More Birds This Morning

This morning I walked over to the Devereux Lagoon where I saw at least eight black-crowned night herons in less than an hour.

I was outside and on my way by 6:50. The morning sunlight was beautiful.

Here are all the black-crowned night heron pictures I liked. The brown spotted ones are juveniles.

I Moved Away and Found Some Birds

This summer I graduated from high school and moved away to go to college. With the UCSB lagoon within walking distance (round trip is five miles), I can get up in the early hours of the morning and look for birds.

Here is what I got yesterday morning:

Great Blue Herons

Black-necked stilts

The first black-crowned night heron I've ever seen!

I was really excited to see it because I've wanted to see one for a long time. Then I saw about seven of them this morning at Devereux Lagoon, so it's not quite as exciting as it was yesterday.

Black Turnstone doing some ballet moves:

Female black-bellied plover. I saw several males too.

Some sort of sandpiper. I am feeling lazy and have not looked into what kind it is.

Sanderlings, probably.