Tag Archives: marsh

Santa Ana River Marsh

December 29, 2015 By JoelSax

8 August 2015 Note the old oil wells. Some still pump away while others stand still, waiting for their demolition.

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Snowy Egret

December 21, 2015 By JoelSax

1 August 2015 One of the summer residents of Bolsa Chica March.

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Bolsa Chica

December 20, 2015 By JoelSax

August 1, 2015 Bolsa Chica is the largest saltwater marsh between the Tijuana River and Elkhorn Slough, California. This overview shows this rich wildlife habitat.

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Red Heron and Snowy Egret

December 19, 2015 By JoelSax

August 1 2015 The bird on the left is an accidental to this area, usually living in the American South, the Caribbean, Central, and South America.

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Great Blue Heron Aflight

September 23, 2015 By JoelSax

July 4, 2015 I spotted him flying away from me and got this shot, a classic rear-tailed evader.

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Great Blue Heron

September 20, 2015 By JoelSax

July 4, 2015 There are a lot of these around the marshes. I spied this one along a bridge going over the Bolsa Chica estuary.

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Great Blue Heron

August 30, 2015 By JoelSax

May 17, 2015 We surprised this bird when we rounded a corner in the San Joaquin Marsh. I took this from about eight feet away. The bird did not mind our presence until we moved on.

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The Entrance to the Marsh

August 3, 2015 By JoelSax

May 2, 2015 The San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge is an artificial marsh developed by the Irvine Water District so that they would not be flushing clean — and thus sterile — water into the Upper Newport Bay. I lead a hike here every month. I did something experimental here: I used a yellow graduated filter. […]

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