It’s Sunday, and that means that John Avise continues his series of weekly bird photos, a series that’s been going on for several years. Today John shows us the birds (and one reptile) he photographed within one hour at a site near his home. His captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
All in One Hour
One of my favorite birding spots in southern California—Mason Park in Orange County— happens to be only about a 20-minute walk from my house.One day last week I visited the park for merely an hour. It turned out to be one of those (rare) special times when all of the birds cooperated for a photo shoot.This week’s post shows several of the animals I photographed within just an hour’s time in the mid-morning light.
Snowy Egret juvenile (Egretta thula):
Another pose of the Snowy Egret:
Pied-billed Grebe teenager (Podilymbus podiceps):
Great Egret (Ardea alba):
Another Great Egret:
Another Snowy Egret:
Great Egret and Snowy Egret:
Green Heron juvenile (Butorides virescens):
Green Heron sticking out tongue:
Green Heron and Red-eared Slider Turtle (Trachemys scripta):
Red-eared Slider dreaming of flight:
Cassin’s Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans):
Double-crested Cormorant juvenile (Phalacrocorax auritus):
Double-crested Cormorant adult drying its wings:
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) taking a nap:
Nice collection. Love seeing the Red-eared Slider, too!
Oh my! Red-eared sliders do pilates!!
was help given in turnng over?
Beautiful series. I love that Snowy Egret balancing on one skinny stick of a leg.
What luminous pictures! That Green Heron really looks like it’s got something important to say to us, or maybe just to the turtle.
How can one post images? I’ve photographed nearly every species of bird in North America from age 9 to 75 that I am now. Plus many other mammals, cetaceans, reptiles, butterflies, etc. along the way. Plus many from Central America, South America, and eastern parts of Asia.
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