Monday, June 11, 2007

Snowy Egret Chick

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A snowy egret chick thinks real hard about the next branch, which he eventually jumped over to. Shot at Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California.

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Egret Family

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Snowy Egret parents feed their chicks at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California.

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Armless Duck Wrestling

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While I was at the duck pond to see the egrets I noticed these three ducks going at it in the parking lot. One is a Mallard and I guess the other two are some domestic variety.

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Juvenile Black Crowned Night Herons

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Juvenile Black Crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax) in their nests at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California. Being brown, the chicks were hard to spot at first, but it was easy to tell they were there because of all the clucking. Here's a still image of them at Flickr.

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Cliff Swallow Nests

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Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) have built a number of nests at the Baylands Nature Preserve visitor center in Palo Alto, California.

Here's a still image of the nest on Flickr, and one of a baby who didn't make it.

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Broken Legged Stilt

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When I first saw this Black Necked Stilt he had one knee bent forward, one bent backward and moved around by hopping around gingerly on one leg.
This was taken at the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California in the marsh along San Francisco Bay. Here's a photograph of the bird on Flickr.

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