Action at the Baylands this morning...

Palo Alto is a hopping place right now, especially if you're a bird.

Some fuzzy young guys crashed this morning's "Pacers and Grabbers" field photography seminar:
http://tinyurl.com/hr3qh

They ditched parental protection and struck out on their own, almost right under your 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

If you see an adult avocet or black-necked stilt with too many legs, chicks are sheltering underneath the feathers...

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 herons stole sticks for a nest:
http://tinyurl.com/p8sp4

All comments welcome!



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

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Check out my Stealth Approach to Wildlife eBook at
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