Nearly half of the birds found in the US can be seen at one time or another at
the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Huntington Beach, CA. I’ve put up a small assortment
on these two pages (there are numerous others on the Assorted Birds Showcase; the
 Raptors, Flight, Ducks, Pelicans, and Egret & Heron Wildlife Studies, the Wildlife Select page,
and several of the Portfolio pages). It’s a very interesting place, with numerous opportunities
for the bird photographer. Bring a long lens with you... you’ll be needing 300mm or more.

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Images on this page are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
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Images can be found in the following Galleries (Direct Links)

Black Skimmer
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Night Herons & Green Herons
Great Blue Heron
Grackles and Grebes
Terns

Black Skimmer
 

Black Skimmers HS5233
 

Black Skimmer HS4627
 

Black Skimmer X4515
 

Black Skimmer X4516
 

Black Skimmer X4517
 

Black Skimmer X4519
 

Black Skimmer X4601
 

Black Skimmer XXL

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Available as an XXL Signed Composite (6025 x 4225)

Egrets
 

Great Egret Flight HS4772
 

Great Egret Flight X4592
 

Great Egret Flight X4593
 

Great Egret Flight X4594
 

Snowy Egret Flight HS4713
 

Snowy Egret Flight HS4593
 

Dancing Snowy Egret X0693
 

Snowy Egret HS4620
 

Snowy Egret Hunting X4478
 

Snowy Egret Hunting X4472
 

Snowy Egret hunting X0751
 

Snowy Egret hunting X0763
 

Snowy Egret hunting X0757
 

Snowy Egret hunting X0770
 

Snowy Egret hunting X0764
 

Snowy Egret hunting X0774
 

Snowy Egret hunting X0812

Our hero showing off for a bunch of jealous shorebirds.
 

Snowy Egret Sunset HS5120
 

Snowy Egret Sunset HS5141

 

Snowy Egret Sunset Flight HS6188
(shot at Ballona Creek)
 

Snowy Egret Tracks HS5130
 

Great Egret Flight X4592, 93, 94 SXL

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Available as an SXL  Composite (3000 x 3126)

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Great Egret Flight XXXL

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Available as a XXXL Composite (9770 x 2175)

Snowy Egret SXXL

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Available as an SXXL Signed Composite (8600 x 4705)

Snowy Egret hunting Bolsa Chica SXXL

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Available as an SXXL Signed Composite (8601 x 5721)

Available as an XXXL Framed Composite (see below)

Snowy Egret hunting Bolsa Chica XXXL

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Available as an XXXL Framed Composite (10676 x 7820)

Snowy Egret hunting Bolsa Chica Refuge XXXL

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Available as an XXXL Signed Composite (12914 x 6000)

(This Composite is also available as an SXXXL Framed, 14918 x 7728, for enormous prints)
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Images on this page are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Gallery Collections page where a Gallery can be selected.

Images can be found in the following Galleries (Direct Links)

Black Skimmer
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Night Herons & Green Herons
Great Blue Heron
Grackles and Grebes
Terns

A couple of Heron shots...

Black Crowned Night Heron juvenile X0742
 

Great Blue Heron Roosting X0789

The Great Blue Herons nest in the Eucalyptus at the top of the hill beyond the Causeway

Eared and Western Grebes
 

Eared Grebe HS0957
 

Eared Grebe HS5160
 

Eared Grebe X0155
 

Western Grebe display X4543
 

Western Grebe X4544
 

Western Grebe X4548
 

Eared and Western Grebes XXL

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Available as an XXL Signed Composite (5087 x 3420)

Terns

Everything happens very quickly when photographing Terns except when they are soaring.
You really have to stay on your toes and make exposure, composition and EV decisions rapidly.

First, a few closeups to introduce you to our subjects, then on to the flight shots.
 

Forsters Tern Portrait X0781
 

Forsters Tern Closeup HS1210
 

Forsters Tern Portrait X0783
 

Elegant Tern close-portrait X4570
 

Elegant Tern Fish HS4708
 

Elegant Tern Fish HS5472
 

Elegant Tern HS4757
 

Elegant Tern HS4888
 

Elegant Tern HS4942
 

Elegant Tern HS5488
 

Elegant Tern HS5591
 

Elegant Tern HS5606
 

Elegant Tern shakeoff HS4897
(the timing to capture this is challenging)
 

Elegant Tern Spitting Fish HS5471
(another timing shot, requiring lots of luck)
 

Elegant Tern Takeoff HS5013
 

Elegant Tern Takeoff HS5603
 

Elegant Tern Takeoff X4708
(perfect timing to catch the waterfall from the tail)
 

Elegant Tern Takeoff X5003
(look carefully, you’ll see that he dropped his fish)
 

Elegant Tern takeoff X5039
 

Elegant Tern takeoff X5052
 

Elegant Tern Twist HS4901
 

Elegant Tern Twist HS5648
 

Elegant Tern Exorcist Twist HS5444
 

Elegant Tern X4558
 

Forster’s Tern Closeup HS1264
 

Tern HS1230
 

Least Tern Clam HS1871
 

Least Tern Clam HS1872
 

Elegant Tern Takeoffs SXL

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Available as an XL Signed Composite (4288 x 4100)

Elegant Tern Wiggle XL

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Available as an XL Signed Composite (3225 x 2743)

Elegant Terns in Flight SXL

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Available as an SXL Signed Composite (4025 x 4350)

Forsters Tern SXL

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Available as an SXL Signed Composite (4288 x 4558)

Forsters Tern XL

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Available as an XL Signed Composite (4288 x 3131)

Terns of Bolsa Chica XXL

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Available as an XXL Signed Composite (4948 x 3284)

If you are interested in a Composite that is not on the Photoshelter website,
contact Ron Reznick (contact information is on the Ordering page)

Images on this page are in a number of different Galleries on the Photoshelter website.
The Banner below leads to the Gallery Collections page where a Gallery can be selected.

Images can be found in the following Galleries (Direct Links)

Black Skimmer
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Night Herons & Green Herons
Great Blue Heron
Grackles and Grebes
Terns

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