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Bolsa Chica
Took an afternoon journey to Bolsa Chica in Huntington Beach on Sunday afternoon in hopes of photographing the American Bittern folks have been seeing again recently. Unfortunately I never seem to have luck with Bitterns of any shape or form! It was a great opportunity to spend a relaxing and beautiful day with my wife in Orange County though. There were two Reddish Egrets playfully prancing around in the shallows in search of food.
![Reddish Egret Reddish Egret](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/reddish_egret/reddish_egret_7C2V3534.jpg)
Reddish Egret
Lots of Horned Grebes with a smattering of Eared’s here and there.
![Horned Grebe Horned Grebe](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/horned_grebe/horned_grebe_7C2V3624.jpg)
Horned Grebe
![Eared Grebe Eared Grebe](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/eared_grebe/eared_grebe_7C2V3599.jpg)
Eared Grebe
And it’s safe to say that many of our wintering ducks have arrived with increasing numbers of Scaup, Bufflehead, Teal and Ruddy Ducks all arriving along our coasts.
![Blue-winged Teal Blue-winged Teal](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/blue_winged_teal/blue_winged_teal_7C2V3546.jpg)
Blue-winged Teal
![Lesser Scaup Lesser Scaup](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/lesser_scaup/lesser_scaup_7C2V3638.jpg)
Lesser Scaup
![Common Loon Common Loon](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/common_loon/common_loon_7C2V3471.jpg)
Common Loon
One specialty we have here along the coastal salt marshes of California, is the Belding’s race of Savannah Sparrow (sometimes referred to as Large-billed Sparrow) which this photo clearly illustrates:
![Savannah Sparrow Savannah Sparrow](https://www.kiwifoto.com/images/galleryphotos/savannah_sparrow/savannah_sparrow_7C2V3479.jpg)
Savannah Sparrow