo

And this black-crowned night heron stole sticks for a nest:
http://tinyurl.com/p8sp4



Mark Bohrer
Mountain and Desert Photography
www.mountain-and-desert.com
(408) 866 9405

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