Taken at Huntington Beach, CA's Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (website:http://www.bolsachica.org ) using the (2007) Pentax K10D/Sigma "Bigma" 50-500mm lens and (2008)the Canon 40D/100-400 IS, both mounted on a BushHawk shoulder mount.
Here's a photo of me at Bolsa Chica on July 5, 2008 behind the Canon 40D/100-400 IS/BushHawk rig taken by my good friend Ken Tyler, aka Mr. Zoom at the Fred Miranda Nature and Wildlife forum (http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/board/41 )
3 poses of the Reddish Egret, Feb 2009.
The nesting Great Blue Herons are attracting a crowd on Raptor Ridge, including my good friend Anthony Whitmore ("Anthony Whitmo" on the Fred Miranda Nature and Wildlife forum) who'd come to southern California for a visit, March 7 2009.
This Great Blue Heron nest is right out in the open, affording great views of nesting behavior, March 7 2009.
One of the resident Red-tails in the back area near the "bean field", March 7 2009.
One of the local Kestrels just after takeoff, also in the back area of Bolsa Chica.
Spring sure seems to have sprung! Here's a Red-winged Blackbird in a field of wild mustard, March 7 2009.
And a Cassin's Kingbird, too.
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