Double Crested Cormorant
Got the chance to take a walk earlier by the bay. Oftentimes, because of the sweeping and scenic view of the bay and the ocean, these small critters around are missed. Unlike the seals and the sea lions who always have constant visitors in their natural habitats , these coastal birds are often simply missed, well, maybe because they choose to flock more on coastal mud flats that may not be as scenic for a lot of people. But luckily for these birds, the coastal mud flats afford them with constant and rich supply of foods that walking along this stretch, one will observe so many bird species aside of course from the more famous California Brown Pelican and very common sea gulls.
Not All Birds That Flock Together Are of the Same Feathers
Heron
Egret
Anyway, these are some of the birds I was able to capture today in my walk at Mission Bay. I really did not wait for sunset anymore, since after a day of learning I was too tired and hungry, I wanted to just eat and sleep, and now, blog a little bit :)
Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
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Lovely birds.
ReplyDeletebetchai, girl! its refreshing in here what with the greens all over! green is my next fave color.
ReplyDeletelovely egret! i don't think i ever see a real one before....
and yeah! not all birds of the same feather flocks together...
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they are simply beautiful Betchai :) i am happy that i made you smile in my pisa tower post ;) am i posing like a child there Kimchai? *winks* ;)
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These are beautiful pictures of the coastal birds, betchai..I long for a life by the ocean.
ReplyDeleteThat heron like looking at its own reflection on the water. Lovely :)
ReplyDeleteI love the new layout Betchai. I think this is the first time I have seen you post about birds. I liked it. We have tons of birds here. We try to learn what they all are.
ReplyDeleteI have always enjoyed your coastal scenes and the habitat. These are great captures and one great lesson for me on bird names.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I got my laptop back and is working 100%. I have a habit of saving my files in the external drive, so I did not loose anything, learned my lesson the hard way. I also back up my blog posts.
love the new look here esp. the header. it's like you are saying, "welcome to my blog and savour with me the joys of simple life." ;)
ReplyDeleteyour coastal bird photos are cool! glad you found time to hike a bit and blog a bit inspite of your tight schedule. :)
Those birds are beautiful. What do you call them? Seagulls?
ReplyDeleteSeems like the walk at a scenic place does not refresh you enough.
ReplyDeleteYou need more green which I have so much.
Wow, what an afternoon stroll Miss Beth... :)
ReplyDeleteI wish I could also do this here... Hehehe... I like the very first pic... :)
Love your bird shots!
ReplyDeleteIt looks green and warm where you are, so different than up here in Ct where yesterday we only had 6 degrees F.
You are lucky to be able to see all these coastal birds, I don't get that chance here since we don't go much around the coastal area here. But I do see a lot of birds at Walmart's parking area. Do you have any clue why the seagulls are flocking the parking areas? Do you think those seagulls should change their name into parkinggulls instead? LOL
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ReplyDeleteThey look like postcards from paradise....beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI like the second photos with the different types of birds, feeding together. Very much like our students, learning together despite their individual differences. Lovely photos, Beth! Glad to know you find time to blog here and there.
ReplyDeleteHi Betchai, I like your new look. It's refreshing. Your pictures always put us to shame....teasing, they are always a class above, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love the picture on egret. It looks so white. Ha :D
ReplyDeletethe pics look so professional
ReplyDeleteHi,Betchai! Thanks for this post,I can now identify a heron and an egret. hehe,funny right? But true,I didn't know how they look considering that those birds can't be found here.
ReplyDeleteHope you post more pics of birds,Betchai.I'm sure your readers would love them.
I can say that I have seen egrets! Other than that, I hardly see any birds in the city where I live. Except crows and pigeons.
ReplyDeletelovely photography as usual betchai!
ReplyDeleteI recognized the cormorant in the first picture right away. I love seeing them because they are new birds to me after seeing three that routinely visited my favorite little lake last summer.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to capture those gorgeous birds. The egret is so beautiful. I am in awe of anyone who can get great shots of birds. I try so hard but they never stay still long enough :)
ReplyDeleteYour photos are amazing, and incredible!
ReplyDeleteCute how the three in a row are different kinds, and I love the reflections on the last two.
ReplyDeletelovely egret
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You maybe mistaking inland freshwater forms of the birds commonly associated with marine coastal areas. There are a couple species on gull you will see just about all year long. The killdeer many people mistake as a marine bird.
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