On January 1st, my husband and I enjoyed hiking at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, which is located next to Huntington State Beach. We had a great time to look at many kinds of wild birds and a beautiful sunset. :)
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
3842 Warner Ave
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
U.S.A.
Free Parking Lots
There are two small parking lots for this place. We parked at the north parking lot (3842 Warner Ave, Huntington Beach). When we arrived there at 3 p.m., the parking lot was full, so we needed to wait for several minutes to park there.
North Lot : 3842 Warner Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
South Lot : 18000 CA-1, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
We took many photos with our cameras,
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS,
Canon EOS Rebel SL1 with telephoto zoom lens,
Canon EF-S 55-250mm, and my iPhone 6s. Today, I'm going to share beautiful photos we took at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve that day with you. :)
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| Mesa Trail (Apple iPhone 6s) |
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| Mesa Trail (Apple iPhone 6s) |
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| (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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| Snowy Egret and Great Egret (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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| Great Blue Heron (Canon PowerShot SX50 HS) |
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| Gull (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
We saw some gulls dropping shells from the air to crack and prey those.
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| Gull (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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| Gull (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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| Gull (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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When we crossed over this wooden bridge, we were able to see more of birds.
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| Mallard Duck (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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| Snowy Egret (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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| Bufflehead (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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There were numerous shells!
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| American White Pelicans (Canon PowerShot SX50 HS) |
We saw two large American White Pelicans.
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| American White Pelicans (Canon PowerShot SX50 HS) |
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| American White Pelicans (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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| Snowy Egret (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
This Snowy Egret was very good at catching small fish!
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| Snowy Egret (Canon PowerShot SX50 HS) |
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| Murmuration of Bird (Canon PowerShot SX50 HS) |
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While the sun was setting down, the color of the sky and water gradually turned into beautiful purple.
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| Gulls and Cormorants (Canon PowerShot SX50 HS) |
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| Brown Pelican (Canon EOS Rebel SL1) |
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We really had a great time at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve that day. We will definitely visit this place this year again. :)
Today, I drew this adorable sea duck I saw at Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve with using my
Apple iPad A10 Fusion Chip 32GB and
Apple Pencil. . :)
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
3842 Warner Ave
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
U.S.A.
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